People Need To Stop Saying Messi Has No One On Argentina

Over and over I keep reading people saying how Lionel Messi has no one to play with on Argentina.

My thoughts? Shut up.

He does so.

His defense is playing lights out at this world cup and on paper is one of the best in the world. Zabaleta and Mascherano are both the best in the world at what they play in.

Angel Di Maria and Sergio Aguero are both no slouches in the midfield either. Again, they are both one of the best in the world at their respective positions.

Lavezzi and Higuain are both very good when they are on their game.

Like Samuel L Jackson said in Snakes on a Plane, “I’ve had it with people saying Messi has no one to play with internationally!”

He does. Enough, stop it. If he doesn’t win the world cup this year it will be a bust just like Germany with their stacked roster.

Saying Messi has no one to play with is an insult to Cristiano Ronaldo who has to play with scrubs on team Portugal outside of Pepe and a past his prime Nani in the midfield. How they even gave Spain a tough match in the 2010 world cup and 2012 euro cup is beyond me.

Argentina Beats Weaker Belgian Squad

Well that was a bit of a dull game. Similar to Germany’s game against France yesterday.

Argentina got it done against Belgium winning 1-0 after Gonzalo Higuain scored a goal eight minutes in after getting a bit of a lucky deflection/pass that went off a Belgian defender.

Credit where credit is due, Argentina held on. Belgium didn’t get very many significant chances all game due to Argentina’s stingy defense. The only bright light for Belgium was Vincent Kompany’s remarkable defending. Even Eden Hazard got pulled off the field and subbed around the 70th minute.

Before the game I picked Argentina to win barely just like they have all tournament. It may be ugly, but a win is a win. This team looks a lot better than the one that was coached by Maradona and thrashed by Germany in the last world cup 4-0 in the quarter finals.

Di Maria went out with an apparent injury around 15 minutes in but he should be fine, it did not look serious. If he plays, Higuain gets going, Messi is Messi, and their defense keeps playing well, this team may have a chance against Netherlands (assuming Netherlands beats Costa Rica, which they should).

Belgium, just like Colombia, should not be upset with their performance this world cup. They had to have been one of the highest placing Belgian squads in recent memory. They also got a very young squad. Once they get more experience they may be the team to beat in the next Euro cup in 2016 or the next world cup in Russia in 2018.