Tennis star, Rafael Nadal, says watching Lionel Messi lift the 2022 FIFA World Cup for the first time brought tears to his eyes.
Messi led Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar last Sunday.
He also went home with the FIFA Golden Ball as the best player at the tournament, after scoring seven goals and providing three assists.
Nadal has now spoken about how he emotions got the better of him during the match.
He said it was fair that Messi won the world cup even though he was not rooting for as the trophy is the only missing piece in his puzzle.
He said, ”Messi lifting the World Cup made me happy. That someone so great culminates with a title that was missing, of this calibre, with all that it means for Argentina, it seemed fair to me,” Nadal said.
“I enjoyed it and I was moved. Without siding with Argentina, when Messi scored the third goal tears came to my eyes.
“It was because of the emotion of seeing someone so great achieve what was missing, having suffered so much to achieve it.“
