“I didn’t have any muscle pain but psychologically I felt afraid”

Before leaving NRG Houston, Lionel Messi He stopped to speak in a mixed zone with the press. The Argentine star expressed his feelings after the selection of the National Team to the semifinals, the missed penalty and spoke about his injury.

“I was fine before the game, I didn’t have any muscle pain but psychologically I felt scared the first few days”admitted Leo, who played the 90 minutes and missed his penalty, the first of the series against Ecuador.

In reference to his penalty, Messi explained why he bit her: “I was very angry because I was convinced to kick him like that. She had talked about it with Dibu and Rulli. He had been crossing several penalties, in fact the goalkeeper went cross “. And he added: “I barely wanted to touch it and it went too far.”

The Argentine number 10 also made reference to Emiliano Martínez and expressed: “Dibu is always there, in these moments it becomes great. In the penalties there was a lot of faith, Even before the game, I thought we should be calm if there were penalties.. He always has them in mind“.