The same ones who attack Luis Enrique indiscriminately because they don’t consider him a coach related to their interests, now rage against Messi because the Argentine star has carried the albiceleste to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. They are also the same people who celebrate Cristiano Ronaldo’s goals with Portugal or who deny Spain because they play with the ‘Barça style’. The World Cup is probably the most exciting competition out there. Unique for its significance. And for the passions it generates. But it is also the tournament that manages to bring out the worst version of some of the media, who love to live constantly on the treadmill of tension.
Luis Enrique, despite the surprising and painful defeat against Japan, is building a team with real options to win the title again. And Messi, against Australia, showed once again that he is the best player on the planet, no matter how much it weighs on some. Not wanting to recognize one thing or the other is blind. And of fools Because if Spain and Argentina have any chance of reaching the final of the World Cup in Qatar’2022, it is thanks to their indisputable leaders. Luis Enrique is the soul of Spain, as Messi is of Argentina. And without them, neither the ‘red’ nor the ‘albiceleste’, would be in the small group of favorites along with Brazil and France (who also qualified for the quarterfinals yesterday after defeating Poland with a superb display from Mbappé).
Pedri, in the exclusive interview granted to the special envoys of Prensa Ibérica in Qatar, assures that “hopefully I can change my shirt with Messi in the final& rdquor ;. The young blaugrana midfielder verbalizes in SPORT the dream of all culés. Which is also the dream of all lovers of good football. Spain against Argentina. And may the best man win. He would be the perfect climax to the extraordinary career of the world number one. After spending more than half his life at the Camp Nou, saying goodbye to the elite with that brotherly duel against many of his former teammates (and some good friends) would be the tribute that Barça, due to the strange circumstances of his painful and hasty departure, could not give But let’s not advance events. The Spanish team faces Morocco on Tuesday and both teams still have a long way to go before reaching that hypothetical wonderful final. But dreaming, without a doubt, is free…