{"id":1329,"date":"2011-07-13T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T11:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:19:25","slug":"messi-steps-up-for-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballticketsbarcelona.com\/fc-barcelona-news\/messi-steps-up-for-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi steps up for Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We had a change of mentality and game above all, we were more mobile, <strong>Messi<\/strong> brilliant and I&#8217;m satisfied with the commitment and play of the team which is what we&#8217;re looking for,&#8221; coach <strong>Sergio Batista<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Argentina<\/strong> will learn later on Tuesday who they will meet in the quarter-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But <strong>Batista<\/strong> told a news conference: &#8220;We have players to face any national team&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;We did it against <strong>Costa Rica<\/strong> who until a short while ago were a fantastic team who played very well but you also have to look at <strong>Argentina<\/strong>, because what they did was very good&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Today we changed our tactics a bit giving Lionel the right side&#8221; said Batista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We bet on three forwards and it worked, we got our organisation sorted and we played the game we want.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We had a change of mentality and game above all, we were more mobile, Messi brilliant and I&#8217;m satisfied with the commitment and play of the team which is what we&#8217;re looking for,&#8221; coach Sergio Batista said. 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