The Argentina national team arrived yesterday (Saturday) for the match against Mexico in the 2nd round of the World Cup with their backs against the wall and thousands of citizens of the country sitting huddled in front of the television with great tension, in a game in which a loss would have sent Leo Messi and his friends home at an early stage, after they once again built a mountain for them of expectations before the tournament.
After the loss to Saudi Arabia, Lionel Scaloni's team struggled yesterday as well, but in the second half they broke free and Messi, who again rushed to speed, scored a huge goal and added an assist to Enso Fernandez, Benfica's great midfielder on the way to 0:2 against the hated nemesis from the center of the continent.
On Wednesday, a win for Argentina over Poland will put them up anyway and it will be enough for them to climb out of first place as long as Saudi Arabia do not win by two more goals than they do in their game against Mexico.
Argentina's draw against Poland will advance both together (with Poland first) as long as the corresponding match also ends in a draw or Mexico wins by less than four goals.
"We can't give up, we can't make any more mistakes, every game from now on is over for us. In the second half we were united and we went back to playing the way we know," the excited Messi concluded the game, "it was a difficult game, the conditions weren't easy either, but we all played As it should be - both those who started and those who entered and responded excellently. We have another game ahead of us and we only have to think about it and thinking that we haven't done anything yet, this is only the beginning of the road. Before the tournament we were euphoric and it cost us, especially in the first game because it was for many players the first in the cups the world and we didn't play the way we wanted and needed to."
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Regarding his health, he added: "The truth is that everything is fine. I was in pain in the final minutes (after Saudi Arabia), but I'm fine, I trained as usual and made every effort because now is not the time to give up."
Lionel Scaloni, the coach of Argentina, analyzed the game from his side: "The first half was not good for any of us, but in the half we corrected things and started to play better, we managed to balance the game in the middle. Then you already saw what happened, number 10 decided the game And there is a whole bunch behind him that supports him. Mexico played with five players in defense and four more in midfield, it's hard to play like that, but I'm happy that the substitutes also did their job."
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Angel Di Maria: "Today we managed to bring happiness to our people, to ourselves and to our families, who came to the previous game and saw us as bad. We have been here for years in the national team and always give our all, we will continue to fight until the end. This victory gives everyone some peace. We knew it would be a difficult game against A strong opponent, we knew there wouldn't be too many situations and it wouldn't be very pretty, but the most important thing is that we won."
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