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Critique of Messi and Argentine Football
What does it make you feel to see Messi still on the pitch,
still scoring goals, still breaking records?
It makes me feel ashamed.
As an Argentine, I'm ashamed. Why?
Because he protests everything, they don't penalize him for anything, he asks for the foul.
In the goal that was disallowed for Egypt, he didn't see the foul.
But he went up to the referee and told him someone was down, that there was a foul, and no.
That's why I don't feel represented by a crybaby who
is constantly begging.
In the first match, they didn't send him off, nor was he supposed to send him off.
He committed the same foul as the one they called on the Egyptian player.
So, in general, you don't
feel represented by Messi. You don't feel like celebrating Messi's goals? No.
No, no because... Look, I don't know, a free kick.
The referee makes the mark.
He erases the mark with his foot, adjusts the ball further forward, kicks it further forward.
And honestly, a person like that doesn't represent the essence of football.
And being protected by the referee, FIFA, I don't know, whatever... I don't like it.
Gaining a sporting advantage,
he plays well, I admit it, he plays well, he has his moments, but no,
today he doesn't represent me. I celebrate the goals because I'm Argentine. And the national team
Argentina, apart from
Messi, what does it evoke in you? It keeps winning difficult matches, but it still gets in the way.
Difficult matches.
If it had been 3-0, they definitely would have turned it around on us.
Then, in a group draw, they get an African team,
an Asian team, which are not top-tier,
an easy European team,
they get Cape Verde, another African team, now they play Egypt,
it's strong, it surprised, it received help.
And the national team,
Yes, I think if Di María had been there, things would have been different.
He calls up Garnacho, he plays him,
Garnacho has a tattoo of Cristiano Ronaldo,
he doesn't just bench him, he drops him. Doesn't this Argentine team move you?
No, no, no, De Paul can't play, he's Messi's friend, so he plays.
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Original transcript (Spanish)
Qué le genera verlo a Messi que sigue en la cancha, sigue haciendo goles, sigue rompiendo récords? Vergüenza me da. Como argentino me da vergüenza. Por qué? Y porque protesta todo, a él no le sancionan nada, él pide la falta.
En el gol que le anularon a Egipto, él no vio la falta. Pero se acercó al árbitro y le decía que había uno caído, que había falta y no. Por eso no me siento representado así con alguien chorono que viva pidiendo. En el primer partido no lo expulsaron ni debía expulsarlo.
Hizo la misma falta que hizo al que le cobraron al egipcio. O sea, estás en general no te sentís representado por Messi. No te sale festejar los goles de Messi? No. No, no porque... Fíjate, no sé, un tiro libre. El árbitro hace la marquita.
Él con el pie borra la marca, acomoda la pelota más adelante, la tira más adelante. Y la verdad una persona así no representa la esencia del fútbol. Y siendo amparado por árbitro, la FIFA, no sé, lo que sea... no me gusta. Sacar ventaja deportiva, juega bien, lo reconozco, juega bien, tiene sus momentos, pero no,
hoy no me representa. Festejo los goles porque soy argentino. Y la selección argentina, quitando a Messi, qué te genera? Sigue ganando partidos complicados, pero se interpone igual. Partidos complicados. Si hubiera sido 3 a 0, ahí sí que nos lo levantan.
Después, en un sorteo de grupos, le toca un africano, un asiático, que no son de primer nivel, un europeo fácil, le toca a Cabo Verde, otro africano, ahora le toca con Egipto, es fuerte, sorprendió, recibió ayuda.
Y la selección, sí, yo creo que si hubiera estado Di María, la cosa hubiera sido distinta. Lo llama a Garnaccio, lo pone, Garnaccio tiene un tatuaje de Cristiano Ronaldo, no lo saca, lo desafecta. No te conmueve esta selección argentina?
No, no, no, Depol no puede jugar, es amigo de Messi, juega.
