Maximiliano Uria
10/15/2020 2:18 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/15/2020 2:18 PM
When Paulo Dybala opened up and said that playing with Lionel Messi in Argentina was difficult, endless criticism fell on the man from Cordoba from Laguna Larga.
But the
Jewel
spoke a complex truth to avoid.
It should not be easy to have the best in the world playing next to you, it is logical to be dazzled by the light of his figure and it is even understandable to be intimidated and want to give all the balls to him.
It's not Messi's fault, far from it:
Leo
was the one who suffered the most from these situations with the National Team shirt
.
But one of the best news that the first double knockout date left is that a group of players emerged,
"the disrespectful of (Lionel) Scaloni",
who dared to lose respect for Messi on the pitch, to challenge him on the pitch. good sense of the term, to deny him assists, to demand passes and even to ask him for some extra effort.
Even the intrepid Lucas Ocampos dared to request the penalty in
Bombonera in
front of Ecuador ...
It is repeated:
Messi himself was the one who suffered the most from
Messide dependence
.
They were years and years of footballers who paid him the deserved
homage
outside the field, but who never managed to get rid of it so as not to transfer it inside the field of play.
Parties and games played
with Messi in the ubiquitous poster, inhibited and / or apichonados ..
.
"Ocampos asking Messi for the penalty is the image of the game, I loved it", @fantinofantino.
#ESPNFCShow pic.twitter.com/KzwdkXyDPd
- ESPN FC Show (@ESPNFCShow) October 10, 2020
Issue, by the way, that is now beginning to happen to Rosario in the renovated Barcelona.
You have to have a lot of personality to ask Messi if he is sure of kicking a penalty, as Lucas Ocampos did in the
Bombonera
.
It was, it is recalled, the former River's first match for the Qualifiers.
The image captured by television cameras went viral in a few seconds.
And the offensive midfielder from Seville went further: against Bolivia, 10 minutes into the second half,
he asked for an extra effort on a ball that was left dead in the middle of the field.
In La Paz there were several sequences of play in which
Messi was treated as one more.
Mentality and personality are two distinctive traits of Lautaro Martínez, who grew up watching La
Pulga score
goals for Pep Guardiola's Barcelona.
El
Toro
of Bahia Blanca, with only 23 years, and was able to put
a face
to Antonio Conte, coach of Inter, in a change that considered hasty.
And at Hernando Siles he
was encouraged to claim Messi, with a firm look, a pass to the heart of the area.
The scene occurred in the first minutes of the second half, after a long ball from the left that La
Pulga
ran with great sacrifice.
The counter asked for a pass to the middle for Lautaro, although the captain hooked and his shot ran into the opponent's leg.
Planted in the small area, Martínez questioned him with his eyes.
Exequiel Palacios vs Bolivia.
Plus some actions from Messi.
pic.twitter.com/Yb6ydG2spy
- 𝙅𝘿🎙 (@JuannDis) October 14, 2020
And in the action immediately afterwards, it was the Inter striker who denied Messi a pass and shot at the goal with a rival on top ...
"Return of courtesies"?
Game fever ...
Exequiel Palacios had a great match at the height and
was another of those who understood that Messi is one more.
The former River played loose, distributing passes to all the players.
He also took a ball from Messi, after a pass from Ocampos that was destined for the
Flea
.
The Tucuman anticipated,
"stole"
the ball from the captain and continued playing naturally and self-confidence.
More positive signs: Gonzalo Montiel and Nicolás Tagliafico reached the bottom a couple of opportunities and decided to put the center for Lautaro Martínez, instead of looking to send back
- so repeated on other occasions -
for Messi.
Argentina tied before the end of the first half, with a goal from Lautaro Martínez and a horror in the Bolivian defense.
Exequiel Palacios found the space and commanded the play through the center;
with his presence half the court is something else.pic.twitter.com/SFgx40Bn8r
- Santiago Caruso (@Santiago_Caruso) October 13, 2020
Perhaps Leandro Paredes and Rodrigo De Paul still need to lower Messi from the poster a bit,
but they are on their way.
The contagion effect can be favorable.
In Bolivia, De Paul opted to take a quick free kick for Palacios when he had Messi within two meters.
That pass started the play that culminated in Martinez's first goal.
Argentina played two, won two and kicked off the tough South American Qualifiers. He didn't have a great performance against Ecuador, but he
improved a lot against Bolivia.
The issue of renovation seems a matter of the past, already resolved. And the youths who entered with a lot of personality
began to get acquainted with Messi, to treat him as one more on the pitch
. In short,
something that has been crying out for several years ...
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