Lionel Messi spoke about the win against England and making the World Cup final.
Messi had two assists for Argentina in their 2-1 win against England. The 39 year old spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“Let it hurt whoever it hurts and let them say whatever they want, nobody gave this team anything for free.
“Playing two World Cup finals in a row is insane, this group is incredible.
“Honestly, before the World Cup started, I trusted this group and knew we would be among the top four.
“Let the fans enjoy it like they are, now it will be whatever God wills.”
Congratulations guys. I was so upset when we were down but omg what a team we have and coaching stuff. Now only Spain on the way and how do we get them it will be an interesting game. They don’t score a lot but they don’t give the ball so what would be our game plan will be great to see
can we please appreciate maccalister & Tagliafico ? they has been extremely steady.
One thing I don’t understand is all these so called media experts are saying England played back and it was Tuchels fault. Look at the first half before the English goal. No real chances for England. Molina makes a mistake, and Argentina decided to step on their neck and crush them. You think anybody in England wanted to retreat? They didn’t. They had to. The pressure was immense and Tuchel saw this so he put in more defenders. Both goals were scored with plenty of capable English players. Argentina just decided to stop playing around and impose their will. It wasn’t just Tuchels fault. He was screaming on the sideline to push up. They just played a better team that imposed their will on them. Argentina had the better team, shut down Bellingham and Kane, and anyone objective saw there was no real threat just a bonehead play by Molina.
I could have strangled Molina. Thank god it worked out in the end.
well played argentina ! all the very best for final. lets go for 4th star. good to see alvarez macca fernandez and lautaro back on form just before final … lets go messi …
I said yesterday that the fans at the stadium are gonna go ballistic and the Albiceleste are gonna put down with everything they got.
The replay of the game on FS1 as we speak
Big hugs DFox.
I just put on fs1 to check and thank God I watched this game on Bein Zspoers and Tellefe Argentina.
These American commentators are getting better but still sound corny
Glory, this is glory. I havnt cried like this for futbol since 2022 final win. I’m happy we made it here, full stop. Thank you God.
PS
I thank God I have TyC sports and don’t have to rely on news here like I did 8 years ago.
It’s nice to go back a few articles and see all the “scaloni is stupid” ” he must have hit his head”, commentary from all the so called fans turned to so called tacticians. Thanks for wasting our screen space making us look for comments that actually have substance.
Vamos
I understand fans want to vent their emotions through sharp criticism, but is it just me, or do you also find it insufferable when people make outrageous comments, like subbing off Messi, without making any analytical point, simply outpouring toxicity and clearly revealing that they have zero footballing knowledge?
I’m not saying no one can call for Messi’s substitution, but shouldn’t that be based on logic and argument or at least making a half-decent point? Am I right that blogs shouldn’t be used as your swear training platform or probably should I grow tolerance?
Agreed
The beast mode and subs is all SCALONI tactical superiority. He puts the other team into that situation sets them up
-Let it hurt whoever it hurts and let them say whatever they want, nobody gave this team anything for free.
Both of my kids we’re borned to support Argentina just like i was back in Late 70’s thanx to my oldman even none of us are Argentine regardless we will keep on supporting Argentina forever like we have allways done. Now both of my kids will be experiencing the exact same as some of us did at coming from 1986 as defending Champions of the world and reaching the final on a row at 1990 and beyond, that just as @Ghostdeini wrote below
But, i’m make’s me so happy and proud to see my kid’s at this moment so passionate about it as it obviously bring’s back memories from past, but we are living totally different era now and i’m so, so gratefull for Argentina for all these year’s whether they have won or not it has been so unique in so many different ways with so many great players emerging constantly from Argentina, but what make’s it even more unique is the passion from Argentine’s as a nation, which is beyond anything in football and i truly hope, that their such a beautiful culture will live forever and will go through what ever obstacles they might had to face in their future live’s. This is what the world need’s as togetherness, that can be spread by football with forum’s like this connecting also Argentina’s fan’s from worldwide and hopefully making the world to become a better place for everyone in this planet 🙏 THANK YOU🙇 ARGENTINA🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Argentina created so many unforgettable moments in the last world cup and they did it in this this world cup even more.
We must win the final.
All odds are against us but we must find a way.
after going through hell since 1990:
– 1990 Losing to a questionable penalty.
– 1994 seeing Diego taken by that lady.
– 1998 Berkamp wonder goal.
– 2002 Bielsa suicide sabotaging mission.
– 2004 losing in the last minute.
– 2006 after fielding the most wonderful team (watching the end of the game with riquelme, messi, aimar, saviola, crespo on the bench but cruz on the field) this one hurt so much man just thinking about that makes me teary.
– 2007 Losing to brazil.
– 2010 Diego choosing players he saw in dreams instead of deserving players.
– 2014 losing final with brutal fouls from germany (Neuer, Hoewedes)
– 2015 and 2016 losing finals.
– Messi retiring.
– 2018 what a mess, still lost to the winner.
– then came light, Scaloni and Aimar took over just for 2 games. we were lucky they got the job.
– we lost 1 copa but then we won won won won and I hope we win on Sunday and look back at this team as the greatest team ever.
That Cia lady
Welcome to the curse the pain the tears welcome to the Argentina national team
Don’t forget the imposable football the insane ball possession Tica taca the bielsa teams playing tactical ball no one had ever seen before 90% ball possession impossible superior play and still lose out
Tevez at Olympics etc etc etc this is why we are here
We are now witnessing the GREAT REVENGE POST CURSE and us isn’t over yet I said once that curse breaks Argentina will win everything
Let’s not forget fifa president sat in brasil dug out rubbing his hands together grinning Ayala punched in the face brasil score another copa lost
Copa wasn’t fifa sanctioned back then they were trying to kill it replace it with tin can gold cup
Fufa were currupt to hell and supporting calling gir brasil always
This is the revenge I said would happen once the curse breaks I knew maradona death would be a HUGE TURNING POINT.
Scaloni knows the history and knows what needed to be done
Fufa president in brasil dug out in a non fufa competition
Utter snd total corruption Now LOOK WHOS IN CHARGE
PHENOMENAL VICTORY FOR ARGENTINA!!!! Everything just spot on, even the subs were pretty surprising! Except for Molina. At this point, if we can only put Molina or Montiel on that RB, I believe Montiel would prolly do much better. He was trying and trying.
There’s a fine line between terrible and passive (Molina) and, terrible but TRYING (Montiel).
El Diego was the ORIGINAL Capo Dei Capi and you’re looking at the 2nd 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷💙✊️
Make sure you watch Frenchy vs the Redcoats Saturday 🤡🤡🤡
I don’t even know what to say. Every time we concede, this team flips the switch and goes into beast mode.
Scaloni’s substitutions were spot on today. Nico is at his best coming off the bench against tired legs, and he completely changed the game. Other than Molina’s mistake for England’s goal, that was by far our best performance of the tournament.
Simeone did exactly what he was selected to do disrupt England’s rhythm physically and mentally. It worked brilliantly until Molina lost his man. I don’t think Molina will start the final. He hasn’t been able to do anything whether in attack or defense!
Give credit where it’s due! Depaul was outstanding against a tired England side sitting deep. Lautaro after missing a similar heading chance against France at the end of regular time in the 2022 World Cup final, he made no mistake this time. Enzo , MacAllister & Julian have hit their form just at the right moment!
And Messi… how many players have played in three World Cup finals in their career? We are witnessing history here!! If he was still playing in Europe it was confirmed 9th BallonDor but he doesn’t give a flying fcuk about it, otherwise he could have scored our third in the dying moments! But decided put the team above individual accomplishments!
Spain are a very good team, but when it comes to attacking threat, resilience, and finding a way to come back and win from behind, they’re nowhere near us!
Again Congratulations, Everyone!! One more game to go. We are about to create history and lift our fourth Worldcup on Sunday!!
i still remember the immense doubt around scaloni and co in 2018 especially from many idiots on this forum who are now silent, i cannot believe that was 8 years ago…
Yes,i was rooting for scaloni as he won u17 or u15 world cup for us( Subject to correction).All the matches were won with a margin of 1-0 or 2-0 reminded me of 2010 spanish team and also a great tactician.Few may not like this,that’s ok as opinions can differ.I don’t know why,but I felt Scaloni gonna become a world cup winner for us.He has won mostly everything except 2019 Copa,and I am hopeful that we can win the final on July 20th.Personally i wanted Spain to win the semifinal as they are the best in match up for us to beat. I didn’t want mbappe or france to reach final and have a scope of taking revenge against us. Definitely a great encounter with Spain which we gonna win.We should be confident but play cleverly to win this world cup.1 more to go,Vamos albiceleste.