Argentina salutes Leo Messi: "More role models than Maradona"
Messi became the first since El Charo Moreno in 1942 to score a five in Argentina, his coach praised: "The day he stops playing, we will miss him"
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06/06/2022
Monday, 06 June 2022, 06:45
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Summary: Argentina defeated Italy 0: 3 in the final game (Sport 1)
On the difference between Lionel Messi in Paris Saint-Germain and that in the Argentine national team, mountains of words have already been spilled, but tonight (Sunday) the flea gave another reason to discuss the issue.
More precisely, five reasons.
Messi bombed the top five in the national uniform and led the South American champions to an easy 0: 5 victory over Estonia in the friendly match at Pamplona which was actually improvised after the cancellation of the match in Israel.
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"he's amazing".
Papu Gomes with Lionel Messi (Photo: GettyImages, Juan Manuel Serrano Arce)
The numbers
* Messi's record in the national team was a hat-trick and in the 47th minute he did it for the eighth time, but later improved to a quartet and in the 76th minute signed with a historic five in the Albiceleste uniform and second in his career.
The previous one was in March 2012 for the Bayer Leverkusen network, when he led Barcelona to a 1: 7 victory in the eighth round of the Champions League final.
* Messi now has 86 international goals and he overtook Hungarian Franz Puskás on his way to fourth place.
At the top of course Cristiano Ronaldo with 117.
* Messi is the third overall to score a five in the Argentina uniform.
The previous player was El Charo Moreno, and it happened 80 years ago at 0:12 against Ecuador at the Copa America 1942. Juan Andres Marbasi did it a year before him, also against Ecuador.
* All season in the French league Messi had six goals, tonight he scored a five in 67 minutes.
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The reactions
Coach
Lionel Scaloni
was speechless: "I do not know what else to say about Messi, there really are no words left to describe him. It's like Nadal in tennis, what can be said? He's something special, we were lucky to have him and a pleasure to coach him. He is the legacy of football "On the day he stops playing, we will miss him."
Papo Gomes
, who scored the second goal in the 45th minute, complimented at the end: "What Messi produces in front of the goal is amazing. We know he does not feel sorry for such situations."
Marcus Sensei
, Feyenoord stopper who made his debut in Argentina after returning from Italy as well: "For me there was no hesitation, it was a childhood dream and I am very happy to record first minutes in the Argentina national team. It's something I wanted from the inside and I'm happy with that decision. "It was just amazing. He surprised us so much in the past, and today he did it again."
The Argentine media also praised Messi, and in a commentary column in "Ola" they claimed that "he has the character of the really great players. He always wants more, always wants more. Nothing would have happened if he had given up this game and extended his vacation while "A few days, but it's just not Messi. He did not even think of that possibility. In some ways, he is an even greater role model and role model than Maradona."
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