Messi has come under the fire quite a lot of times while performing for the Argentinean national team and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160 has once again defended him.
The Argentinean legend, Diego Maradona, has once again defended his fellow countryman, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, and has requested the fans to support the best player in the world and not discourage him.
The Barcelona star, and the three-time Ballon d’Or winner, Lionel Messi, has always managed to perform for the Spanish club, but whenever it comes down to showing results with the Argentinean national team, Messi has often failed to repeat the heroics.
However, this year, the Argentinean captain has shown that he is not only a phenomenal player for Barcelona; in fact, he is equally destructive when it comes down to playing for the Argentinean national team.
This season, Messi has broken all the goal-scoring records. Not only did he win the Pichichi award in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011, and the European golden boot; he has won these awards with a record number of goals.
Currently, Messi has scored 80 goals for club and country within this season, in only 63 appearances. Moreover, he has also managed to provide 25 assists; which means that he 105 goals which have been scored by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 and Barcelona have been scored because
of his help.
This definitely means that Messi will be winning the Ballon d’Or for the fourth consecutive time, despite being unable to help Barcelona in achieving silverware this season.
Despite Messi’s heroics with the Argentinean national team, many still criticize him for his performances with the South American side and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Armando Maradona has defended the current Argentinean captain.
While speaking to the press, Maradona said:
“(Messi does) do not have the leadership that I had, or the face of Brad Pitt or Salazar’s a*s, but he is Argentinian and must be defended,” he told reporters.
“If you keep breaking the eggs (criticising Messi) he is going to stay in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and will not come again.”
Diego Maradona was sacked by the Argentinean Football Association after his side miserable failed during the FIFA World Cup 2010.
However, now the Argentinean team seems strong enough to win any competition that comes in their way. They managed to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 4-3 in a recent encounter with their neighbouring country, with Lionel Messi scoring a hat-trick to help his side win the game.
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