He has won every possible trophy except the World Cup and this will be his last chance to write his name in golden letters. Taljafiko, who was present at yesterday’s conference together with coach Skaloni, praised the veteran attacker and said that he will be the difference today in the duel with the Balkans: “He has always been like that. For us he is our captain, our leader and we are very happy to have him as our captain. It’s the most beautiful thing to win with Messi by your side. When we are on the field we know we have Messi. We have enough experience in this World Cup to arrive on this stage. We know there will be moments in the knockout games where we will suffer. But we have the experience. We need enough character to go to the end and this motivates us”.
Embed from Getty Images“Lionel Messi i jep avantazhin special Argjentinës kundër Kroacisë”, thotë mbrojtësi i majtë Nikolas Taljafiko përpara gjysmëfinales së sotme. Kapiteni i “La Albiçeleste” është vetëm dy ndeshje larg lavdisë.
The 30-year-old also stopped to comment on the tension between the players in the quarter-final match against the Netherlands, for which Argentina was placed under accusation: “These are situations that happen in the world of football. We are not machines. The emotions are great and it has happened in previous matches and it will happen again. It was a World Cup quarter-final,” he concluded.