The great Lionel Messi declared that winning the FIFA World Cup with his team Argentina would be the greatest achievement of his shining shimmering football career.

            Argentina will make it through to their first World Cup final in two decades if they beat the competitive Netherlands at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on Wednesday. Four years passed, many of Messi's teammates went home to Catalonia with World Cup winners' medals and now that is his ultimate goal.

"As a player winning a World Cup is the best there is," the Argentina captain said in an Adidas interview published on AS. "It's something you dream about when you are a kid and it never disappears."

"I have asked my Barcelona team-mates Xavi, (Andres) Iniesta and (Gerard) Pique what it is like to lift the trophy, and they couldn't explain. We will do everything to make this dream a reality. To play a World Cup final with the great atmosphere of the Maracana is something what every player dreams of, but first we have to make sure we get there." From FIFA.com

Messi was not concern at all about winning individual awards. He said: "I'd prefer the World Cup than the Golden Boot. Always."

"I am only concentrating on the team. If we concentrate on our own game and we prepare ourselves tactically then our football will do the talking. If I keep scoring goals and that helps the team then that is the most important thing."

On the latter part of his interview, he coated his nerves and embraced the pressure. "I am feeling positive pressure," Messi said. "It's a great honour to be captain of Argentina. I want to pay back the trust given in me leading Argentina to the World Cup."