Star footballer Lionel Messi is set to repeat his Barcelona performances with Argentina for the remainder of the tournament.
He still averages a lowly 0.33 goal to game ratio at international level, but he is set to prove the critics wrong as he feels a different man playing in the World Cup. Lionel Messi said: “Ever since we arrived here, my mentality has changed,” said Messi. “I went through difficult times with the national team when things didn’t come out the way I wanted to.
Following on: “I was not only me but also my team-mates. The qualifying round was not good and it wasn’t pleasant to go through that but I’ve stood up and it was great. I really enjoyed the game against Nigeria.” After beating Nigeria 1 – 0, Leo Messi said: “We played a good first game and we created a lot of chances,” said Messi. “We were able to get clean balls up front and that is what you need. If we play as we did against Nigeria, we can be calm.”
Meanwhile, we are told that Lionel Messi “has a good relationship with all his mates” of the national soccer team competing at the World Cup of South Africa 2010, this is what Messi’s mother Celia Cuccitini said on Monday.
“He told me he has an excellent relation with everybody,” Cuccitini said and announced that next week she will travel with her family to celebrate the 23th birthday of his son on June 24. Cuccitini told local radio station La Red that “Lionel is the spoiled one of the family and also at the national team.” When we talk, he tells me that everybody is nice to him, he is very comfortable. With ‘Kun’ (Sergio Aguero) he has a friendship of years, but he also has great ties with Juan Sebastian Veron, despite the age difference, and with Martin Demichelis, with everybody,” Cuccitini said.
Next game for Argentina is against South Korea on Thursday.
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