When he meets two teams of Argentina and Jamaica on Saturday in the final third round of Group B matches on the first floor of the Championship Copa America (Copa America) currently held in Chile, it will be an opportunity in front of Argentine star Lionel Messi to run for 100th international appearance with the national team.

If Messi took part in tomorrow's game, the game will be the international centennial him with tango dancers to leave the player a new imprint with his team waiting for the larger footprint that seeks to win the trophy which is to be the first with his Argentine team.

Messi said, in remarks to the German Press Agency (DPA), "It's great to go into a very 100 games with the Argentine national team. I passed with the team several moments and difficult times and difficult situations."

He explained with a smile, I had a World Cup final with the team (2014, Brazil) and the Copa America and I hope that three games following percentages for the team win the title of the Copa America result. "

Messi celebrated next Wednesday with a birthday twenty-eighth and wishes to be completed during the celebration of the coronation with Argentina won the Copa America absent from his country in 22 years.

During the 99 matches Messi with Argentina so far, record talented star 46 goals and waits not Messi finds the owner of numerous records with his team Barcelona have great difficulty in breaking the record for number of goals recorded by any player with Argentina in international matches with a market share former star Gabriel Batistuta on this record with 56 goals.

Messi began his participation with Argentina about a dozen years ago, in August 17 / August 2005 and through friendly match where he beat on his Hungarian counterpart 2/1 in their own home in the capital Budapest.

But the kick were not promising as payment by coach Jose Pekerman, coach of Argentina at the time in the 65th minute of the match but Messi expulsion after ten seconds just to "Ferenc Puskas" stadium in Budapest after the referee saw it attacked the Hungarian player Vilmos Vanchak.


It was the beginning of the player with the young Argentine team before this one year and was the first participation of a special character where he taught president Julio Grondona of Argentina football federation at the time that Spain is on its way to call Barcelona star Messi to the ranks of its team.

That is vice president of the International Federation of the game's keenness Grondona (FIFA) at the time to speed up agreement on a friendly match with Paraguay for wearing Messi Argentina shirt for youth (under 20 years) in the midst of this match against Paraguay on June 20, 2004 to coincide this date in his memory Eleventh match with Argentina tomorrow in front of Jamaica.

Said Javier Mascherano and Barcelona star midfielder Argentina, to dpa, "This makes me very happy to Messi. Contest the 100 games with the Argentine national team it is not easy, but reflects the tremendous value of this player.

In fact, only few managed to fight a number of games more than this balance. "

"The achievement of this figure in such a young age is a big prize. But Messi is still lacking to miss him all of which is to achieve something important for the team."

Messi running events and the current tournament after scoring, for the second time, the tripartite (League and the Spanish Cup and Champions League) team with Barcelona.

But he is still suffering from his stubbornness luck with Argentina despite all the titles that achieved with Barcelona, ​​as well as indexes achieved by the club and won the Golden Ball award for best player in the world four times in a row.

Previously, Messi that led the young Argentine team to the World Cup title for youth (under 20 years) in 2005, and led the team to the Olympic football gold at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 but did not win any title with the first team.


Said Sergio Aguero striker Argentine and a close friend to Messi "If this generation have not won anything, the players will feel remorse for their entire lives," a reference to the need to win Argentina won the Copa America present due to the lack team win the title in 22 years and in particular since it crowned title Fourteenth in the Copa America in 1993.

Messi is aware, that his colleagues call him "dwarf" as a global player as "Flea" is famous, well that defeat zero / one in front of the German counterpart in the final of the World Cup Brazilian is still hurt and injure masses tango.

Messi said, upon his arrival to Chile to participate in the tournament, "wounding the World Cup will still exists. That is why the win the Copa America is extremely important to us. Argentina has not lifted the trophy for many years."

Over the course of the march Messi with Argentina, his performance has changed a lot, especially in recent years.


He said Cesar Luis Menotti former technical director of the Argentine national team who won the World Cup in 1978, in a special article to dpa, "We have to realize that the level of Macy's evolution. Is no longer the same boy that we saw five years ago. Become more rational and mature and competitive. Before, Messi was fantastic and amazing boy but he plays as if he were in the courtyard of the house. And now, it has become a rival professional development of its level a lot. "

Messi is no longer the striker, who left the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and his eyes Msulttan on the pitch and on the head of Oadah disturbed by the lack of scoring in the tournament.

And now, the role of Messi no longer just make an effort to shake the net, but became more diligent in the stadium and mobility in all directions in search of the ball to start the attack on behalf of his team, despite what this cost him considerable trouble in reaching the goal.



Messi in Argentina does not find what it finds from a huge assist from his colleagues in Barcelona and who Ahdonh the ball a lot to help him find the net. But he used to make a greater effort and to be the source of many of the Karar in Argentina attacks.

Despite this, what some of the criticism and doubts still surround his performance with dancers tango where some fans believe that it does not yet served with the tango offer of a wonderful performance with Barcelona.


But others argue that the comparison between Messi and Barcelona and Messi in Argentina seems unjust and unfair to the player because of the different playing environment in both cases and the circumstances surrounding the player in all of them, including the players and their skill set as well as it can not be overlooked for the arrival of Messi with Argentina to final Brazilian World Cup middle of last year.

If all goes to nature and without any surprises, Macy's will be present with the Argentine national team in the next World Cup in 2018 where Russia will be in the first thirty years of age, but it first needs to renew confidence in him by leading the team to the title of the Copa America this year.