Messi led the team to say goodbye to the fans after the game
After defeating Venezuela, Messi led all his teammates to say goodbye to the fans, and seeing messi's excitement of singing and jumping, it is difficult to imagine that this is a superstar who has spent most of his career struggling in national team competitions and can only leave the wonderful performance to the club. Today, the Argentine's career is completely reversed.
Wearing the number 10 shirt and scoring 700 goals, Messi interacted with the fans
Wearing the number 10 shirt, he scored 700 goals
After the End of the World Preliminary Tournament, Messi did not want to leave the stadium for a long time (the only home battle event this year), leading his teammates to constantly interact with the fans in the stands, and it was rare for him to be able to sing and dance so loudly for him, who did not reveal his introverted feelings. The reason is simple, 3 goals to win cool, the ball to play more comfortably, Messi with the planning of almost every attack to connect the performance of the whole team, play the best state of the game should be dominance, the goal is also his 700th goal in the no. 10 shirt, Barca 630 + national team 70.
Dance
124 touches, 92 passes success rate of 87%, 7 shots 3 shots on target, 9 breakthroughs 6 successes, simple data is not enough to reflect Messi's influence on the field, even that goal is far from enough - that may be Messi's few balls that are not in control, in fact, the shot is a flaw, perhaps The heavens are willing to make up for his wonderful pass Joaquin Correa's single knife is squandered by the latter, and the overall performance of Messi, continuous dribbling breakthroughs, multiple people hit to send accurate and wonderful passes, It can only remind you of the heyday of playing for Barcelona in the past.
The club was booed, with the national team setting a record for 10 goals in its last 17 games
What about in Paris? The situation is completely opposite, the last home battle, Messi was booed by the Parc des Princes fans, fans used boos to vent their dissatisfaction with the reversal of the Champions League, Messi's face was naturally not better, and even affected the mood of the family in the stands, the last round of truce, Paris simply defeated Monaco's feet by 3 goals. The European game is out, the league championship is worry-free, there is only one way to go, Paris not only has no goal in the next February bewildered, but this summer's team is also unknown because Mbappe and Pochettino are not determined, a confused account, and there are even rumors that Messi intends to return to Barca.
700 goals
Back in Argentina, Messi was on vacation, playing comfortably and happily, scoring 9 goals last year (12 goals in 2012) and winning the first game this year. Messi, who once considered retiring from the national team, played 16 national team games last year, a new career high, which also proves how comfortable he is playing in the national team now, and even this game that has no practical strategic and competitive significance (Argentina has qualified) is not willing to give up, why? The fans in the stands shouted Messi, maybe that's the answer. Back home to find warmth, superstars are also mortal.
Full-field data
Career reversal, club struggling with the national team gorgeous performance
Since his debut in the national team in 2005, Messi has spent most of his time as a club performer, comparable to Pele Maradona, but has repeatedly struggled in international competitions, such as goal drought and championship drought, and his national team resume is not uncommon (Barca averages 0.94 goals per game, Argentina 0.57). Eight years ago, he was close to leading the team to win the Hercules Cup, but unfortunately broke the World Cup final, and then fell into the strange circle of reaching the final for many years but not being able to win the championship (3 times in his career, he was runner-up in the Copa America).
Messi celebrates the goal and smiles from the heart
Until the arrival of young marshal Scaloni, re-molding Argentina into a solid iron army that can fight hard battles, digging out such an excellent organizer as DePaul, and Giving Otamen di Pecelia a second spring, with a strong and reliable team as a guarantee, Messi led the team to break the 28-year championship drought in the Copa America last year, and then the World Preliminaries were also easy to qualify, and the 30 consecutive unbeaten (20 wins) in all competitions has approached the 31-game unbeaten record set by Basile in 1993, and that is Argentina, which won the last major competition.
In theory, Paris has a more perfect and neat lineup, there is no obvious weakness in the three lines, and the composition of the players is better than that of Argentina (the international players are mostly homegrown or the middle and lower reaches of the five major leagues), but Real Madrid in the era of the Galactic Fleet and Paris, which now sits on the most expensive trident, prove that the gathering of big names is not equal to the combat effectiveness. In the past two years, Messi has had a rare reversal in his career, the club has been repeatedly frustrated, but he can experience the fun of winning consecutive goals in a strong national team, the World Cup at the end of the year will be his last and best opportunity to impact the peak of his career, Messi's smile also represents his confidence in himself and his team.
Calmly pass the ball in the crowd