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Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by pontirock(m): 7:10am On Jul 14, 2014 |
Lionel Messi blamed Argentina's 1-0 World Cup final defeat to Germany on their forwards for being wasteful in front of goal. The 27-year-old was a peripheral figure on the night and fired wide a golden opportunity to give his side the lead in the second half after Gonzalo Higuain had done the same in the opening period, while Rodrigo Palacio also scuppered a great chance. Argentina were then punished for their failure to convert those chances when Mario Gotze scored a brilliant winner in extra-time to take the World Cup back to Germany. And Messi believes his side deserved better, insisting they should have taken their chances. "We haven't been in the semi-finals for many years and the fact that we played the final and the way we played it it's something to be proud of,"Messi said after the game. "But we deserved more and that's why we are sad. The strikers missed the chances we had. It's a bad feeling for all of us because we couldn't win the cup and take it to our people. "It's painful to lose it by so little. We were very close of a big change for this national team but we couldn't finish it." Argentina made it to the final after beating Netherlands on penalties in their semi-final on Wednesday, a day after Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 in their last four clash. And Messi felt the ease at which Joachim Low's side cruised to victory last week, along with the additional 24 hours of rest ahead of the final, was key as the final went into extra-time. "I was OK physically as were the rest of us," he added. "The fact that we played a day after them and that we played extra-time against a team that was able to rest in the last minutes of their semi-finals affected our finish of the game. "A difference of one day is big at this stage." Messi could take one small crumb of comfort from his evening after being awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament, though he said the prize "meant very little" on a disappointing night |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by pontirock(m): 7:11am On Jul 14, 2014 |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Tolexander: 7:42am On Jul 14, 2014 |
More like Messi blamed world cup final defeat on Higuain and Palacios! Why didn't he score like he did against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Iran? Why did he balloon the free kick towards the end of the match instead of converting it like he did against Nigeria? Noone wants to be responsible for the joint failure but wants to be the sole claimer of team success! 1 Like |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Dubby6(m): 7:52am On Jul 14, 2014 |
But y didnt dey take their chances na...dat Higuain own vex me die.... Messi, we still love u...go ur team continue dey shock d world |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Swagahyk(m): 7:58am On Jul 14, 2014 |
When CR7 said his team is not good enough to win d cup Messi fans started to criticize him, now they are saying the same that Messi's team mate are not good enough,its only messi, and he just said the same nw. The way Messi and his fans are going down they will soon discover oil. 1 Like |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Rendezvou: 8:38am On Jul 14, 2014 |
Any truthful viewer knows he didn't even derserve the golden ball at all. The German players really played far better than Argentina and they deserved the win. Messi is only an overrated player, r better than him. 1 Like |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by nedu2000(m): 8:39am On Jul 14, 2014 |
Higuain,palacio,aguero had just 1 goal in the entire competition,that tells the whole story,Messi is spot on |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by rozayx5(m): 9:23am On Jul 14, 2014 |
nah wrong heading another goal.com propaganda messi try if no be am argentina would be gone since group stage |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Tolexander: 6:21pm On Jul 14, 2014 |
rozayx5: nah wrong headingand if not for the presence of other players, they wouldn't pass the round of 16. Cos his goals ended in the group stage. 1 Like |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by rozayx5(m): 6:41pm On Jul 14, 2014 |
Tolexander: and if not for the presence of other players, they wouldn't pass the round of 16. Cos his goals ended in the group stage. thats why its called a team no messi no higuain goal no messi no knockout no mascherano no finals |
Re: Messi Blames World Cupdefeat On Strikers by Tolexander: 6:58pm On Jul 14, 2014 |
rozayx5:yes o bro! Ya right! |
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