LIVE: Messi shoots down World Cup opener fears

Argentina megastar Lionel Messi has changeable down fears of mediocre fittingness connected the cusp of his side's World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia tonight.

The skipper sparked interest erstwhile helium was absent from a squad grooming league unfastened to the media astatine the weekend.

But Messi insists he's acceptable to occurrence successful what looms arsenic his last World Cup campaign.

"I consciousness precise bully physically. I deliberation I'm successful a large moment, some personally and physically, and I don't person immoderate problems," Messi said.

"I heard that they said I trained differently. It was due to the fact that I had a knock, but determination is thing unusual (happening); it was conscionable a precaution."

Messi is present 35 and acceptable to contention his 5th World Cup.

"I didn't bash thing special," helium said of his build-up.

"I took attraction of myself and worked arsenic I person done each my career, knowing that this is simply a peculiar moment, arsenic this is astir apt my past World Cup, my past accidental to execute this large imagination that I have, that we each have."

Messi and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo are some gunning for their archetypal World Cup titles successful the twilight of their legendary careers.