Argentine anniversary makes Messi proud, but he wants more – Voetbal International

You can hear it in the media rarely mention about personal achievements, but reaching one hundred caps for Argentina too late Lionel Messi unscathed.

The star of La Albiceleste bears Saturday in the group match against Jamaica at the Copa América (kick-off 23:30 Dutch time) for the hundredth time the shirt of his national team .

“Of course this milestone fills me with pride,” said Messi in preparation for the final group match against Jamaicans. “I’m super happy that I’m this far in the national team. I learned a lot and have grown it. I have had many wonderful experiences with Argentina but I also knew my difficult moments. ”

Messi lost the World Cup final in 2014.

With the latter referring Messi on the initially difficult relationship with the Argentine supporters. So were supporters of the Gaucho’s that it is not super talent from Rosário in the national team brought what he does with his club Barcelona showed. They also found the attacker – who left all to Europe at the age of thirteen – not Argentinian enough

Red card
The international match career Messi. awarded on 17 August 2005 and against Hungary in a turbulent start. Hardly in the field came on as a substitute for Lisandro López got the very young striker referee Markus Merk red card for an alleged elbow. What should have been a dream debut ended in a nightmare for Messi, who cried minutes of tears in the locker room.

In the years that followed, Messi became frivolous flavor to eventual captain of La Albiceleste . Against Jamaica, he became the fifth Argentine footballer in the history that the limit of one hundred caps reached. Javier Zanetti (145), Roberto Ayala (115), Javier Mascherano (113) and Diego Simeone (106) preceded him. Messi state after 99 caps and 46 goals also yielded another 27 assists.

Messi is keen battle to decide the Copa América in July with the first prize for the country since the profits of the South -American country tournament in 1993. A price with the big Argentina still missing on his record. Messi: “Winning the Copa? That would give great many internal peace for the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign. Not only for us as players, but also for the coach and all the people in Argentina. They demand that we get that price.