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Ben Ramage

St Mirren star Keanu Baccus describes 'special' Lionel Messi encounter and opens up on World Cup family regret

St Mirren star Keanu Baccus said his World Cup adventure was an almost perfect time on his triumphant return to Paisley. But the Australian midfielder revealed the only sore point of the entire trip was that his family weren't able to share his magic moments with him in Qatar.

The 24-year-old Buddie touched back down in Scotland on Monday, meeting his team-mates for the first time again yesterday when they welcomed him back to the SMiSA Stadium dressing room with a huge round of applause.

Baccus opened up on his entire World Cup experience, which saw him take on the likes of superstars Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Christian Eriksen in Doha. And while he will cherish every single encounter in Qatar, the affable Saints player admits the only way it could have been sweeter was if his parents and brothers could have been there to share it with him first-hand.

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