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Acres with you. Is unnecessary and disrespectful to point at your rival’s perceived weaknesses.Van Gaal has said that in 2014 Messi didn't even touch the ball against him. And that Messi doesn't run in defense, basically saying you're playing with 10 in defense with him. I don't know how things work in your cutures, but here in Argentina you don't do your analysis pointing at your rival's weaknesses (you being the team's couch or captain). That's seen as disrespectful. Besides, it's a pretty stupid thing to do honestly, you get nothing good from that, you're even letting your rival know what you think their weaknesses are.
Not to mention that he also said that if they got to penalties they had the advantage and would win. And that Argentina was scared of the Netherlands.
Surprisingly, Croatia's coach said something similar about Messi not running in his press conference. I think and hope that Messi is using all those statements to motivate himself, in a Jordan-esque philosophy.
That being said, Messi tends to walk on the field, I even call him the white walker. He is amazing, but when things don’t go his way (both for club and country), his chest freezes (Messi es un pecho frío), and he starts to walk with his head down doing nothing.
For entertainment, I hope both teams play at their maximum strength.