Lionel Messi’s performance in the 3-0 victory over Croatia, in the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar, was featured in the pages of international newspapers this Tuesday (13).
Now, Argentina awaits the winner of France and Morocco to see who it will face in the World Cup final.
La Nación wrote: “Argentina thrashes Croatia with an inspired Messi”.
Clarín also praised the number 10. For the newspaper, “Argentina has a perfect alchemy: Scaloni’s laboratory and Messi’s magic”.
Sportsman Olé highlighted the performance of the duo Messi and Julian Álvarez, and considered Argentina’s performance against the Croatians this Tuesday as historic.
The English Guardian wrote in its headline: “Inspired Lionel Messi takes Argentina to the World Cup final”.
For the newspaper, “at the ripe old age of 35, Leo Messi seems to have finally managed to shake off the shadow of Diego Maradona when he was playing for his national team”.
The Spaniard Mundo Deportivo, from Barcelona, the land where Messi exploded in football, highlighted the records of the star in World Cups —greater number of games and the highest Argentine scorer—in an evening with a gala exhibition. “Messi’s madness”, stamped the newspaper.
Fellow Spaniard Marca saw Croatia impressed with Messi’s performance. For the newspaper, “Argentina grew exponentially throughout the Cup, to the point that that defeat against Arabia seems to belong to prehistory”.
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