In a few months it will be 20 years since the debut of Lionel Messi in the Argentine National Team and, although he managed to enter the great history of our football, he also had moments of suffering. In that sense, Juan Sebastián Verón revealed an uncomfortable moment of the best player in the world when he was still young and which was unknown until this moment.
During the World Cup in South Africa, Diego Maradona decided to take care of Javier Mascherano, captain of the team, for the last match in the group zone, against Greece. There, on June 22 in the city of Polokwane, “Pelusa” determined that Messi used the tape on his arm for the first time and the experience was not easy, it seems.
“It got stuck at some point. It is normal. It is not easy to speak in front of a group, especially in that situation. We don’t help him. It went right”, Verón commented in an interview with the program Clank, hosted by journalist Juan Pablo Varsky.
Beyond that day, when Argentina won 2-0, the “Witch” highlighted the mutation in “Leo’s” personality over the years: “I’m not surprised by his change. I see with joy that he has understood the influence that he has on a team, that he had in Barcelonabut to make himself felt from another place.” Along the same lines, the player who participated in three World Cups with the “Albicesletes” added about the Rosario player: “Many times he withdrew, for not wanting to impose itself beyond football. I saw him as much more of a protagonist and leader. “Over the years you have to fill that role and he did.”
In addition, the president of Estuadiantes de La Plata told details of those years shared on the field: “When he was not in contact with the ball and isolated himself, he went out of the game. He needed to be in constant contact with the ball and I tried to get him involved all the time with what was happening.” Although they were teammates on the Argentine national team for three years in which they also played in the 2007 Copa América in Venezuela, the “Brujita” revealed something that surprised: “I don’t have a relationship with Messi. I haven’t spoken for a long time.”
Rodrigo De Paul surrendered to a historical figure of Argentine sports: “What a pleasure”
The Argentine National Team It had exponents during the Laureus awards ceremony, known worldwide as the “Oscars of sport” and in the past Lionel Messi was awarded the highest distinction. In a new installment, Rodrigo DePaul was present at the ceremony but took particular advantage to meet a historical figure of Argentine sports: nothing more and nothing less than Luciana Aymar.
The world champion player in Qatar 2022 enjoyed an unexpected meeting with Aymar, who was chosen eight times as the best field hockey player in the world and considered the best in the history of the discipline. “I’m dying, I can’t believe it. What a genius”wrote “Lucha” in a post on her Instagram, in which she is seen exchanging Argentine shirts with the soccer player.
However, De Paul’s response was immediate at the meeting that took place in Madrid. “The greatest of all! What a pleasure,” commented the player who emerged in Racing in Aymar’s post, who was also invited to the Laureus celebration and shared a table with the “little engine” of the Argentine national team.
Even several national sports figures took advantage of the post of hockey glory to leave their greetings of the unexpected meeting between the two. Paula “Peque” Paretto and German Chiaraviglio They were some of the compatriots who sent messages to the protagonists.
