He’s been in the game so long that nothing surprises him. And although he does not share at all that Lionel Messi has been booed and whistled by PSG fans in Paris, Marcelo Gallardo, current River Plate manager, showed some impression of the reaction that this has generated in Argentina.
Today, thousands – perhaps millions – of Argentines are outraged by the Parisian mistreatment of Lio. But many of them are the same ones who charged, criticized and blew up the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner for many years at La Albiceleste.
The doll don’t forget it. Before 2016, which was when the Rosario crack partially retired from international football, there were plenty of compatriots who questioned and charged their own captain.
GALLARDO’S MESSAGE FOR ARGENTINES – MESSI CASE
“In football nothing attracts attention. Nothing draws attention in football. Let’s not pretend either… We mistreat Messi quite a bit, too. Now let’s not play patriots. Because I have listened to many people, but we mistreated him quite a bit. Before he resigned from the national team, which later, thank God, he repented and returned. But remember! Let’s remember, too. I understand that in other places they also live football in a different way. And if you have to fail, fail that way. I do not share it. Not at all! I don’t share it at all. But, well, in football those things don’t surprise me when they happen”.
Undefeated data. With Lionel Messi as the soccer leader and maximum reference, Argentina broke 28 years of drought. Champions of America once morest Brazil in the Maracana.
¿Did you know…? Before being champion of America in 2021, Lionel Messi lost 4 finals with the Argentine national team: Copa América 2007, World Cup 2014, Copa América 2015 and Copa América 2016.
