In a recent interview with Movistar, Messi admitted that Argentina's World Cup in Qatar without midfielder Giovani Lo Celso was a big challenge.
The PSG club veteran confided: "Argentina are currently a solid team, and have good form at a very good time. However, we have been without Lo Celso due to injury, and will have to make some adjustments.
We definitely need to calculate step by step, focus on the first match. The most important thing for the World Cup is to start with a victory.
Argentina need to start with a win to move to the next round and confidently face the challenges ahead. We don't have many matches against opponents from Europe right now.
But I think we are at a good time and ready to face any opponent. The important thing is, we are not allowed to make any mistakes, we must be really alert while many people are clearly stunned by considering us as the number 1 candidate for the World Cup championship. We have to be realistic, and take our journey step by step."
