Eight players to watch out for in the 2011 Copa America – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, Neymar and more (Part 3)
In this last part of the featured series on the top eight players to watch out for in the 2011 Copa America, it is time to shed some light on the likes of Lionel Messi after elaborating on the talents of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 and Falcao in the
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Lionel Messi
After yet another brilliant season with Barcelona, Messi is faced with another daunting task. Most of his critics say that Messi is only as good as the team he plays in and whilst his team mates at Barcelona have proven themselves
at the international stage by winning the FIFA 2010 World Cup last summer, Messi has failed to impress with Argentina. It is not as if Argentina are a below average team but it would be naive to say that they are as good as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. Thus now Messi is faced
with the task of firing his national side to Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 glory.
Comparisons with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160 are quick whenever Messi is mentioned but the Barcelona forward lags behind his role model as Maradona was quite successful with Argentina. He took them to FIFA World Cup glory in 1986 and then took
them to the final of the 1990 FIFA World Cup as well. For Messi, Argentina has proven to be a step too far up till now. He failed to score for Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup as they were knocked out by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 at the quarterfinals stage.
Before that in 2006, Messi watched from the bench as Germany again eliminated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 in the final of the tournament by three goals to nil. Nonetheless
what is past is history now and the entire spotlight is on the mercurial Argentinean to lead his team towards glory on their home turf this summer.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979
Whilst there are no special expectations associated with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uruguay-c3035, there are a lot of expectations linked with Alexis Sanchez.
Udinese’s winger was impressive in the 2010-2011 Serie A season but his best time with the Italian club side came in the second half of the Italian football season when he was played just behind the striker as a trequartista.
Chile will deploy Sanchez in the same position in 2011 Copa America and unlike Messi, Sanchez has definitely caught the eye at the international level. Sanchez was an integral part of the Chilean national team side which progressed
till the 2010 FIFA World Cup’s round of sixteen where they lost out to Brazil in the end. Sanchez is already linked to a move away from Udinese in the present summer transfer window and an extraordinary run for Chile in the Copa America will only add to his
pay package and his value in the transfer market. Sanchez is undoubtedly the next big thing in world football but the winger now as the responsibility to make it sure that he is recognized as the best in the world rather than one of the “best”.
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