🚨 Messi:
🎙️ Reporter: "Leo, how do you always manage to find teammates like Enzo Fernández and Lautaro Martínez in those moments?"
Messi: 🗣️ "That's part of my job. If the opposition stops me from scoring, then I'll create the chance for my teammates. It doesn't matter who gets the goal - as long as Argentina wins, that's what matters most."
No vende humo. No se viste raro. No anda desesperado atrás de una cámara y un micrófono. No quiere dar lecciones de ética y moral en sus conferencias. No se siente más importante que los jugadores. Scaloni UN SEÑOR DT.
Este dato de @OptaJavier es demoledor.
Después del 1-0 de Inglaterra, la posesión de Argentina fue de 88% contra el 12% de los ingleses.
Hicieron 266 pases contra 38 de Inglaterra.
Fueron 37 minutos en los que Argentina arrasó a Inglaterra y los sometió completamente. Los 11 ingleses en su propio campo y área.
Locura total 😮💨
Dato: en los últimos 4 mundiales hemos llegado a 3 finales con una copa. Tengan conciencia de que esta estadística rompe todo los récords. No hubo en la era moderna de la FIFA una selección así.
Hagamos historia el domingo.
Contra todos.
Hay partidos que trascienden el fútbol.
Como Veterano de Malvinas, hoy solo quiero agradecerles a estos chicos por la enorme alegría y la inmensa caricia al alma que nos regalaron.
El deporte nunca cambia la historia, pero a veces ayuda a sanar emociones que siguen muy vivas.
Pep Guardiola on Lionel Messi’s masterclass against England.
🗣️ “People keep asking me how Messi is still doing this at 39 years old. My answer is simple because football has never seen anyone like him. Age defeats everyone, but somehow it refuses to defeat Lionel Messi. What he did tonight was beyond football… it was art.”
“England didn’t play against an old player. They played against the greatest mind this sport has ever produced. Two assists in a World Cup semi-final, controlling the rhythm of the biggest match on earth as if he were playing in his backyard. That is not normal. It is impossible to teach.”
“I’ve stood on the touchline and watched Leo do things that left me speechless. Tonight, sitting at home, he made me feel exactly the same. Every touch had purpose. Every pass carried danger. Every decision was perfect. He didn’t run the most but he made everyone else run for him.”
“The frightening part is that he no longer needs his young legs. His football brain is ten seconds ahead of everyone else. By the time defenders realise what is happening, the ball is already in the back of the net or a teammate is celebrating. That’s genius. Pure genius.”
“People obsess over goals, but tonight Messi reminded the world that football is about creating moments no one else can imagine. Two assists that changed a nation’s history. Two passes that carried Argentina into another World Cup final. That is the definition of greatness.”
“At 39, most legends are sitting in television studios talking about football. Messi is still writing football history. He isn’t surviving at this level he’s dominating it. That’s why I will always say there has never been, and there will never be, another player like Lionel Messi.”
“When this World Cup is over, don’t just remember the trophies or the statistics. Remember that you witnessed a 39-year-old genius walk into a World Cup semi-final against one of the strongest teams in the world… and make them look ordinary. We are watching the final chapters of the greatest football story ever written.”
🚨Lautaro Martínez was asked about Lionel Messi’s influence during Argentina’s World Cup semi-final victory over England.
🎙️ Reporter: “Lautaro, can you tell us what Lionel Messi said to you after you came on?”
🗣️ Lautaro Martínez:
“People see the assists, the dribbles and the magic, but they don’t see what Leo does with his words.
When I came onto the pitch, he walked over to me and said, ‘Attack the space between the defenders. Go for the headers. Keep making those runs.’
I tried it the first time and it didn’t work. I looked at him, and instead of telling me to change, he kept giving me signs to keep believing. He knew the opportunity would come.
We were 1–1 with less than five minutes to play. Leo looked at the scoreboard, then looked straight at me and nodded. He didn’t even have to speak. I knew exactly what he wanted. I knew the assignment.
That’s what makes him different. He sees the game before everyone else. He knows where the space will open, and he gives you the confidence to attack it without hesitation.
Playing with him is incredible because he doesn’t only create chances with his feet. He creates belief in every player around him.
At 39 years old, he’s still leading Argentina in the biggest matches, still deciding games and still showing us why he’s the greatest footballer I’ve ever seen.
We’re in another World Cup final because once again, when Argentina needed someone to guide us, Lionel Messi was that man.”
Juegan cuando tienen que jugar, meten cuando tienen que meter y hablan cuando tienen que hablar. Es la mejor selección Argentina de la historia y la que más cerca está de la gente de la que tengo memoria. Entienden todo.