By EFE
Nov 17, 2023, 10:27 AM EST
After losing to Uruguay at home 0-2the captain of the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi was hurt and criticized the young people of La Celesteto whom he told that although intensity characterizes the Río de la Plata Classic, there was always respect.
“Against Uruguay it is always like this. I prefer not to say what I think, but these young people have to learn from the elders because this Classic was always intense but with respect”, said the Argentine star to the press, as soon as the match ended.
The contest had several confrontations, especially in the first half after a foul on attacker Nicolás González. Several players participated in a brawl in which The Inter Miami player looked visibly angry.
Argentina had never lost an official match in ‘La Bombonera’ and Nor had he conceded a goal since Kylian Mbappé’s goal in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar. For this reason, the level of their rivals and the impossibility of playing their style disconcerted Lionel Scaloni’s players.
“It was difficult for us to play, they are intense, fast and physical. We couldn’t find a way to have the ball and have long possessions“Messi commented.
Messi says that Uruguayan boys have to learn to respect… When he grabs a Uruguayan player by the neck… De Paul injured Maxi Araujo… Anyway, things happen. pic.twitter.com/UfeiRG2eG9
— IngenieroCeleste (@IngenieroCelesT) November 17, 2023
The former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain player highlighted that Marcelo Bielsa’s team is a physical team that works well and which has a lot of power on the counterattacks, as seen in the Uruguayans’ second goal, the work of Darwin Núñez.
Even so, Messi turned off the possible alarms and reflected that he already predicted that this was going to happen sooner or later, and that the team has to think about the next match against Brazil.
“We had to lose, it’s a test. We have to get up and have a good game in Brazil. The matches against Brazil are classics, we have to get up and play in Maracaná, it is not easy“, he asserted.
Argentina lost 0-2 against Uruguay on the fifth day of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, so His streak of four straight victories was cut short. La Celeste, now with 10 points, It was two behind the Albiceleste.
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