2023-12-28 11:33:07
The last years of the Argentine National Team We saw a solid team, with an interesting mechanism, something that continues today. For this reason, a former player of the Brazilian National Team admitted that those of Lionel Scaloni They are candidates for the next tournaments and confessed: “We are afraid of Messi.”
Paulo Silas: “We are afraid of Messi”
broke it in San Pabloshone in other teams BrazilPortugal and Italy, and even played in Saint Lawrence. Not only that, but he was youth world champion in 1985 and the 1989 Copa América with the Brazilian National Team. This is Paulo Silas.
The former Brazilian soccer player analyzed the current situation Argentine National Team and left confessions. “What are we going to talk about about Messi, he is out of class, he is the best player of the last 40 or 50 years. Lionel is going to play one more time and we are afraid here in Brazil, that is the reality, but they prepared for that, you have to prepare,” he said in dialogue with ESPN.
Paulo Silas, former Brazilian soccer player
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To this he added: “The only great ones are Messi, Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María, the others are all boys. Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister are all greats, the team is leading in the South American Qualifiers. “That shows a reality.”
At the same time, Silas highlighted the work of Lionel Scaloni and stated: “If things are going well, you don’t take Di María out of a team like he did, and then put him back and score goals in the finals. He put De Paul on the side to protect Messi, to protect the right back, there is a lot of study behind that.”
Finally, he pointed out against the decisions that concern the Brazilian National Team. “We have to imitate, we are suffering in Brazil, I think we are going to suffer for the next 3 World Cups. Carlo Ancelotti coming is a lie the size of the world, he is not going to direct.”
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Messi stopped being the best in the world
Although he won the Ballon d’Or and The Best award for best footballer on the planet, for what he achieved in 2023, Leo Messi was no longer considered the most outstanding in the world according to the assessment of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). ).
The organization published this December 27 the list of the most relevant of the year and the top is occupied by Erling Haaland, followed by Kylian Mbappé and with the Rosario in the last place on the podium.
The Norwegian jumped to the top of the list for his incredible year. He was champion of the Champions League, the Premier League, the FA Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, although he could not play any game in the latter competition.
The Frenchman, on the other hand, barely lifted the Ligue 1 trophy, but had a great scoring year, with special participation in the French National Team: 10 goals in eight games.
The captain of the Argentine National Team led his country on a winning path after winning the World Cup. He was champion of Ligue 1 with PSG and of the Leagues Cup with Inter Miami, his new team.
The IFFHS top ten
IFFHS
The best in the world according to the IFFHS
In the ranking prepared by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, Erling Haaland leads with 208 points, followed by Kylian Mbappé with 105 and Leo Messi, with 85.
Rodri, from Manchester City, added 55 points; Jude Bellingham, from Real Madrid, was fifth with 34; Kevin De Bruyne, also a multi-time champion with the Citizens, sixth with 27; Harry Kane had 18 points; Bernardo Silva, added 9; Vinicius Junior, 8; and the Argentine Lautaro Martínez, closed the top ten with 7 points.
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