According. So I remain lionel messithe captain, figure and symbol of the Argentine National Team, after the 4-1 win about Guatemalain the last friendly prior to the dispute of the America Cup in United States. No. 10 scored two goals and then He left his feelings of victory, with various praises for the kid Valentín Carboni.
At 12 minutes into the friendly on American soil, the Guatemalan goalkeeper, Nicholas Hagen, came out playing from behind with his foot, gave it to Messi and thus reached 107 goals for the Albiceleste team. Later, Ángel Di María gave him a masterful assist and Lio scored the same, by hitting it with his left foot, being the second of the night in the win to add 108 with Argentina.
Messi has 26 goals and five assists in his last 21 games with Argentina. And he is the oldest player to score a goal for Argentina, at 36 years and 355 days old, 10 days before turning 37.. The Rosario star is the top scorer of the National Team in all of history.
“The first minutes cost us. We faced a team that was well behind. He was a rival that was difficult to get into, but we were able to find a way around him“Messi began by saying.
“It is going to become more and more difficult for us; nothing is going to be easy for us. But we’re going to try again.“remarked the Argentine captain, current star of Inter Miami.
Asked about Carbonicurrently in Monza in Italy, who performed very well against Guatemala as a starter, Messi was clear: “It has a present and a barbaric future; you have to take advantage of it. He had already seen him in the Under 20 team, but now he changed, he improved a lot. The kid is very good, more formed and with barbaric quality. There are also others who come in handy and deserve to be seen.”
In March 2016, Carboni, aged 11, took a photo with Messi. “With the best in the world, my idol, I fulfilled a dream,” the boy said that time. Now, eight years and three months later, he was a teammate and broke it with his great idol, no less than in the Argentine National Team.
The Copa América starts on Thursday, with the debut against Canada. “We are going to give our best, we are still eager to continue trying to win more things. It’s not easy, the games are hard, difficult, but we will seek to achieve more and more,” Messi said.
