Barcelona star Lionel Messi met his national team coach Diego Maradona in the Catalan capital yesterday to discuss the country’s plans for the forthcoming World Cup. Messi, who will be one of the main attractions at the tournament, attended the secret meeting in a Barcelona hotel, a meeting which laster for two hours.
High on the agenda no doubt was Messi’s need to produce better performances for Argentine and Maradona’s strategy for helping him do so. The former Napoli star has been criticised throughout his tenure for not using the Barcelona wizard more effectively. The national team coach recognises that if Argentina are to have a real chance of lifting the World Cup then Messi must peform at the level he shows week in week out at the Camp Nou.
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