Messi's response to Pepe's tears, who blamed Lionel for Cristiano's elimination
The captain of the Argentine team did not pay attention to the surprising claim of the Portuguese defender.
While the Argentine team is preparing for the semifinal of the World Cup in Qatar, where it will face Qatar, Pepe, a player from Portugal, packed his bags and said goodbye to the most important tournament at the country level. Before this, the former Real Madrid defender blamed Lionel Messi for the Portuguese elimination.
Now, Lionel Messi, the '10' of the Albiceleste had a superb reaction. After failing to beat Morocco in the quarterfinals, Pepe called it "inadmissible" that Facundo Tello, the Argentine referee, was in charge of directing the match between the Portuguese and the Africans.
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Despite the fact that the judge had nothing to do with the commitment process, the defender accused Leo of what happened with Portugal and suggested that the Cup was already arranged for Argentina. Pepe, was humiliated by the "Flea" Messi in the Spanish league.
Now, the Portuguese cried and was not self-critical, and the top winner of the Ballon d'Or (7) did not pay attention to the words from the Portugal team. What's more, Leo is seen smiling and with his sights set on the game against Croatia, to be played this December 13.
Argentina wants to break the losing streak and win a world title 36 years later:
The team led by Lionel Scaloni is getting closer to reaching a new World Cup final. The last one was in 2014, when they fell by the slightest difference against Germany. Now, there is one more game left to advance to the great definition. For their part, on the other side, France and Morocco also hope to reach the meeting on December 18. Argentina won the World Cup for the last time in 1986 at the hands of Diego Armando Maradona.
