FIFA World Cup 2010 - Two Barcelona Stars, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez, to face each other in the round of 16
On June 22nd, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez both captained their teams for the last match of the group stages. Even though, Mexico lost to Uruguay, they will still advance to the next round and meet Diego Maradona’s unbeaten Argentina in the round of 16.
The day was filled with drama and emotion, considering the Barcelona squad. It was only tears for Eric Abidal and Theiry Henry as France could not qualify for the next round and it was the same for Messi and Marquez, the only difference was that they were happy as they helped their nations qualify for the knockout stages. It is worth mentioning here how Marquez equalized to the host nation, South Africa, by scoring a goal for Mexico and of course not forgetting how impressive Messi has been in all the games he has played so far.
On this day, Diego Maradona kept his promise and brought his second team on the field to face Greece because his second round qualification was confirmed. He kept Messi in the squad, as he had said, the night before that it would be a sin if the Barcelona striker is not included in the starting eleven. He even rewarded Lionel Messi with a captain’s armband and it was for the very first time that Messi was the captain of Argentina. On the other hand, Rafael Marquez is a regular captain for Mexico.
During the match against Greece, the Greeks needed the points more than the Argentineans. Even a draw might have worked for them, but later they found out that they were facing a superior opposition. Messi started to dribble the ball after the quarter of an hour mark. He started to do what he does best, make moves and dribble the ball. He played at all striking positions, swapping with Diego Milito or even the son in law of Diego Maradona, Kun Aguero, who was having quiet a game himself.
In the closing minutes, after the first goal was struck by the Munich defender Demichelis, Messi found a huge gap between the defenders and shot the pole. Later, Messi found the ball right at the outside of the box, and he ran to his favourite position to shoot the ball into the net, but the Greek keeper managed to save it. It deflected straight towards Martin Palermo who made no mistake and shot it inside the net and became the oldest man to score for Argentina in a world cup. Messi has been unlucky during the group stages and is still waiting to find his first goal in this world cup. Although, most of the goals that came from Argentina, took place because of the Barcelona star Lionel Messi. There was a nail-biting battle between the other three teams and eventually, South Korea was the one which came on top and became the runners up of group B.
On the other hand, Rafael Marquez’s Mexico suffered a loss ahainst Uruguay but still managed to qualify; thanks to the game between South Africa and France in which South Africa beat France and they both did not manage to qualify. Thus, Mexico ended as runnerd-up of group A, and will be facing the unbeaten Argentineans.
Many people predicted that the game between Mexico and Uruguay has been set already and that they have already made a pact to draw the game. But, both the sides tried to top the group so that they do not have to face the very dominating Argentinean side.
Later, Rafael Marquez told the press that the team is unhappy and they will improve the way they are playing; they will have to if they need to beat the hot favourites Argentina. Now the Mexicans are to collide with the Argentina in the knockout stage and an old rivalry between the two South American sides is going to re-open. Let’s see how Diego Maradona is going to face the next challenge. In both the cases, a Barcelona star is going to shine in this particular match of the Knockout Stage.
FIFA World Cup 2010 - Two Barcelona Stars, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez, to face each other in the Round of 16.
On June 22nd, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez both captained their teams for the last match of the group stages. Even though, Mexico lost to Uruguay, they will still advance to the next round and meet Diego Maradona’s unbeaten Argentina in the round of 16.
The day was filled with drama and emotion, considering the Barcelona squad. It was only tears for Eric Abidal and Theiry Henry as France could not qualify for the next round and it was the same for Messi and Marquez, the only difference was that they were happy as they helped their nations qualify for the knockout stages. It is worth mentioning here how Marquez equalized to the host nation, South Africa, by scoring a goal for Mexico and of course not forgetting how impressive Messi has been in all the games he has played so far.
On this day, Diego Maradona kept his promise and brought his second team on the field to face Greece because his second round qualification was confirmed. He kept Messi in the squad, as he had said, the night before that it would be a sin if the Barcelona striker is not included in the starting eleven. He even rewarded Lionel Messi with a captain’s armband and it was for the very first time that Messi was the captain of Argentina. On the other hand, Rafael Marquez is a regular captain for Mexico.
During the match against Greece, the Greeks needed the points more than the Argentineans. Even a draw might have worked for them, but later they found out that they were facing a superior opposition. Messi started to dribble the ball after the quarter of an hour mark. He started to do what he does best, make moves and dribble the ball. He played at all striking positions, swapping with Diego Milito or even the son in law of Diego Maradona, Kun Aguero, who was having quiet a game himself.
In the closing minutes, after the first goal was struck by the Munich defender Demichelis, Messi found a huge gap between the defenders and shot the pole. Later, Messi found the ball right at the outside of the box, and he ran to his favourite position to shoot the ball into the net, but the Greek keeper managed to save it. It deflected straight towards Martin Palermo who made no mistake and shot it inside the net and became the oldest man to score for Argentina in a world cup. Messi has been unlucky during the group stages and is still waiting to find his first goal in this world cup. Although, most of the goals that came from Argentina, took place because of the Barcelona star Lionel Messi. There was a nail-biting battle between the other three teams and eventually, South Korea was the one which came on top and became the runners up of group B.
On the other hand, Rafael Marquez’s Mexico suffered a loss ahainst Uruguay but still managed to qualify; thanks to the game between South Africa and France in which South Africa beat France and they both did not manage to qualify. Thus, Mexico ended as runnerd-up of group A, and will be facing the unbeaten Argentineans.
Many people predicted that the game between Mexico and Uruguay has been set already and that they have already made a pact to draw the game. But, both the sides tried to top the group so that they do not have to face the very dominating Argentinean side.
Later, Rafael Marquez told the press that the team is unhappy and they will improve the way they are playing; they will have to if they need to beat the hot favourites Argentina. Now the Mexicans are to collide with the Argentina in the knockout stage and an old rivalry between the two South American sides is going to re-open. Let’s see how Diego Maradona is going to face the next challenge. In both the cases, a Barcelona star is going to shine in this particular match of the Knockout Stage.
FIFA World Cup 2010 - Two Barcelona Stars, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez, to face each other in the Round of 16.
On June 22nd, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez both captained their teams for the last match of the group stages. Even though, Mexico lost to Uruguay, they will still advance to the next round and meet Diego Maradona’s unbeaten Argentina in the round of 16.
The day was filled with drama and emotion, considering the Barcelona squad. It was only tears for Eric Abidal and Theiry Henry as France could not qualify for the next round and it was the same for Messi and Marquez, the only difference was that they were happy as they helped their nations qualify for the knockout stages. It is worth mentioning here how Marquez equalized to the host nation, South Africa, by scoring a goal for Mexico and of course not forgetting how impressive Messi has been in all the games he has played so far.
On this day, Diego Maradona kept his promise and brought his second team on the field to face Greece because his second round qualification was confirmed. He kept Messi in the squad, as he had said, the night before that it would be a sin if the Barcelona striker is not included in the starting eleven. He even rewarded Lionel Messi with a captain’s armband and it was for the very first time that Messi was the captain of Argentina. On the other hand, Rafael Marquez is a regular captain for Mexico.
During the match against Greece, the Greeks needed the points more than the Argentineans. Even a draw might have worked for them, but later they found out that they were facing a superior opposition. Messi started to dribble the ball after the quarter of an hour mark. He started to do what he does best, make moves and dribble the ball. He played at all striking positions, swapping with Diego Milito or even the son in law of Diego Maradona, Kun Aguero, who was having quiet a game himself.
In the closing minutes, after the first goal was struck by the Munich defender Demichelis, Messi found a huge gap between the defenders and shot the pole. Later, Messi found the ball right at the outside of the box, and he ran to his favourite position to shoot the ball into the net, but the Greek keeper managed to save it. It deflected straight towards Martin Palermo who made no mistake and shot it inside the net and became the oldest man to score for Argentina in a world cup. Messi has been unlucky during the group stages and is still waiting to find his first goal in this world cup. Although, most of the goals that came from Argentina, took place because of the Barcelona star Lionel Messi. There was a nail-biting battle between the other three teams and eventually, South Korea was the one which came on top and became the runners up of group B.
On the other hand, Rafael Marquez’s Mexico suffered a loss ahainst Uruguay but still managed to qualify; thanks to the game between South Africa and France in which South Africa beat France and they both did not manage to qualify. Thus, Mexico ended as runnerd-up of group A, and will be facing the unbeaten Argentineans.
Many people predicted that the game between Mexico and Uruguay has been set already and that they have already made a pact to draw the game. But, both the sides tried to top the group so that they do not have to face the very dominating Argentinean side.
Later, Rafael Marquez told the press that the team is unhappy and they will improve the way they are playing; they will have to if they need to beat the hot favourites Argentina. Now the Mexicans are to collide with the Argentina in the knockout stage and an old rivalry between the two South American sides is going to re-open. Let’s see how Diego Maradona is going to face the next challenge. In both the cases, a Barcelona star is going to shine in this particular match of the Knockout Stage.
FIFA World Cup 2010 - Two Barcelona Stars, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez, to face each other in the Round of 16.
On June 22nd, Lionel Messi and Rafael Marquez both captained their teams for the last match of the group stages. Even though, Mexico lost to Uruguay, they will still advance to the next round and meet Diego Maradona’s unbeaten Argentina in the round of 16.
The day was filled with drama and emotion, considering the Barcelona squad. It was only tears for Eric Abidal and Theiry Henry as France could not qualify for the next round and it was the same for Messi and Marquez, the only difference was that they were happy as they helped their nations qualify for the knockout stages. It is worth mentioning here how Marquez equalized to the host nation, South Africa, by scoring a goal for Mexico and of course not forgetting how impressive Messi has been in all the games he has played so far.
On this day, Diego Maradona kept his promise and brought his second team on the field to face Greece because his second round qualification was confirmed. He kept Messi in the squad, as he had said, the night before that it would be a sin if the Barcelona striker is not included in the starting eleven. He even rewarded Lionel Messi with a captain’s armband and it was for the very first time that Messi was the captain of Argentina. On the other hand, Rafael Marquez is a regular captain for Mexico.
During the match against Greece, the Greeks needed the points more than the Argentineans. Even a draw might have worked for them, but later they found out that they were facing a superior opposition. Messi started to dribble the ball after the quarter of an hour mark. He started to do what he does best, make moves and dribble the ball. He played at all striking positions, swapping with Diego Milito or even the son in law of Diego Maradona, Kun Aguero, who was having quiet a game himself.
In the closing minutes, after the first goal was struck by the Munich defender Demichelis, Messi found a huge gap between the defenders and shot the pole. Later, Messi found the ball right at the outside of the box, and he ran to his favourite position to shoot the ball into the net, but the Greek keeper managed to save it. It deflected straight towards Martin Palermo who made no mistake and shot it inside the net and became the oldest man to score for Argentina in a world cup. Messi has been unlucky during the group stages and is still waiting to find his first goal in this world cup. Although, most of the goals that came from Argentina, took place because of the Barcelona star Lionel Messi. There was a nail-biting battle between the other three teams and eventually, South Korea was the one which came on top and became the runners up of group B.
On the other hand, Rafael Marquez’s Mexico suffered a loss ahainst Uruguay but still managed to qualify; thanks to the game between South Africa and France in which South Africa beat France and they both did not manage to qualify. Thus, Mexico ended as runnerd-up of group A, and will be facing the unbeaten Argentineans.
Many people predicted that the game between Mexico and Uruguay has been set already and that they have already made a pact to draw the game. But, both the sides tried to top the group so that they do not have to face the very dominating Argentinean side.
Later, Rafael Marquez told the press that the team is unhappy and they will improve the way they are playing; they will have to if they need to beat the hot favourites Argentina. Now the Mexicans are to collide with the Argentina in the knockout stage and an old rivalry between the two South American sides is going to re-open. Let’s see how Diego Maradona is going to face the next challenge. In both the cases, a Barcelona star is going to shine in this particular match of the Knockout Stage.
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