"Leo Messi feels the pressure of 40 million Argentinians"

The one who became leading centre of the FC Barcelona during some months, Maxi López, has conceded some statements to 'Mediaset Italy' in which it has spoken on the criticisms that have received so much Leo Messi like the rest of his mates of the selection of Argentina, but especially the star of the FC Barcelona by not to have thrown the team to the back.

Maxi López is conscious of the grandísima pressure that has now Leo Messi on the shoulders, and is thus that has asked the maximum support to the '10' of the FC Barcelona to try row all the Argentinians in the same direction against Nigeria.

"I think that now Messi feels the pressure of 40 million Argentinians that expect a lot of him. There is a lot of pressure on Messi", ensures the ex forward of the FC Barcelona, that does not see just the criticisms that receives Messi with the albiceleste, taking into account that it is not the same of very surrounded in the combined Argentinian that in the Barcelona, at the side of some of the best players of the world.

"They can not compare to the Barcelona and to Argentina. The quality that there is in the Barcelona there is not it in this Argentinian. In the selection has to do it all he and like this is complicated", remarks Maxi López. Besides, neither it thinks that it was Messi the one who decides the announcements and alignments titled of the selection of Argentina. "To me never it has happened me that I have been able to decide. Even because it would break all the harmony of the group".

Argentina will have to change of version

Maxi López, that dressed the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona from the 2005 until the 2006, harvesting two Leagues and a Supercopa of Spain, did not arrive to debut never with the absolute of the albiceleste. In any case, supports of unanimous way to the selection of Argentina and has full confidence in that the ones of Sampaoli achieve finally the classification for eighth of final of the World-wide of Russia 2018.

After the defeat of Iceland against Nigeria this Friday (2-0), if Argentina wins to the African in the next day of the phase of groups, and Iceland does not win to Croatia, will be able to see to Leo Messi and his compatriots in the following round of the international tournament. A lot it will have to change, this yes, the game of the albiceleste in front of a Nigeria that will arrive with a big optimism.