The Argentine Football Federation (AFA) has moved to honor Lionel Messi’s contributions to the country’s football.
Messi was named to the training center in Argentina. Photo: AFA.
Messi was named to the training center in Argentina. Photo: AFA .
In a solemn ceremony attended by all members of the Argentina national team on March 25, AFA President, Claudio Tapia, announced that the training center “Casa de Ezeiza” would be renamed “Lionel Andres Messi”, based on named after the current Argentina captain. The 35-year-old superstar and President Tapia pulled the Argentine flag over the new sign outside the training center.
“Today is a special occasion. I want to thank the leaders, the coaching staff and the players who have accompanied the team. Changing the name of the training center to ‘Lionel Andres Messi’ will serve as the foundation for the changes. change of the national team in the future,” said Mr. Tapia.
M10 is having a happy week when it returns to Argentina for the latest gathering. In a friendly match against Panama on March 24, Messi scored a goal and reached 800 goals for the national team and club in his career. After the match, Messi and his teammates held a ceremony to celebrate the 2022 World Cup championship at Monumental Stadium (Buenos Aires) in the presence of more than 80,000 fans.
Before the match, coach Lionel Scaloni shared about Messi’s future in the national team: “I will continue to summon Messi until he shows his desire to retire from the team. Currently, he is happy because he is participating in the training session. for the friendly match to the whole team”.
Messi inspires the Argentine collective in their journey to the 2022 World Cup. The PSG striker personally contributed 7 goals and 3 assists, winning the World Cup Golden Ball title for the second time in his career.
Regarding the fact that Messi attracts a lot of attention from fans, coach Scaloni expressed his opinion: “He deserves the love of the people. Not only Messi, all players in the team should go out to the street and feel it. everyone’s love. They haven’t enjoyed it yet because they have to immediately play for the club after the World Cup.”
After the victory over Panama, Scaloni’s teachers and students had another friendly match against Curacao on March 28.
SRC: https://zingnews.vn/
