When are you, Messi?" Asks the press Argentina after the disappointing performance of Barcelona player
The weak performance of the albiceleste Lionel Messi is gaining attention in Argentina despite the victory against Germany (0-1) in Munich. "Messi is one that is indebted to the selection. For individual performance or lack of coupling to collective game, striker of Barcelona does not reach the level that it has in the Catalan club," the morning The Nation.
"When are you, Messi?" Asks the newspaper Clarin in an analysis of what's missing from the team coached by Diego Maradona to improve your game.
"Let Messi needs a team to support your talent is real and it takes nothing more than to watch a video of Barcelona. This young man in Spain plays like a story out of 'play station' still remains, even choose to break the mold , ideas and performances, "says the paper.
"Sometimes stars are able to light up a team of half-light. Messi has to do, but do not know how. To play, you also have to think. You can not "wait" to the team, now he must prove that it crack, "he says. The sports daily Ole said that Angel Di Maria, Benfica's Portuguese footballer, has become a" must have "in the Argentine team and Messi "played another game without the brightness expected."
"In favor of Rosario can be said that this scheme Argentina game, not everything is your responsibility, but the ball will come soon and, even worse, dirty. Far from the last stitch as usual in Barcelona, more than once committed the sin of going down to his own field, receiving the ball back to the opponent area and lose it, "he says.
"While Lio alternated good and bad in their performance and still not be as important in the selection as it is in Barcelona, is immovable in the team," the Diario Popular.