Nahuel Lanzillotta
08/31/2021 21:36
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/31/2021 9:49 PM
He is the same as always,
but his face is different
.
Lionel Messi looks renewed.
Without the backpack of a
thousand kilos
that meant not having won something dressed from his country and already installed and premiered in his new club, Paris Saint-Germain, the Rosario is going through a stage of personal rediscovery in which he will not negotiate his voracity to continue breaking records and to be crowned with the laurels of more titles.
And that
supersonic
plane
in which he has been traveling since he made the Olympic lap in the Maracana, a little less than two months ago, took him at dawn on Tuesday again to meet with his fellow champions of America
for the triple round of Eliminatory
rounds. to Qatar in which, in addition to wanting to reap more triumphs to direct the World Cup ticket, he will seek to catch up with Pele, who is currently the top scorer of South American teams with 77 shouts.
Leo
has 76. The first stop will be this Thursday at 21 against Venezuela, in Caracas. Will the 10 be starting?
It is done.
The thorn has no more stuck in that heart that now beats with satisfaction and relief since
the glorious Saturday, July 10
.
Messi achieved what so much took away his sleep and made him desperate every time he played with the light blue and white shirt.
The missing title is a reality;
However, there is no conformism in the head of the Argentine captain who, after his debut against Reims last Sunday, flew to Caracas with Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes to put himself under the command of Lionel Scaloni.
The Argentine National Team trains in Caracas while waiting for the game with Venezuela.
When he said goodbye to his friends on the Ezeiza property with the indelible smile on his face after the festivities, he never imagined that he would live the most intense weeks of his life.
Because when he lifted the Copa América, he had the peace of mind of having reached an agreement in principle with Barcelona for the renewal of his contract, which had expired at the end of June.
He had already advised his three children that the family would continue in the city where they were born.
But everything suddenly changed
.
And one day he had to face, full of tears, the painful goodbye of the club in which he became a legend.
A couple of days later, Paris.
Lionel revolutionized the French capital by quickly agreeing with the team in which Neymar and the Argentine coach, Mauricio Pochettino, awaited him.
Argentine striker Lionel Messi greets after leaving the hotel where his team is staying to attend a training session prior to the match against Venezuela for the World Cup qualifiers, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in Caracas.
(AP Photo / Matias Delacroix)
It is done.
The duel for the departure of Catalonia has already passed and he has given himself to the French affection who received him as what he is, the best player in the world.
There were 50 days that Messi was without playing, between the final in Rio de Janeiro and his entry at 20 of the complement for the fourth date of Ligue 1. Too long for an athlete like
La Pulga
,
used to hardly ever stopping
.
They were
31 minutes flat
who played
Leo
in the PSG (25 regulatory and six off), very little to think about the start against Venezuela in Caracas Olympic Stadium.
The logical thing would be that he starts at the bench and can continue adding football in the second half, and then he will
be as a starter against Brazil in São Paulo
, on Sunday at 16. And then at the Monumental to receive Bolivia, on Thursday 9 at 20.30, where there will be a 30 percent capacity to celebrate the winning of the Cup.
Messi comes from playing just 31 minutes in his debut at Paris Saint-Germain.
Photo: AFP
But it's about Messi.
And Messi tends to escape all logic
. The 10 always wants to be. In fact, he was the only one who was in all the commitments on Brazilian soil. It is physically intact, although the while acted in soil
Gallo
was so naturally somewhat lacking rhythm. And he will only have two practices with the National Team before the first clash. Your presence, then, will be subject to what you chat with Scaloni.
This triple day with the National Team will mean for Lionel the starting point of his season.
It will start and not stop until the next break.
After returning to Europe, more emotions will await him.
A couple of days after playing in Núñez, he will make his debut at the Parque de los Príncipes
, on Saturday, September 11, against Clermont.
And in the 15th it will already be the first commitment for the group stage of the Champions League, the great goal of PSG, against Bruges.
Thus, renewed, with the highest spirits, already rested and with the energy bar once again charged to one hundred percent, Messi has already put himself back in Selection mode to wear the only shirt that will never change for another, that of Argentina.
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