a Dream World Cup semi-final could be on
the cards between Brazil and Argentina.
but first Lionel Messi and Company will
have to pass their toughest test of the
tournament so far .as a two-time world
champions take on the Dodge, the old
rivals meet again at the biggest stage.
the two teams have met five times at the
FIFA World Cup ,with Argentina winning
the latest meeting at the 2014
tournament. winning the semi-final on
penalties .Messi was Argentina captained
back then ,and naturally all the focus is
around one man heading into the
quarterfinal tie.
Lionel Messi has
enjoyed a fine tournament so far and
scored three goals, one of them was
against Australia in the round of 16 , his
first ever in The Knockout stages of a
World Cup .there is a growing feeling in
the Argentinian camp that, this just
might be their year . after the shock
defeat to Saudi Arabia in the opener .the
South American Champions have regrouped
and now faced their old rivals.
we know the Netherlands have great
players ,a very clear idea of the game
obviously we have our own.
we are working in the ideas that we have,
we still have one training session to
work and adjust the details. in general
we must think in our own way be aware of
what we can do, be relaxed and play
football if we do things right.
everything will be fine
the Netherlands missed the World Cup in
2018 .but have impressed on their return
to the global stage their best
performance came against a talented
American side in the round of 16. the
Dutch ran out 3-1 winners in that match
and although they are riding High
Captain vagil van dijk knows that ,Messi
and Company will pose a completely
different challenge.
well first and foremost about one of the
best plays of all time maybe Leo Messi,
obviously is he’s done it for so many
years.
I would say him and Cristiano Ronaldo
have been, you know the two stand-up
players over the last few decades, and
there’s only respect towards what what
they achieved and
for us now obviously is not the case
of preparing just for him. we’re
preparing to beat Argentina and
obviously we know how big of a party is
of their success
over the years.
so yeah that’s the full focus .