Listen dudes, you should have noticed him not giving a s**t when playing for his country! Off course he gets paid shitload by his club why would he bother playing for his country where they probably pay him fraction of what he gets paid by barca!
@PauloElias, your comment is disgusting. Did you see the game? They tackled him harder and harder. In one case, they even kick the ball right in his face ! Messi suffered so many fouls but still didn't gave up. Messi plays really good for Argentina, wtihout him, Argentina wouldn't even go to the QF's of the World Cup 2010
Paulo Elias, with all due respect, playing for the Greek National squad (your greek right?) may not be prestigious but playing for national teams like Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Germany just to name a few is an honour. I live in Argentina and watch futbol every day and never once have a heard about a player in the national squad complain about what they get paid. Its not an issue. Playing for the 'Albiceleste' is priceless, and beleive me Messi feels the same way
For the idiots that say he doesn't perform for his country just because he doesn't score doesn't mean he doesn't perform.... I don't remember the last time he wasn't involved in a goal scored by Argentina. He creates soo many chances for his team it's just Argentina has no midfield, no defence and the team chemistry is horrible since they never play together
Lucky ass argentina. Really lucky goals and the only shots that had any danger by argentina. Colombia outclassed them in the first half. Problem with colombia and this happens with every game againts any team is that when we start winning 1-0 the coach right away wants the defend the scoreline instead of trying to extend our lead. Argentina you got lucky today
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Is really pretty awful how much young talented players Colombia has, but they're completely wasted in this useless this that has haunted Colombian football since the mid 90s. We never ever play for the win. The players are implanted this drawing mentality, so they have no desire to win. No matter how much control of the ball we have, or how many flawless passes we can execute, we have no desire to win. Is really pretty pathetic
Not a pretty game to watch but a win is a win.... Aguero should be a starter
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WoW! What a f****n surprise! We lost again! Not because we don't have a fantastic team, and not because we wouldn't be completely capable of outclass Argentina, but because once again our managing believes that victory doesn't suit us. We play with fear, and as long as we play this outdated Pacho Maturana style football, we will always be in fear
Finally a win argentina! Ah its been a frustrating year.... We need chemistry, a new coach, a midfield, a defence and what the hell argentina scores 3 goals and barely manages to win it =/ 1-2 goal scorers, mascherano for colombia and messi, kun for argentina =/
Frank think about it this way. Just cause a player is good it doesn't mean that he alone can take his team to a World Cup. One player is just part of the team. Pele makes it seem like if he was on the field vs 11 players from back in the day he would win the world cup. I'd love to see that. Messi is playing with a team that lacks a playmaker or a decent attacking Midfielder nobody! Then the forwards on Argentina are all pure forwards and nothing else. Higuain is a tap in artist and deosn't create chances, Aguero is a selfish beast who wants to do everything on his own and take all the glory, and Angel runs really fast....
Messi is Basically Xavi+Iniesta when he plays for Argentina. He starts all the plays like Xavi would and makes incredible passes and chances, then he carries the ball and sneaks in for an attack once in a while like Iniesta. He can't do all of it though he needs a team that has chemistry
Yousif. You are just an Argentina hater. Frank said nothing about taking them to the world cup or anything else like that. All he said was that those players are in top form this season. Yes they are "top club form" but they will get it together as an international team
Its a disgrace that you have Pep as your pro pic and you say this. Everyone knows a team of forwards will never win anything. Maybe if any of them besides Messi knew how to create chances and not play so selfish in front of goal then youd have a winning combo....
Everyone in the world knows that a team consists of defenders, midfielders, and Forwards. Not Defenders and 6 forwards because then who would create? You need at least 2 people creating chances constantly!
Di Maria is a creator. I think Futboller is right. They should not be loosing games. You are right that there needs to be a full team, not just rely on attackers, but they have a quality team
Lavezzi and dimaria and even tevez are creators also, don't you watch them play in club? No excuses maybe Argentina are just not that good as they are thought out to be ever think of that YousifSaid
On a more serious note I wouldnt consider tevez or lavezzi as creators. The creators for argentina right now are messi and di maria. But with dimaria on the wing theres still a gaping whole in the middle of the field
There is no room for Tevez in this side at the moment. Argentina have the attack covered with Messi, Higuain, Aguero, Di Maria, and Pastore. Sure Tevez is as good as any of these but Argentina have bigger problems at the moment (so too does Tevez), than just there attack
Ok yousiffagget, you're fkng retarted, what I meant is that they have very good attackers and should be scoring goals, never said anything about no creators being needed. Now you have touched on up on that point, yes messi could perfectly play that role and di maria can perfectly provide great balls for the attackers. Then they have players like zanetti and cambiasso who can hold down the midfield. So next time don't talk out of your asssss and think before you reply dumbshtt
Colombia first half were fantastic Argentina? WTF? This is not even a team They were lost, no combination, no idea what to do, passing the ball behinde like 30 x without any offensive moves! They have good strikers, yes but they have no team Even Messi the best one of them wasnt really good, but no wonder, he run like 10 x more than he did in a normal game with Barca. That was lucky win but Colombien stopped playing football in the second half as if they were happy with 1-1 ! Yesterday was the easiest day to beat ARgentina and they didn't! This was one of the worst match i've seen this year
If you want to exaggerate, at least be slightly considerate about it. It wasn't that bad mate, and los Argentinos managed to salvage the points. For a team that's still being built under a new manager, it's a decent result