Lionel Messi, Argentina's World Cup-winning captain, retorted to his former Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe’s recent comments, calling Euros as more complicated to win than the World Cup.Mbappe commented that the South American teams did not have the same high competition as the Europeans. Everyone values what they play.”The World Cup winning captain in his reaction on the statement quipped, “The Euros are very important, but it leaves out Argentina, three-time world champion; Brazil, five-time world champion; Uruguay, two-time world champion. There are many world champions left out to say that the Euro Cup is the most difficult, right? In the World Cup, the best teams are there, all the world champions are generally there. That’s why everyone wants to be world champion,” Messi spoke to ESPN Argentina. Commenting ahead of 2024 European Championships in Germany, Mbappe had said, “I consider the Euros more complicated than the World Cup, more complicated to win. If we talk about level, the Euros is more difficult because we are so used to play against each other. Tactically, it is similar football.”It’s not the first time the new Real Madrid signing has invited fire from South American football. He had taken a jibe at the South American teams in May 2022, stating, “In South America, football is not as advanced as in Europe, that’s why when you look at the last World Cups it’s always Europeans who win.”Mbappe, who was World Cup winner with France in 2018, had recently conceded the European Championships meant unfinished business for him.