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But what player would excel in this Argentina team. You can't blame Messi for his teammates inability to put together a few passes and get the ball to him in dangerous areas. He tries not to drop deep so often but he has to because it's so bad in midfield. When he does get on the ball that is...

Yes but they are not creating very much when he doesn't get the ball. Nearly all their dangerous moments in the first two games came through him. He should not be blamed for their lack of goals anyway. He is taking players out of the game for his teammates and they still do very little

Part of the problem is they don't get the ball to Messi enough like Barca do. I'm not talking about when he is being marked by 3 but a few times in the last couple of games I saw them not passing to him at the right times like the Barca players mostly do. The more he is on the ball the more...

Well you can't expect him to be running around constantly and have the energy to do the things he does best. By the way try and find a video of him closing players down and tracking back at times in the match because he did that. Argentina weren't been dominated there problem was playing more 3...

Certainly should be better with pereyra in there. Another top player from a top league. Should play aguero though. He just needs a goal or a good game for some confidence

Messi was actually running around alot in this game. Doing alot of closing down anyway. He looked fresh and why wouldn't he seen as he has played very little in the last few weeks

Another Argentina coach who has to play the league 1 standard Argentina league players. He has pereyra on the bench and he goes with that midfield. And no banega in that squad is a joke

Messi has run loads in this game. He has to because he is not getting the ball any other way. Can't believe banega hasn't been picked. He is way better than any of those midfielders unless lo celso shows up

Definitely not. South American teams are very technical teams and only a few european teams can match them in this area

You seem to think that the quality in Europe hasn't also declined

Copa has as much quality competing as the euros.

Come on guys there's still a good few months of play left before the voting closes. I think this year because no standout attacking player won the champions league it won't have a bearing on the voting. A good copa hopefully winning it and a good champions league group stage for Messi should...

Not a proper trophy and a trophy where Ronaldo only played two games in. He couldn't be bothered playing any of the group games so he can't just think he has now won a proper tournament

I meant the team as whole weren't gelling and that has always been the case in recent years. Average midfields have let Argentina down. Hopefully lo celso will improve that but I would have liked to have seen banega picked because himself and Messi always link up well.

I only saw the first 30 minutes and the team wasn't really gelling in that time. Only Messi and lo celso looked good. Hopefully aguero and the rest will step up when the tournament starts

I saw the first 30 minutes of the game v nicaragua and Argentina as a team didn't really gel. Only Messi and lo celso really stood out. Hopefully aguero and the rest get going when the tournament starts. Also why is there a copa America in 2020? I thought the one in 2016 was only played because...

Ya that was nice and it was something similar in 2009 as well

People lets not forget the voting for the balon dor doesn't close until near the end of the year so let's hope Messi carries on where he left off in the league and the champions league and he should be clear favourite. Or let's just hope Messi can somehow lift the copa America but that will...

2011 was the nicest followed by 2015. Perfect amount of stripes. Not too many not little. Plus 2011 had that nice yellow collar

RIP Jose Antonio Reyes