The international break is already back, an opportunity for certain countries to measure themselves against big teams. This is the case of Uruguay which beat Brazil a few weeks ago (2-0), but which will have to confirm against Argentina (11/17) and Bolivia (11/22). The selection of Marcelo Bielsa therefore faces the recent winner of the Ballon d’Or, within the last World champion team. A hell of a challenge that Federico Valverde intends to take on.
If the Real Madrid midfielder has already been able to meet Lionel Messi on several occasions, in La Liga, Valverde knows that it will be complicated to limit the impact of the Pulga. “I don’t know how to stop Messi, I’ve never been able to stop him. I played a lot of matches against him when he was at Barcelona and Casemiro was always a weapon against Leo. You have to respect him because he is one of the best players in the world. It will be very difficult, we know the class of Argentina, of Messi, and everything they have achieved., he confides, full of humility. Response during the night from Friday to Saturday.
