In the long history of soccer.
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
Finally lifting his first major championship trophy on the national team stage, and the
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The glory of the book also added only one European Cup champion. Is it fate or coincidence that the two realized their dream on this special day of July 10th?
However, in the World Cup, they did not show the proper light. Messi had stepped into the final, but Crowe's journey in the World Cup always seems to have a layer of mist shrouded. The performance in the knockout rounds was also relatively bleak, so why is it so difficult for this pair of soccer legends to win on the stage of the national team's big game?
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
s national team career spanned 10 tournaments and five finals, but only ended with the 2007 Copa America title. Argentina were beaten 3-0 by Brazil in the final, and Messi scored four goals in seven games at the 2014 World Cup but had a mediocre final, with teammate Iguaín missing a solo effort, and did Di Maria's absence become crucial? The Copa America lost to Chile on penalties for the second year in a row, and Messi played well in the 2016 final but conceded a penalty...
In the final, Messi only shot 1 goal, in the Copa America only 1 hit in 4 shots, a lot of chances, but always miss with luck.
World Cup
They had their chances on the stage, but the match against Germany was changed by the vagaries of fate...
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s national team career, the Europa League final was his only chance, and he took it. Portugal have almost never been pre-tournament favorites in their history, but this year, Cairo, whose pre-tournament index was relatively bullish, failed to complete his title defense...
So what exactly is the reason behind Messi and Crowe's lack of national team success?
In fact, the overall strength of their national team is not enough to compare with the top clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the national team has little potential for reinforcement. Clubs can introduce new recruits, but the national team can't buy strong recruits out of nothing, which leads to them often suffering from opponents in knockout matches and tactical targeting, and their individual performance is far less than that of the club period, the power of the stars can't fight with the overall strength after all.
In addition, Messi and Crow spent most of their careers in the highly monopolized phase of European soccer, where the reputation and competitiveness of the Champions League reached its peak and the overall level of Europe far exceeded that of South America. Money and star resources are highly concentrated in the English Premier League and La Liga, the stars of all countries gathered in these two leagues, making the number of strong teams geometrically increased, dynasty teams and youth training system enhancement makes the competition much more difficult.
As for the youth training system of the two countries, Argentina still follows the rugged South American soccer style, relying on the population base and individual struggle to achieve stars, compared with the European heavy investment in elite youth training system, Argentina's youth training output is relatively low. The Portuguese national team relies on the intermittent emergence of the golden generation to support the facade, this model does not have sustainability. In addition, Portuguese clubs rely on the black-shop model to survive, selling young players to the giants too early and at high prices, which is not good for the growth of the players...
In general, clubs can enhance their strength through reinforcements and transfers, the tournament is held once a year, and it is relatively easy to win the championship; while the national team can't buy strong reinforcements out of nothing, the tournament is held once every four years, and the chance factors (e.g., injuries and illnesses) have a greater impact on winning the championship, so the difficulty of winning the national team's major tournament is much higher than that of clubs' top honors.
So it's not uncommon in soccer history for Messi and Crow to have a harder time winning a major tournament. Like Messi and C Luo such a double line of top players, and both maintain such a long time at the peak of the state, everything is not perfect. Pele era, the weight of the club honor is not as heavy as now; Maradona in the club did not play for a long time in the strong team, only in Naples won two Serie A title, which is a generation of ball king's regret. Therefore, Messi and C Luo may really have to accept the reality that there is no World Cup title in their career...
