Another historic night for Messi in Qatar, the captain of Argentina opened the scoring in a game that had been difficult against Australia and It helped him to surpass Maradona in the list of all-time scorers for his country in World Cups with 9. Kid Valderrama once again highlighted the level of 10 and ruled that Although he is already 35 years old, he does not lose his essence of “playing like in the neighborhood”.
Argentina took another step in the search for the Cup with Messi as their guide. The team led by Scaloni defeated Australia 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals where they will play against the Netherlands next Friday starting at 2 in the afternoon at the Lusail stadium. El Pibe, in dialogue with Goal, made it clear that Lionel can continue playing five more years.
“It’s already big. She is 35, she is not 20 and it is impossible for her to play the same as when she was 19 or 20 years old. But he can still play until he’s 40, if he wants to.”said the Colombian.
In addition, he ruled that despite his age, The Argentine does not change his way of playing. Although you can also do it, but the style he has is what, according to Valderrama, has kept him the best in the world.
“What happens is that he can’t play like that (with one or two touches). Because the difference is made individually, speed. He knows how to play one touch or two touches, If he wants, he can play like that because he has a goal and a good punch, but he doesn’t like to play like that, he likes to play like in the neighborhood. That is the style of MessiThat’s why he’s always been the best.”
