Lionel Messi is encouraged to compare the Argentine team to the best Barcelona team in history: ‘It is very close because of everything they have achieved’

Argentina beat Peru 2-0 in Lima For the fourth appointment Playoffs And the great personality of the meeting, Lionel MessiHe spoke after the fourth consecutive victory for the world champion team, which confirmed its lead in the rankings World Cup 2026 Which will be disputed Canada, United States of America And Mexico. The group he leads Lionel Scaloni He does not rest on his glories and on his great gift after obtaining world Cup in Qatar 2022The Argentine captain explained: “This team is impressive and continues to grow, game after game, playing better and better.”

The Argentine captain said that this team is on par with the best Barcelona team, which he knew how to integrate into and with which he won everything at the club level. “Compare him with Barcelona, That Barcelona is the best team in history, and that’s a lot. but It’s very close For all this I’ve been pretendingWhat he does match after match and what Owns“.

“Being the American and world champion, this has a lot of merit. They have a lot of players and whoever plays does not show because there is a very special style, which is what distinguishes us very much and we like to do that.” Lima National Stadium.

“As happened to us after the Copa America, the team was much better. At the level of the game we developed and liberated ourselves and after the World Cup we won much better. Today the team looks very confident, very open. No matter where they play, they always want to be champions.” “The story and he wants to get the ball. We enjoyed it and I hope we continue to win matches.”

Although it also highlighted the harmony that exists on campus. This good internal climate helps everything go well in the matches. “Humans play a lot. If you have a good group and a good atmosphere in the dressing room that is important and that makes things easier. I think we have shown for a long time that this is a great group, and no matter what happens, it is always presented in the same way. “Trying,” he said. Enjoying the moments together.”

“We’re lucky it’s a young group Very hungry and wants to keep winning important things on a team and individual level. The message conveyed by the coach is that we have won the Copa America, the World Cup, but a new cycle has begun. We had a very clear idea, but we started from scratch again. He noted that knowing that it is increasingly difficult to continue winning.

Leo scored two wonderful goals in ten minutes, both in the first half. The first has great definition over the range and is placed in the upper left corner. In the second, he touched it to the right post. But he also showed his mobility in attack and demonstrated his magic in a play in which he scattered opponents on the right wing with a devilish dribbling.

On the other hand, he destroyed the rumors about the possibility of even changing the club Inter Miami Start next football League (American League), scheduled to start in late February or early March 2024. “It’s a shame because we were so close. I’ve missed the last few games. We suffered several injuries and the month of July was very difficult for us because we played several matches, we played every three days, we traveled, but we achieved an important championship for the club and for what will come next year. He confirmed: “I will train and play the match we have now and I will try to be as good as possible in the November matches.” The Florida franchise has been eliminated from the MLS playoffs.

Meanwhile, he is excited about the rest that awaits him at the end of the year in his native Rosario. “Then enjoy the holiday in Argentina. This will be the first time that I will be able to spend more days with my people during the holidays. In January I will do the preparatory period in the best way and we will prepare for what comes next.