Pasan los días y Zlatan Ibrahimovic se sigue consolidando como el más Messista de todos los Messistas.
En Fox le preguntaron por qué ama tanto a Messi:
"Es talento natural, es como si el fútbol se hubiera hecho para él, todo lo que toca lo convierte en oro y tiene un equipo que está listo para morir por él. No importa si gana o no otro Mundial, eso no cambia su status del mejor de la historia. Es solo otro trofeo para su vitrina.
Lo disfruté, jugué con él y lo seguiré disfrutando mientras siga jugando, porque jugadores como estos salen cada 20/30 años, pero igual no creo que vuelva a nacer un Messi".
¿Bancamos esta versión de Ibra totalmente enamorado? SI.
Ayer en el podcast OVERLAP, Gary Neville y Roy Keane se pusieron a discutir de cómo se debió haber marcado a Messi. El debate es genial porque hay desespero total.
Gary dice: "El grave error de Tuchel tras el gol fue jugar 5-3-2, porque Messi vio ese espacio a la derecha ante la falta de volantes y decidió jugar ahí. Luego Tuchel corrige poniendo a Nico O'Reilly en la izquierda inglesa, pero se equivoca al no decirle a Nico que persiguiera a Messi y no le dejara espacio, que lo marcara hombre a hombre".
Roy Keane responde: "Pero Gary, los técnicos más brillantes de toda la historia han intentado hacer eso con Messi en los últimos 20 años! No puedes perseguir a Messi!".
Gary replica: "El error es darle espacio, no le puedes dar espacio porque una vez tiene la pelota con espacio, te liquida."
Keane, desesperado, dice: "Escúchate a ti mismo. Es lo mismo de siempre, él se busca su espacio, se quita la marca y sigue. Eso hizo los últimos 5 minutos del partido. Además, el primer gol vino de un córner, ahí no importa el espacio ni nada de lo que dices".
Es el mismo debate de hace 20 años. El mismo debate que sigue sin respuesta alguna. Cómo parar a Lionel Messi.
Ashley Cole on England’s World Cup semi-final elimination.
🗣️ “England have bottled it. There’s no sugar-coating this. You don’t spend years building one of the most talented squads in world football only to crumble the moment you’re asked to show courage. They gifted Argentina belief and paid the ultimate price.”
“They went into their shell after taking the lead. Instead of finishing the game, they started protecting it like a small nation hanging on against a giant. That mentality is embarrassing for a team with England’s quality. Champions kill games—they don’t hide from them.”
“The manager completely lost his nerve. His substitutions, his tactics, his message to the players—it all screamed fear. Sitting deeper and inviting Lionel Messi and Argentina onto you is football suicide. Everyone watching knew what was coming except the people on the England bench.”
“And the players deserve criticism too. Too many disappeared. Too many hid instead of demanding the ball. When Argentina raised the intensity, England folded like a pack of cards. You cannot call yourself world-class if you vanish when your country needs you most.”
“This wasn’t bad luck. This wasn’t the referee. This wasn’t fatigue. This was a complete collapse of mentality. England threw away a place in the World Cup final because they lacked the courage to keep playing football.”
“If you’re satisfied with reaching the semi-finals, then keep making the same mistakes. But if you genuinely want to become world champions, performances like this should haunt every single person in that dressing room. They didn’t lose to a better team—they lost to their own fear.”
Joe Cole responds to Thomas Tuchel’s comments after England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina.
🗣️ “I don’t want to hear excuses about facing strong teams. Everyone knew Argentina were the defending world champions before a ball was kicked. That’s not an excuse that was the challenge. If you want to win the World Cup, you have to beat the best.”
“You scored first and then completely abandoned your identity. The moment England took the lead, they started playing with fear instead of belief. It was like watching a small team desperately hanging on instead of a nation trying to reach a World Cup final.”
“You don’t score against Argentina and then spend the rest of the game camped inside your own penalty area. That’s football suicide. You invited pressure, gave Lionel Messi more time on the ball and practically begged Argentina to come back into the match. Against the greatest player of his generation, that’s asking to be punished.”
“The tactical approach was shocking. Instead of going for the second goal and killing the game, England retreated deeper and deeper. Every substitution sent the same message: ‘Let’s survive.’ You don’t survive against world champions you either finish them off or they finish you.”
“Don’t tell me England lost because Argentina were too good. England helped create their own downfall. This squad has enough quality to compete with anyone, but they were coached with fear instead of confidence.”
“The painful truth is England weren’t beaten by talent alone they were beaten by a lack of courage. A World Cup final was within touching distance, and it slipped away because the manager chose to protect a one-goal lead instead of chasing history. That’s a decision England will regret for years.”
"Partido difícil. El problema que tenemos es Messi. Si dice que ganará el partido, puede ganarlo. Pero cuidado con Kane y Bellingham.
Creo que será 2-1 para Inglaterra".
Rio Ferdinand. 🏴⚠️
🥹🇦🇷 “Tenemos la suerte de haber vivido al Diego. Nunca me quise comprar con el Diego, yo sé que él me quería. Me quedo con todo lo lindo que viví con él, esté donde esté yo se que está feliz disfrutando todo esto” - Messi sobre Maradona
“Estamos acostumbrado a que siempre hablen de nosotros. Se ve que les gusta, nosotros respondemos en la cancha.
ESPERO QUE CUANDO ME RETIRE NO SEA TAN ESTÚPIDO COMO GARY NEVILLE”.
JAJAJA, LICHA Y CUTI ROMERO. 🇦🇷🚬