FULL REACTION: Lionel Messi’s goal changed everything for Argentina vs. Mexico | ESPN FC 

exactly even i felt julian alvarezs introduction changed the game. He was creating spaces in the mexican backline lautaro was getting suffocated all the time. Alvarez runs into defenders that was his issue but he was creating a lot of spaces

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Julian was all over the place

Agree

C’mon… Di Maria player like absolute trash. That pass was nothing special, it was just basic possession game. Di Maria is way past his prime as well, he really needs to get on that bench.

@Bebeto_7 Go play Fifa kid. Dumb

@Bebeto_7 You're so off, you're going to fall of the earth, which is flat. Messi is rated no. 1 player in Europe, so the best player in the world. Ronaldo, I couldn't find ANY rating for. He had more goals than Messi, but so effing what. He was hogging goals and disadvantaging his team. Don't forget, Man U has been reletated WITH Ronaldo, Barca has been relegated WITHOUT Messi. Messi has the most MOTMs of anyone. He is contributing to almost all goals. No one wants Ronaldo, at least 4 top clubs plus MLS want Messi.

@Bebeto_7 u got brains or what? Bruno, Bernardo and Felix

@@RiberyGDLstop commenting, You're just an embarrassment, don't know anything about football😅😅Portugal has allot of name branch dude, Real Madrid, Juventus, Man u aswell what's your point

@Bebeto_7 you know what.......................................................................keep barking 🐶

I don't think it was Mexico's quality on defense let's be honest...Argentina was scared before the first goal. But then they got the feel of the game and played better.

@@joaovitorcamargo7165 Alvarez substitution made difference.

@@halfvolley11 yes without a good supply to lautaro he cannot get involved in the game

And de paul was drunk or something. The whole team wasn’t precise collectively. It wasn’t all just Messi’s fault

@@joaovitorcamargo7165 actually Mexico started with a 5 defenders line which isn't how they usually started. So it was hard to create chances there and Mexico's strategy to create pressure for Argentina really worked, there was mispasses by Argentina and I guess Mexico was trying to capitalise on mistakes or counters and it seemed like Mexico didn't even want to try to win even if they aren't safe like Poland which made Argentina even more pressurized because draw isn't good for Argentina. And Argentina couldn't build up a proper goal until then, Messi's long shot really saved the game for them. After the goal, Mexico changed the defensive conservative approach and that's when both teams actually played some interesting football because Mexico started trailing and they were forced to change their defensive tactic.

He is going to start. That is argentina for u, if u score u start in the next game but if u make a costly error you’ll be benched . They’ve been doing this for as long as i can remember and thats one of the reasons why they always struggle to win. They haven’t had a consistent 11 since the 2014 world cup where they actually managed to reach the finals by fighting till the end, however the issue was..that “solid” 11 wasn’t really “solid . Now that they can build a strong solid 11 , good players like romero get benched for one costly mistake, which may be a good enough reason to bench someone but all you’re doing is ruining his confidence even more than it was after having made that mistake.

Barca should get him.

@@elvisekete5541 lisandro martinez is playing hard every game so I’d say for now he’s better choice than romero

@@elvisekete5541 romero is clearly not back to full fitness, he needs some more time before he can start.

@@elvisekete5541 enzo got benched because he doesnt have football for 2 months. he just recovered from injury bud.

THIS! People who do not understand Argentina do not consider an important variable in the equation that makes Lionel Messi so great. Unbelievable, not really, but so cool nonetheless. I love this game!

@@jonafutbol2673 He carried the load. I honestly thought he would find the weight of expectations too much to bear. He didn't break his back! Unbelievable!!

Ys

lo celso was their midfield maestro, as much as i love Messi, i think this midfield will get destroyed against big teams

And then there was De Paul 💀😵🥴🥴

Absolutely , those guys gave their all and played really well

Only problems were lauturo , de Paul nd Guido ... otherwise rest of the team played good including the GK

Thank You 🙏

Do mexico fans really believe that tata martino is the guy you needed for the big games? The man is a terrible coach. Judging by european standards at least.

@@ThatGuy-tx4vm nope, unfortunately… he’s been getting so much criticism for years now that I can’t believe he’s still our coach. I see other teams bring other young promising players to get World Cup experience, and Martino decides to leave the two we have (Diego Lainez, Santi Gimenez) out of the squad. Shameful coaching, I hope he’s out after the tournament

@@ThatGuy-tx4vm Tata Martino needed to go a long time ago. He is done !! I hope the the federation chooses a National coach next time.

Callate el osico mija gringa you don't know haha

He proved it in this game. It was like a miracle come out of the blue. Huge relief.

That's too early dude!!! Remember 2018???? Maradona was maradona not because he won 86 but because if his ability with the ball and Messi is great in the same manner....it's just that, the very tough era maradona played in makes him a the god of soccer

@@mahagurudevinmyheartinmyso829 man no. Maradona had excellent teammates back him up who were ready to smash the opponent. We saw how awful di paul was last night and how awful the whole team was in the first half cant even get the ball to the strikers. So yes ability wise messi is on the same level as maradona

Slow down bro.. wait till he faces Mbappe and France at any point

@@TheDYNAMITE001 france is mid lol all the hysteria behind them is cause of mbappe mark him and its game over cause lets be real they havent played against a favorite so far.

Exactly instead of going for the kill they waited and waited and now are almost out of the wc

Had Edson Alvarez played messi would've never scored and this plan would've worked but now I'm really frustrated.

@@JR-Wehmaybe, he definitely would have helped Mexico

@@JR-Weh That's a problem fans have, honestly I used to have the same thing. Imagine if Romero didn't play against Saudi and Argentina lost, people would say, had Romero played this wouldn't have happened. Maybe you're right, maybe Alvarez would have picked up Messi's run, or maybe he's have caused a penalty much earlier in the game. Difficult to say. I don't know what these pundits are on about. If Mexico had nicked one of their setpieces and successfully packed the bus, they would have been saying masterclass. It's just how these things go, there is no master strategy or master selection, you just do you best to manage as many situations in the game, but you can't manage all of them. It's not like Messi was left in acres of space as they say, watch the goal, he was instantly closed down, but Messi's touch set it up perfectly to be hit very quickly. Literally a quarter of yard of space.

Doesn’t mean much now. This is bad for el tri.

@@RiberyGDL Lose and go home. He came up when needed most.

@Bebeto_7 It's alright, you can cry Cristina fangirl.

@Bebeto_7 No ronaldo’s penalty was the real clutch to the team and also for his acting career 🎓

@Bebeto_7 Ronaldo fans usually call a Ronaldo league goal clutch😂😂, but this Messi goal wasn't clutch according to Bebeto_7

Licha needs to be a starter

He’s a beast at man utd too.

Dude is a beast 🔥

Why can't him and Romero start...

@@arhaan2004 Romero was awful in the first game!

🐐🇦🇷🇦🇷💪😢😢🙏🙏

I was suffocating until Messi scored. I was having trouble to breathe.

Me too, and im brazilian...but always root for argentina

Correct

That placement was off the corner. This one went straight to the bottom corner.

it reminded e of his g against troyes the other day

Against Iran in 2014 or 2018

Man utd bayern Munich both goals were like this

@@monya_fluff that's their biggest achievement ever it seem

@@monya_fluff which is why Saudi will be knocked the FK out of this world cup

@@monya_fluff this is what happened with Argentina as well when they had 4 offsides in the first half .... They had completely lost their plot after that But it is perfectly understandable that Argentina hadn't lost even a single match since 2019 ! That's a masterpiece of a record - a 36 game unbeaten run is second highest of all time ! That's even better than Spain of 2007-2010 ! With this shock loss against Saudi, they have understood that every opponent is a potential match winner and that every match should be seen as a world cup final !

The first half was so intense. But as someone who was hoping for Argentina win, it was frustrating. So many miss passes, bad movements, and too many fouls (20 ffs). But I agree about it being the most physical and intense game in the tournament so far. It was an all or nothing match for both teams. Almost like a final.

Thank you , i didin't watch the game because afraid to see Argentina lost the game

They should give Nedum a solo hosting job at ESPN.

Man's trying not to laugh 😂

Man's trying not to laugh 😂

@@alexdeleon4997 Yeah hahaha hilarious

Seb was furious 😂

💯💯 we ready for Poland 🇵🇱

@@margarettami2877 I took the wooooooccccckk to Poland

Except against Liverpool, Real Madrid, PSG, Roma, Juventus, Atletico..........

Messi has let down his team many more times compared to the times he may have showed up when the team needed a lift , so no, that’s not what Messi is all about 😂

@@earnestliving That's wrong Messi actually showed up to bail his teams out & up far more than he let them down which is more of his team letting him down there, it's just that you people foccus only on Messi's fails and call it big game where it matter like against Roma which wasn't a big game at all out of hate, so yes that is all what Messi is about Lmfaooo

Assist. You must be having a laugh.

@@lfk53 it was an assist

@@lfk53 but you would call di Marías pass a assist huh?

@@lfk53 i mean it's true in the sense of stats. But if you watch the match even Messi didn't expect Fernando to hit the goal. All credit for the second goal goes to fernandez

That’s because Julian and Enzo were teammates at River Plate until both got sold Summer of ‘22

alvarez was creating space that lautaro wasnt able to

He should be in the starting lineup

Both Messi nd di maria should not play together...one is 34 nd other is 35 ...they can't press for 90 mins ...one of Dybala or Alvarez should start ahead of di maria ...he should be super sub

@@kaurshaijal4203 They actually miss Dybala, Because Due to Not having Dybala, Everyone is passing towards Messi to make a decisive Play, If Dybala was there, He would help Messi and the Others to be free. Cause while defenders swarm around Messi, Dybala can create chances for Alvarez or Lautaro since he himself is also a class Playmaker

1000%

Exactly. Which is why so many underdogs win and topple high level teams. The world cup is tense, it's next to impossible to be in control for the whole match. Chaos always takes over and like you said you get moments. It's the beauty of the cup

That's not always true, yeah, you can have some moments, but overall a solid team have the higher chances.

@@guruxara7994 problem is there are a lot of solid teams every World Cup So it boils down to who comes clutch when it matters

​@@damifash758 Tbh I don't see a lot of solid teams, and that's why the "clutches" have a higher relevance.

Because they were offside! 🤡

@@a-walpatches6460 mad goofy watch the game

Those were offsides, the images are clear

@@twizztttt976 I did watch the game! They were all offside, only one was close but still off.

@@a-walpatches6460 one of them had an offside call because they claimed that lautoro could score a goal using his shoulder when it was a ground pass. He'd have to take the ball from the ground on to his shoulder and score like that

@@PrinceOlaf Clown

No they weren’t. Stop it. They’re more bias towards Messi than Ronaldo

Yap

What is this victim complex, Argentina have been considered favorites with Brazil and France since the beginning and they all want to see Messi get the WC.

Roy Keane

If you watch this channel then you really know know they are always against Ronaldo. They are messi fanboys

It was messiesque

💯😃

came from messi assist...

Messi goal is 🔥 There is a camera angle from above and you watch that you’ll see how fast Messi kicked that ball

Enzooo

Fr bruh and also people are saying oh y’all barely beat Mexico y’all not gonna win World Cup like bruh Mexico was playing a line of 5 in defense till Messi scored and that’s when they changed they style and we was just getting the ball through more scoring a second goal.

not really, if the you have wingbacks that push up into a 3-5-2 on offense or a super offensive 3-3-4 (or just one of the wing backs can push up and overload 1 side of the defense, but Mexico was playing for a stupid draw and they going to break their pretty good 7 game streak of making it to the knockout rounds!

The defense was not that good, Argentina lost many chances...

@@joaovitorcamargo7165 L comment. Just admit you’re Brazilian and you’re annoyed 🤫🤣🤣

@@joaovitorcamargo7165 Cry more

This literally just isn’t true. The ESPN FC cast don’t know football. Mexico played 8 in the defense up until Messis goal. Messis goal had to be from far out because they played 8 in defense. When Messi scored Mexico had to play for a win. Mexico stopped playing 8 in the back. So it seemed as if Argentina played better when there was just a tactical shift from Mexico. Messi played the best on the field until the 64th minute. After the 64th minute he was also the best on the field. You know nothing about this sport

A friend of mine commented that Enzo got to run into acres of space to score his goal, to which I responded that he thanked Lionel Messi for going out wide and holding the attention of the Mexican defenders to allow Enzo that space...the same space that Messi played the ball into for Enzo.

MEMO Ochoa vs Chile 0-7 😂

@@meelcoom9761 I agree, Messi was the best Argentina player in the first half considering how difficult the game was. People only judge based on goals. Messi did what he could under those circumstances. Hence man of the match

Went AWOL?!🤣🤣 really?? Can any player in the world play when marked and targeted continuously by 3-4 players whole game other than Messi??

Sure buddy

That will happen

Cause of Messi moment.

But after Messi goal they didn't create single chance after knowing they were losing

@@ShahzadAli-se7wg Because the goal came as a shock

@@Eyeyorot I think a shock should have helped them to try more to create and score

Hopefully he will start against Poland ...Nothing creative coming out of the midfield right now

I've been watching this show for years, don't ever take these guys too serious 😂

No they didn't. There is some fake espnfc channel that likes to use clickbait titles like that. But it's not them.

They were crazy. One bad game and they say that. Messi is rated no. 1 player again. Pple are such fools.

@@solenstyle exactly

I kinda agree, ref should have set the tone but end of the day, it is the two teams that are fault for choosing simulation over actual football.

Exactly my criticism of the ref. I was genuinely shocked how hesitant he was to hand out cards.

The referee was a Ronaldo fan or a Ronaldo agent

No man what they’re saying here all makes sense, great video by them. The managers both needed to up their tactical formations but it looks like momentum is back on Argentinas side so they better keep their stride

Exactly dude 👍

They won't win ...will face Denmark, then Netherlands, then Brazil nd in final France ...they won't win

@@kaurshaijal4203 thats what he is saying, he wants them to win but they cant win by relying only on messi

@@veeraraghavan9025 they can't win by any means ...this is what I'm trying to say ...look at Brazil , France, England, spain nd Portugal's bench strength nd compare it to Argentina

@@veeraraghavan9025 Argentina can try as many permutations nd combinations they want ...they would still lose to Brazil (if Argentina reaches till SF)

@@kaurshaijal4203 Ecuador tied with Netherlands.... Netherlands are just a shadow of the previous world cup team... And hopefully they get knocked out early on Brazil and France are the top contenders for this world cup !

🇧🇷

At least? Did Argentina really impressed you? lmao

Nice one

The players just need to play better especially De Paul. Enzo need to start and Di María need to come inside more and take creative control so Messi can play up the pitch

@@p_ro9532 i meant for this game. Against poland they were attacking but this one i thought they were only playing for the draw.

Will lo celso play in knockout stages?

@@kendyjapri1559 he’s out of wc

Dan Thomas is such a legend at those funny transitions. He’s just a great tv guy

Agreed

Lmao Mexico were defending with 10 men. You must be new to football. If you had any football knowledge you'd know it's normal for any team to struggle breaking a defense if the opponent is defending with 10 players. Go crawl back into the hole you came out of lmao

They got this

If they attack frequently, then it's their downfall. That's what Argentina needs, a team that attacks and not just sit at the back trying to draw a match.

Agree... I want them to win... But looking at squad and way they are playing... The way other teams are playing... Looks long shot... But knockout games... Anything can happen...

@@ravirajwadhwa3805 they have bit rough patches but I would say it was intense match ! The Mexican never allowed the midfield to settle as soon they get ball there was foul ! Once there was goal then see how the game changed !