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Maybe on the surface someone could say he deserves it more, but anyone who has played the game and watched them play would know they are not to be compared. Maybe if ronaldo can make the same pass messi gave higuain for the 1st goal against Venezuela, then you could start to consider comparing...

I feel like maybe there were questions around messi in Argentina a couple of years ago, but after the WC and 2 copas it appears like he gets a lot of love. I have seen zero criticism of him after the centenario, even though he missed a penalty. It was a nice surprise to see so much support for...

If winning a championship is a measure of a player's greatness, well the champions league is a tougher competition than the world cup and copa. We know how messi does in the champions league.

He's probably devastated to miss the PK and feels like he failed his country. But we all know he should lift his head and be proud of his performance.

Haha, excellent point.

Very good point. My 1st world cup was 86, but in terms of 74 I know more about the Holland team than Germany.

I was at the game Sunday. Still trying to make sense of the events. On a night where we were supposed to witness Messi lift a cup for argentina, we saw him devastated from missing a pk and then retire. It is too much pressure on him to repeat what maradona did.I could feel the pressure in the...

Last year I bought expensive tickets to see messi against el Salvador but he got injured the week prior. Two months ago I bought tickets to see him play against chile. I'm flying across the country and paying a lot of money in hopes to see him play live just once. I thought I was in the clear...

Let's change up tactics for short periods of the game. Let's not play possession all game long against 10 defenders praying that some space will open up. Let's be smart and draw their team out of their half and then punish them with the most lethal trio in football

Agreed, we have no change in tactics. It's just possession for 90 minutes with no room to score and then getting killed by 1 or 2 counter attacks because we don't have enough defenders back.

Are you both saying our offense has room to play? I can't tell. To me it seems like it's suffocating most of the time in this recent slump. I'm not saying park the bus all game, but try it for short periods to create space. Nothing worse than seeing our attacking players passing the ball...

Guys it's not about tired players, it's not about motivation, and it's not about chances created. We are dominating all these games. The issue is there is no space to score. Teams are parking the bus. We should do the same and finish them off with a couple of MSN counter attacks. To hold...

MSN is a killer counter attacking trio. We need to sit back and play teams on the counter. Right now teams are doing that to us and there is no space for us to score. So just kick the ball up, let the other team set up their offense, and draw them into our half. It will give us more room to...

Is it just me, or was messi killing it all season long on the right wing and now during this five game slump he is no longer on the wing? Why isn't he playing on the wing?

Well he may be wearing a knee brace in that video which is emphasizing the limp. I would assume it's a minor knee injury, otherwise he would be on crutches.

Supposedly there are some in the argentine press calling for messi to leave the team. I as much as anyone wanted to see them win but to call for such a thing is totally unacceptable. We should start a campaign against the Ole newspaper that's making such ridiculous suggestions.

I've been an argentina fan since the 86 world cup. I'm one of the biggest messi fans you'll find. But I couldn't help but think to myself during the final 'why aren't messi and his teammates killing themselves to get to the ball like they did against colombia?'. I still don't know why. I'm...

The treble and a copa silver medal. (Trying to find the positive in this painful loss)

Something was off yesterday with the whole team. Body language said that chile wanted it more. Not sure if it was nerves due to the incredible atmosphere in the stadium, but i don't recall argentina having a good string of passes all game long. I'm a diehard argentina and messi fan but I...

The talk about boots is making it seem like there is something wrong. He had 3 assists in the last game and they are now in the final. Aren't those good things? If messi scored all the goals for Argentina then what would their other 4-5 works class forwards do? His objective is to win the cup...