De Paul revealed Messi’s speech before the triumph against Brazil at the Maracana

Last November the Argentina suffered their first World Cup qualifying defeat 2-0 to Uruguay at the ‘Bobonera’ and their next match was against Brazil at the Maracana, in what is arguably the world’s biggest national team derby.

“Albiceleste” went hurt to play a crucial game, but o Lionel Messi managed to get them all before the start of the race! Specifically, in an interview given by Rodrigo De Paulspoke about the game in question and the locker room speech given by the captain of the world champions.

“Messi told us: ”We fell in Brazil in 2019, we went to the Copa America and we made history. We fell to Saudi Arabia, won the World Cup and made history. Now we have fallen for the third time in Uruguay. So let’s go out today and make history”. It was incredible“, said the central midfielder of Atlético Madrid.

We remind you that Argentina had managed to get the big win over “Seleção” with 1-0 thanks to his goal Nicolas Otamendiin a game that had been stigmatized for the scenes of violence in the stands from the police forces to the “Albiceleste” fans who had been in the Maracana.

Rodrigo De Paul on Messi’s speech before the game against Brazil a few months ago:

“Leo told us: ‘We fell to Brazil in 2019, went to the Copa America, and made history. We fell to Saudi Arabia, won the World Cup, and made history. Now we’ve fallen for the third time to Uruguay, so… pic.twitter.com/HGNIJ8oqH1

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