Vladimir Petković on Lionel Messi’s masterclass against Algeria in Argentina’s World Cup opener:
🗣️ “We came into this match with a plan, with discipline, with belief… but sometimes football puts you against a player who can destroy even the best preparation with a single touch of the ball.”
“What Lionel Messi produced tonight was not just a great performance, it was a football lesson delivered by one of the greatest minds and talents this sport has ever seen.”
“You tell your players to stay compact, stay focused, don't give him space… and then somehow he still finds a way to create magic where there should be none.”
“The most frustrating thing is that you can actually do many things right defensively and still end up suffering because he sees passes, movements, and opportunities that nobody else on the pitch can see.”
“At 38 years old, most players are talking about retirement, managing minutes, or slowing down. Messi is still deciding World Cup matches, breaking records, and making elite defenders look helpless.”
“I looked at my bench after his third goal and there was almost disbelief on everyone's face. Not because we were losing, but because we were witnessing something special that may never happen again.”
“People will talk about the hat-trick, the records, and the statistics, but what impressed me most was the authority. He controlled the match as if the game itself was moving at his pace.”
“I have coached against great players in my career, but tonight felt different. Tonight felt like football history stopping for ninety minutes to remind the world exactly who Lionel Messi is.”
📷 #FotoConHistoria 📚
Rendición del jefe de los royal marines estacionados en Malvinas ante el contraalmirante Carlos Busser en las calles de Puerto Argentino el 2 de abril de 1982.
#Malvinas44 🇦🇷
🇦🇷 | 1 de abril de 1982, 18:30 hs
Arenga del comandante de la Fuerza de Desembarco, contraalmirante Carlos Alberto Büsser, minutos antes del desembarco en las Islas Malvinas. 💪🇦🇷
Minutos que quedaron en la historia.
🇦🇷 LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS 🇦🇷
@Armada_Arg@FuerzaAerea_Arg@Ejercito_Arg@JMilei@TGCarlosPresti@MinDefensa_Ar
@GordoDan_@NormaMdeHUDSON Los miembros del E.R.P. Lasser y Toledo murieron el 14/02/75, en Tucumán, enfrentándose contra el Ejército Arg, donde cae mi padre, el Capitán Héctor Cáceres al ir en rescate de su camarada herido.
Ambos Terroristas figuran como DESAPARECIDOS, cuando sus cuerpos fueron entregados
@ATOficial Nadie se acercó al complejo en la semana a decirle al dt cuáles son los menos malos que hay? Paró el peor 11 posible literalmente en un partido de 6 pts. Y en el ST salimos igual… pareciera que abondandolo puso el 11 hoy