What Guardiola said about Messi's comparison between Barcelona and Argentina

Lionel Messi surprised with a statement about the Argentine National Team just after the victory over Peru in Lima, for the fourth round of the South American Qualifiers. The captain scored a double, spoke to the press at field level and it was then that he assured that the Albiceleste is close to being on par with that legendary Barça of Pep Guardiola that he knew how to integrate years ago: “Compare it with Barcelona, which It is the best team in history, that is a lot. But she is very close because of everything she has been showing, because of what she does game after game and what she achieved".

The days passed and now the one who raised his voice to speak about it was precisely Guardiola, orchestrator of that team that dazzled the world and that achieved the first sextet in history with Messi at the head, but with other important participants such as Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Dani Alves, among others.

In dialogue with Dan Murphy, the current Manchester City coach said about it: “Messi's comparison between Argentina and that Barcelona? It's a great compliment. Leo has an incredible mind and knowledge of analyzing football, why shouldn't I believe him? Being compared to the world champions is something very nice”. In this way, Josep once again made clear the respect and admiration he has for Rosario.

Guardiola highlighted Argentina's World Cup in Qatar 2022

“I was very surprised in difficult moments, when they were in the quarterfinals against the Netherlands or in the final, two up, then 2-2, normally teams fall. Emotions are so important. How they handle them...”, the coach began by analyzing the World Cup for those led by Lionel Scaloni. And he ended by emphasizing the defining match: “I think that in the first half against France, the quality was so impressive and that is so difficult, I think it was one of the best finals I have ever seen”.