Lionel Messi refine details for the match Argentina versus Chile for the second date of Group B of the Copa America 2024. This June 24, one day before that match that could be decisive in the future of La Roja in the competition, La Pulga celebrates his birthday.
At 37 years old, Messi gave an interview to the journalist Juan Pablo Varsky. Among other things, he reviewed that final that the Albiceleste lost against Everyone’s Team in 2016, precisely in the same place where they will compete in the current competition: the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
That memory is still alive in what for many is the best player in history. “It was a bit like what happened to me when I lost the ball with France. Or in the game, be very self-critical. At that moment I wanted to kill myself.”, noted the man from Rosario in this talk he had with Clank Media. He remembered a mistake he made in the grand final of the Qatar World Cup 2022 in view of Les Bleus.
“It was the third final in a row. We had had a very good Copa América at a playing level. We reached the final being far superior to the rest. In the final against Chile, although we did not have many clear chances, at the level of play we were also superior,” the man from Rosario revived.
And he continued. “We lost again on penalties. As a result of all that, mine also happens, my statement.”Messi assured. He was referring to Argentina’s antecedent in the 2015 Copa América final, which Chile sentenced in the penalty shootout thanks to an unforgettable peck of Alexis Sanchez. By the way, that fall in 2016 ended with La Pulga resigning from the trans-Andean team.
Lionel Messi remembers with great pain the final that Argentina lost to Chile in the 2016 Copa América
Lionel Messi will be the captain of Argentina against Chile on the second date of Group B in the Copa América 2024. And he will always have the mark of the two finals lost against La Roja in competitions played in consecutive years: 2015 and 2016.
Especially after Sergio Romero he covered the shot Arturo vidal. “It was the first penalty, the one that put us ahead. Because heI wanted to hit hard when I knew it wasn’t necessary. “She knew Bravo, she was clear that he was going to go that way.”Messi said. There is plenty of reason: he was the goalkeeper’s teammate in Barcelona in Spain.
“There was a cross towards me for not being able to put the team ahead after they had failed. I always thought and still think that the first penalty must be taken because it is very important.. “Well, it wasn’t that way,” said La Pulga, who is the top reference for the team he trains. Lionel Scaloni. And that counts the hours for a new confrontation with La Roja.
That story has of course been a theme in the Chilean team. “It is said, it is a nice memory of the national team, but all the games are different. “You have to play and you will see the result on the field,” he revealed. Paulo Diazcentral defender of River Plate.
This is how Argentina and La Roja are in the Group A standings in the Copa América 2024
Argentina was the leader of Group B, while Chile and Peru were tied with one point in the Copa América 2024 standings.
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