futbalový dres pre chlapcov In case you hadn’t heard, Spain laid down a serious marker on Tuesday night in a friendly against Argentina.La Roja were in sparkling form as they put Jorge Sampaoli’s side to the sword in the Wanda Metropolitano, beating Argentina 6-1.Real Madrid’s Isco scored a wonderful hat-trick, while Diego Costa, Iago Aspas and Thiago Alcantara completed the rout.
Lionel Messi was absent for the game, but even so, Argentina should have fared a lot better without their talisman.The mercurial Barcelona attacker missed both fixtures during the international break due to a minor hamstring injury and his lack of involvement has shown the world how dependant the South American nation are on him.So, surely it is unfair to demand a World Cup from a player that has such an underperforming team around him?Well, this is a theory serial Messi fan Gary Lineker has argued and back in February, he made a great point relating to how the Barca legend could have actually enjoyed his international career in a Spanish shirt.“I have always thought that if Leo had been nationalised for Spain before making his debut with Argentina, Spain would have won even more: three World Cup titles and three European Championships,“ said Lineker.After Tuesday evening’s developments, Lineker’s words have never looked truer.
Spain’s teams in the last two major International tournaments have been good on paper, but not as strong as the title-winning sides of 2010 and 2012.They have noticeably lacked a forward capable of bringing them trophies, something Messi may well have done.It just goes to show how precarious the whole argument of winning a World Cup is.Does a player’s nationality and teammates available to them really mean they cannot be viewed as the finest to grace the game? Surely not.
Lineker also made another great point on the ongoing Messi/Maradona comparison in the same interview, highlighting Messi’s prowess in the Champions League.“I never thought that I’d see someone better than [Diego] Maradona; they say that Maradona won a World Cup and Messi hasn’t, but Leo has Futbalové dresy Atletico Madrid lacno four Champions League titles and Maradona has none,“ he said.“Barcelona play with 13 players because they have Messi.“