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Leo Messi closes account with critics in Argentina: "They said I was a failure"
The reviews from home?
"They claimed we did not deserve a shirt."
Winning the box office?
"The hardest degree in a career."
And also: the change in its function and the credit to Scaloni.
Messi returns to the lows and highs in the national uniform
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Thursday, 09 September 2021, 07:09
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The affair between Leo Messi and Argentina has always been exciting. From his first steps as Maradona's successor, through the difficulty of marching the Albiceleste to the title in a major tournament to closing the circle at the last Copa America, the national uniform always takes the flea side out of its emotional side.
Last night (Wednesday), Messi gave an interview to ESPN Argentina, in which he returned to the low and high moments in the national team uniform. He says he is hurt to this day by the critics and commentators who killed him in the difficult years, especially after the loss to Chile in the 2016 Copa America final.
"Some journalists said I was a failure. They said we did not deserve a shirt, that we should not be on the team. Today everyone understands that not everything is black and white. We try to be champions, always, but in Argentina everyone always thinks we are the best in the world. The first step is to admit I am not there. "There are much better teams, and we have to be modest. We are not the worst, but we are not the best either. At the time, I do not think they internalized it. Focus only on the bad things and the end result, and did not see that we gave it our all."
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After the victory over Brazil in the last Copa final, heavy weight fell off Messi's shoulders.
"After all the suffering I went through on the team, it was a happy, pure moment. At first I did not digest it, it was like a dream come true," he said.
"I don't know if it was the biggest title of my career, but it sure was the hardest title ... In Barcelona everything happened very quickly, and I started winning titles from a young age. With Argentina it took time, it was a process."
Messi praised Lionel Scaloni, who took the job temporarily by default but has survived on it ever since.
"Scaloni is one of us, and he has great value for the team. He came to the team in a difficult time and stabilized it. He stuck to what he believed in and it worked. He gave us confidence, he united us. From the moment he took the reins, everything improved."
On the wild tackle he suffered in the last team game against Venezuela, Messi said: "It was ugly. At first I was scared, I was afraid I was seriously injured. Luckily after that I felt a slight pain and kept playing, but it was an ugly move."
Messi even talked about the change in attitude he has recently adopted, as part of his adolescence lessons.
"I try to dawn in a different way and not be constantly just in the last third of the opponent. I try to go back, run the game, cook more, deliver more. I don't have the speed and breaking power I had in the past, but I keep producing situations."
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