Messi: We knew we had a tough game ahead of us. It’s no coincidence that they didn’t lose to Spain…

After the match, he also announced Lionel Messi who was realistic and did not hide that his teammates were fighting during the match.

– We knew it would be a very difficult match. It is no coincidence that this team did not lose to either Spain or Uruguay. We did the most difficult thing, found the first goal, but then we lost the ball, retreated and could not impose our game – Messi started.

He pointed out that Argentina did not manage to put enough pressure on other problems that the Cape Verdean players were creating.

– We couldn’t press well. Our lines were too long, and they always had more games. They didn’t have the ball, but they made us run because we couldn’t press as we wanted.

In the round of 16, Argentina will face Egypt on July 7. Messi is clear about the continuation of the tournament.

– This is the knockout stage and nobody gives you anything. This World Cup is very even and all the matches are extremely difficult. Now the most important thing is to rest, take out the positive things and correct the bad ones, and I think there were a lot of them today – he concluded.