Martín Liberman on the rout of the Argentine team: “It was a training session with cones”

The Argentine national team beat Estonia 5-0 in a new friendly duel in preparation for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. With five goals from Lionel Messi, those led by Lionel Scaloni beat the Europeans, stretching to 33 the streak of undefeated games they have had since 2019 However, the low level of the rival on duty caused various reactions on social networks. One of them was Martín Liberman, who affirmed that the squad from the ‘Old Continent’ represented a “waste of time” for the ‘Albiceleste’.

After Lionel Messi’s five goals, journalist Martín Liberman used his official Twitter account to criticize Argentina’s rival: “The match is not very serious. A waste of time! It serves for Messi’s statistics and for people to be happy seeing the national team abroad. The rival is a shame.

Minutes later, the Argentine communicator returned to the fray: “The national team is here to win the World Cup. It is favourite. He is at the level of anyone. But don’t be “thermos”! Today’s game was a training session with cones”.

Messi made history with the national team

Leo Messi, striker for Paris Saint Germain, made history this Sunday by scoring five goals for the first time in his career with the Argentina national team shirt.

The former Barcelona attacker signed the win for the team led by Leonel Scaloni against Estonia (5-0) in a friendly match played at the El Sadar stadium in Pamplona.

Messi, who had achieved a re-poker with Barcelona against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League (7-1), on March 7, 2012, has accumulated 86 goals with the Albiceleste. His first goal dates back to March 1, 2006 in a 3-2 loss to Croatia.