While the over 40 million citizens of Argentina may be rooting for the country’s success in the ongoing FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar, Diego Schwarzstein, personal doctor to the legendary Lionel Messi has said that he would want country to lose all their three group matches and ultimately get eliminated from the competition.
Schwarzstein has a cordial relationship with Messi, and despite knowing that the 35-year-old is gunning for his first FIFA World Cup trophy, he does not want the Argentine star to win it in Qatar.
He hinged his desire on the fact that the Argentine government would use the World Cup success to cover up for its failure.
“As a football fan, I would like Argentina to be champions. As an Argentine citizen, as a human being, I would like them to lose all three games and be eliminated in the first round,” he told The Times.
“Why, I’m convinced that this obscenely populist government that we have here would use the success of Argentina at the World Cup to cover things up,” he said
