The Argentinean coach thinks that Lionel Messi has improved as a player since he has become the captain of the national team.
Recently, Lionel Messi was given the captain’s armband for the Argentinean national team and it has been noted that there has been a significant change in the performance of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 star for his national team.
The Argentine skipper was often criticized for not performing at the same level for the Argentine side as he does for Barcelona. However, he recently showed the world what he is capable of and scored a handful of goals in order to help the Argentinean team
win a few games.
It all started when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 represented the Argentinean national team during the FIFA World Cup 2010. There were a lot of expectations attached with the world’s best player; however, he was unable to live up to them.
There is no doubt that he was phenomenal while playing for the Argentinean side, but the only thing which he lacked was the goal-scoring. The Argentine star was tipped to become the golden boot winner during the international competition. However, he was
unable to score a single goal for the national team.
There were moments when most people thought that Messi would score, but the Argentine star was unable to finish throughout the FIFA World Cup 2010 campaign, and his side were humiliated by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 in the quarter-final stage of the tournament, as they suffered
a 4-0 loss against Joachim Low’s men.
Now, with Lionel Messi wearing the captain’s armband, a significant change has been observed and the Argentinean coach, Alejandro Sabella, was quoted as saying:
"He is happy, since he has been given the captaincy I think he has done well. I think he has become better; he has matured and feels happier. The weight of expectation on him was already there in the group, but now with the captaincy it is even greater.”
Lionel Messi performs phenomenally while playing with Higuain and Aguero, and Sabella said:
“Messi and [http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030] Aguero undoubtedly have great empathy and understand each other well. But Messi also plays very well with [Gonzalo] Higuain. Messi and [Sergio] Aguero undoubtedly have great empathy and understand each other well. But Messi also plays
very well with [Gonzalo] Higuain.”
Messi is currently on a pre-season tour with his club side, Barcelona.
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