Did Lionel Messi graduate as a leader in Argentina? | DT SURVEY

Against the Netherlands, the most rebellious Messi of recent years was noted. The words of the Dutch technical command in the preview were very strong and Leo responded on the field and then off it, after the victory. “We suffered too much, unfairly… Van Gaal sells that he plays football and brought in tall people and began to hit balls and that complicates you,” Lionel said of the coach who criticized them directly a year ago.

For this reason, Argentine characters respond to the DT survey to talk about Lionel Messi’s moment and what they expect in the definition of Qatar 2022.

1) What would you say to Messi?

2) Did you graduate as a leader?

Diego Mendoza – AM 990 from Argentina

1. What is the last chance to earn what you lack
2. I think it’s the experience and being in a squad that plays to the limit in every way. From leaving every last drop on every ball to confronting rivals on and off the pitch.

Manu Fanizza – ESPN Digital

• I would be eternally grateful and wish him the best.
• The truth is that Messi is one of the veteran players of the team, a survivor of the 2014 World Cup, and I understand that he is completely exhausted after the Copa América. He gained a lot of confidence after the title. For a long time here the media killed him because he wasn’t into it and now that everyone is with him he has a different level of ease. Before, everything he did was looked at in one way and they compared him to Maradona. Now the press allows him more things and does not criticize him so much as a result of the Maracaná and the Finalíssima. He was always a leader and I don’t think that question fits.

Alejandro Benvegnu – Radio Miter de Córdoba

1. That he continue to enjoy the World Cup and that he continue to leave everything on the field, what magic he has left over.
2. Beyond the provocations of Van Gaal and the players from the Netherlands, he should not have made gestures or answered him. He should have celebrated the victory with his team and fans.

Fabián Lobato – Secretary of AFA Youth Teams

1. Any. Messi is like a bird, you have to set him free and let him do what he knows best, which is play football. I think that, with its category and level, Argentina has a great chance of staying in this opportunity with the long-awaited World Cup.
2. Messi throughout his career was a banner of sports fair play, being a gentleman on and off the pitch. I think that what happened in the match against the Netherlands was a reaction, a consequence of mistreatment, of the lack of respect from the rivals. Very rarely has it happened. Messi is above all this, I feel that he will be remembered as a subject of color and minor.

Lautaro Chade – Bolavip

1. Keep having fun. If he has a good time, we Argentines keep dreaming. Likewise, he already gave me everything. Whatever happens, ends how it ends, we will be indebted to the best footballer in history. Just seeing him wearing my country’s shirt makes me happy and fills me with pride. I would tell him to have fun and thank him for being ours.
2. It is explained that, in addition to being a leader, he is a faithful representative of the Argentine people. The colors are respected. I think this Messi has been around since the 2019 Copa América, when he went through what happened with Brazil. Leo knows that this team is in a column behind him and he is the captain that the National Team needs.

Horacio Baldessari – former soccer player

1. I congratulate you. For me it is still the same, I have nothing to reproach this boy who always left everything. There are two very tough finals to go, but you saw how the World Cup is, it’s crazy.
2. He went to face Van Gaal because they had been talking a lot, you saw how he made signs and they were talking nonsense. Now, what is coming is hard, fierce, because I am watching France vs. England, an impressive game. Morocco, a team that does not fully understand it and at the point of fighting defends itself very well. The World Cup is for anyone. From Argentina, I really liked the attitude that he began to have after the first game against Saudi Arabia.

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