Leo Messi he remained in the middle of the field, looking at the ground, surrounded by the rest of his teammates from the albiceleste, surrounded by substitute players who came out onto the field to cheer on their teammates. Leo stayed in the middle watching the Saudi party, who first prayed on their knees kissing the grass and then jumped up and down in endless joy. world defeat for Argentina (1-2) in the debut of world before the one Saudi Arabia properly, tactically worked and ready to cancel I read.
head down Messi when Saleh Ashehri he scored the first Saudi goal in the 48th minute with a natural gesture of regret that we have seen many times in boat. Leo never raised his head and when he didn’t ask for the ball and make his team play there was no Argentine team Messidependent in all aspects, football and emotional. “Let the people trust, we won’t let them down,” said Leo after the game. Although the story of how the locker room is after the historic loss leaves no doubt as to how much they need to rebuild. “Dead, they’re all dead.”
The Argentine stand was silent throughout the game. He seemed to catch the apathy of the team and almost throughout the game he cheered as if intuiting, presaging, that Argentina was not doing well. Messi took the punishment signaled by VAR in slow motion, without running, slowly, putting the ball almost without hitting it. This is the metaphor of the party. that’s how he played Argentinathat’s how he plays Messi.
And meanwhile, the Saudis reflect on the pitch what their coach is Herve Renard he trained in training thinking about Messi, knowing how to throw offside, lock the Flea, adventurous, focused. Renard is a globetrotter, always dressed in white because of superstition and because of that his dark and shiny complexion stands out, a strategist, obsessed with Africa. During the coronavirus pandemic, the salary was reduced by 50% – from 400,000 dollars a month to 200,000 – donating the rest to Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia.
Messi started his fifth world cup, another record for Leo, the first South American to play in five World Cups. The albiceleste went 36 games without losing, after winning the America Cup They seemed ready to compete for the World Cup, but the error after three correct disallowed goals weighed heavily on them. Also emotional. Leo has scored just ten goals in the last four games with the Albiceleste but he never once knew how to tackle the advanced Saudi defence. It’s like they didn’t prepare for the game. Salem Al-Dawsari made of Messi. His goal is a sign of Leo. dressed up golden ball to clarify that the World Cup was not won with the shirt.
Defeat on debut is very difficult and more so in a group like Argentine, included Mexico Y Poland as rivals. Messi He has two games to raise his head, to recover a mentally depressed dressing room. A warning in this defeat for other teams, like today’s Spanish opponents Costa Rica. Chief Luis Enrique You can now imagine your footballers.
Source: La Verdad
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