After Argentina lost to Brazil, Di Maria's wife Jorge Lina Cardoso publicly defended her husband and teammates. "No one has an obligation to follow or support them. Anyone who doesn't like it can watch the Discovery Channel on another channel. "
Even during the match between Argentina and Colombia, Messi's sister Maria Sol quarreled with journalist Lieberman on Twitter. Lieberman once severely criticized Messi and his teammates, saying that if Argentina failed to enter the 20 18 World Cup, he would lose a lot of income. Maria Sol circled Messi after he scored. Lieberman immediately replied, "Maria Sol, I sent you a kiss, but I don't talk about football or anything else with women."
Accurately speaking, these quarrels have their accidental side. What Messi and his teammates hate more is that the media is obsessed with three places:
The first is the issue of player replacement. The Argentine media insisted that the Asian Legion should be replaced in the 20 14 World Cup, and everyone should re-evaluate except Messi's unshakable position. This atmosphere has gradually become a pressure on coach Bauza, just like if you don't call icardi immediately and kick Higuain away, it will be a big mistake.
After taking office, Bauza worked hard to improve media relations, hoping to win a more peaceful and relaxed environment for the national team. However, the call for "substitution" is so loud that the media has made a list of who should come and who should go. On the contrary, Bauza is in a dilemma. In previous games, Higuain and Aguero have been re-used, and it even seems that he intends to show it to the team, but it will not make people panic by drastic reforms.
After the 3-0 victory over Colombia, the Argentine media generally applauded Prato's performance, of course, because he replaced Higuain as the main force. The Clarion still despises the performance of the old ministers, thinking that Mascherano and Villa "just completed their tasks", Romero "had nothing to do" and Di Maria scored but still didn't find the state.
The second is the question of "Messi's friend". Argentine media firmly believe that Messi has the right to speak in the selection of the national team roster, so players like aguero who have never played at the club level in the national team still maintain a place for a long time, or Di Maria's state declines but remains the absolute main force. In other words, Lavezzi didn't play for four months and still made the national team list.
The example used to illustrate that "the national team is Messi's friend" is of course Tevez, who is not Messi's friend. His failure to win the 20 14 World Cup is considered to be due to his bad relationship with Messi. However, Boca Juniors stopped in the semi-final of Libertadores Cup on 20 16, and the league was in a mess. Tevez has never come out, and the media is embarrassed to call for Tevez to be re-elected, but the name "Messi's friends team" has been insisting.
In fact, who wouldn't want to be Macy's friend? Prato was selected for the national team for the first time and told the media that "one day I will tell my grandson that Messi and I are teammates". Another example is the Argentine striker "Wan Qiaopu" Avila, who played for Cruzeiro in Brazil. He took advantage of the national team's visit to Brazil and went to the training base of rival Atletico Madrid to ask Messi for an autograph.
The name "Messi's friend" will not even disappear after changing players in Argentina, because the younger generation of players want to be Messi's friends, and Messi is increasingly playing the role of big brother in the team.
The third is the identity of Lavezzi. Bauza said at a news conference that Ravich was selected for the national team because of technical and tactical considerations. In fact, he said earlier that lavezzi was chosen because of The Dressing Room Leader.
Lavezzi was really chosen to help the dressing room. Besides, he is really conscientious. The more his teammates practice, the more he practices. Teammates chat and he will accompany them to have their hair cut. He is the joy of old players and the guide of new players.
However, Bauza's behavior caused dissatisfaction in the media. First of all, Lavezzi was not on the national team. Second, Ravich is a friend of Messi for many years, and his existence is suspected.
Finally, Aneyo said that Lavezzi's smoking marijuana annoyed the whole team, which also showed that Lavezzi was really liked by the whole national team. It is not only because of his good relationship with Messi that the team can make a serious decision.
The Argentine media immediately dug up an old account from 1998. At that time, the Argentine team also came out and turned against the media. The difference is that the situation is much milder than at the beginning of 20 16.
At that time, Argentina had just arrived in France to participate in the World Cup, and news came from Buenos Aires that Veron had tested positive for drugs before leaving. Argentina immediately appeared face to face with the media, and captain Simone spoke, saying that all kinds of rumors, slanders and provocations made "we have to change the way we treat the media."
The "new way" is that all members of the national team participate in large-scale press conferences, and journalists are free to ask questions. Simone, batistuta, Sanetti, Sancini and other team key figures "main answer". This strange encounter didn't stop until Argentina was eliminated by the Netherlands in the 1/4 final.