Riyad Mahrez on Lionel Messi’s masterclass vs Algeria:
🗣️ “What Lionel Messi did against us tonight is beyond incredible, especially at his age and at this stage of a World Cup where every single detail matters so much.”
“When you face a performance like that on the pitch, you can only stop and respect it… because it is not normal football anymore, it is pure genius taking control and deciding the entire direction of the game.”
“I remember before the match people were saying ‘he is not Messi anymore’… and I even said once in a normal conversation that if Algeria had Messi, we could beat Argentina, but football always has a way of proving things wrong.”
“But tonight he showed exactly why players like him cannot be replaced, compared, or even properly planned for… he is on a completely different level that you only truly understand when you are playing against him.”
“Every single time he touched the ball, we felt danger immediately… and every time we tried to close him down or block his space, he still managed to find another solution that hurt us.”
“As players, you prepare for him, you study videos, you analyse his movements, you try every tactical plan possible… but in the end, there are moments where you just have to accept pure greatness.”
“He didn’t just beat us tonight or score goals against us… he controlled the rhythm of the entire match in his own way from the first minute to the last.”
“That was not just a performance or a good game… that was a reminder, a very clear one, of why he is considered one of the greatest players to ever play football.”
Me dan ganas de llorar cuando pienso que Messi en cualquier momento se retira, que es probablemente el último baile en la selección argentina. Los que me conocen saben lo que amo a ese extraordinario ser 🥲🥹
Que odio me da cuando estás apurada y pedís un Uber y el viaje lo agarra un taxi y que los culiados te lo cancelen por levantar pasajeros en la calle.
Si, hoy me pasó con dos taxis, la concha de su madre
Hoy voy a conocer por primera vez la cancha de River 🥹🤍 y no pude evitar pensar en que mi cuña Claudio me llevo por primera vez a un partido; un superclásico en el Kempes en 2015 y me quería traer a conocer la cancha de River, siendo el de boca. Te extraño tanto 🫠🥺
Hoy Leo Messi juega su última Eliminatoria con la Selección.
Cuando arranqué a mirar fútbol, él estaba dando sus primeros pasos. Crecí con él.
Se va un pedazo de mi infancia también. Gracias por todo.