Argentina's interim coach, Sergio Batista, said that the club did not put obstacles to play Argentina in Dublin on August 11
Lionel Messi decided to play for Argentina's friendly against Ireland on August 11 because he "wanted to build" a strong selection of albiceleste shock when the quarter-final elimination at the World Cup, said interim coach Sergio Batista.

"Barcelona and Lionel did not want to come obstacles, that's what good, "said Batista in an interview published today in the sports daily Olé. The coach will meet this weekend with the players in Europe for the match on Wednesday in Dublin. The" Flea "will add two days before the crash.
The coach, appointed on an interim basis after the departure of Diego Maradona and even the appointment of new coach after October, warned that the World Cup was a big blow. " A Messi "affected him as to others." "That's why I say come with a lot of overhead. Leo noticed it wanting to raise it, "he said.
"Despite the shock of the World Cup was tremendous bias, even though they are not in the best shape," he said. Batista was proposed to play Messi as he did when he led during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where Argentina won the gold medal.
Barcelona forward would play "from the right, with freedom." "You have to surround it, but do not be dependent on him. "The man squad for the match against Ireland are almost the same that led to South Africa Maradona and Batista knows that" not in the best shape. "But the main motivation is" the shirt. "
"They feel the desire to reverse that action, to demonstrate that it was a party that suffered Argentina. You know you had to be among the team's four World Cup," he said.
Among those invited Sergio highlights Romero, Walter Samuel, Nicolas Burdisso, Gabriel Heinze, Maxi Rodriguez, Javier Mascherano, Angel Di Maria, Jonas Gutierrez, Mario Bolatti, Javier Pastore, Gonzalo Higuain, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero, Messi, Diego Milito and Fernando Gago.
In the future, the coach left open the possibility of a return of Juan Román Riquelme to the selection, which he resigned for his fight with Maradona. He also spoke in favor of convening and Gabriel Milito Esteban Cambiasso, dropped by the "Ten" for the World Cup. Batista anticipated that his "way to watch football and try to play is that Diego looked at times."
"The first thing is to play well, have an identity, but identity not pick-up in a game. The project is not the match with Ireland or Spain. The project is the last game of Brazil 2014" he said. In that sense, he admitted his desire to continue in office once they finish their year-end substitution. "I have a chance to prove it," he said.