Quote from: Boristhecat on Today at 12:45:58 PM

Quote from: bitzizzix on Today at 11:59:54 AM

There is definitely a difference when a player plays for a club and when a player plays for his country, and in matches and meetings the players are closer, and also play more in the club than the national team. And also can make a solid team and also understand each other's game.
and what i see with Messi when he plays for club and country has differences like lack of enthusiasm and also not good unlike at his club due to some factors, limited meetings and training and also there must be some players who are weak and this must be experienced by all country. In contrast to players who have the spirit of nationalism they will continue to play very well and defend their country.

Much depends on the status of the tournament. As the Nations Cup has shown, even star teams like France or England can act like they don't care at all about the outcome of games if the tournament isn't important.
As for Messi, in the last year in the national team, he looked better than in the club. Perhaps the environment (Barcelona) played a key role in his achievements. But football is a team game, so one cannot be completely sure of such conclusions.

Any match is going to depend on the status of the tournament if that match is part of the tournament obviously. England and France did not take it seriously at all because I have no idea why they should be. I am sure that they will be able to play perfectly fine in the actual world cup and have no issue.

This is probably going to be the last World cup for Lionel Messi and I really want to see Argentina play well in this world cup. I really wanted to see a world cup in the hands of Lionel Messi but I know right now that is probably a little too much to ask for. so I am going to be realistic and not ask for the World Cup from Argentina but I would really like to see them at least reach the semi-finals.