Is a new Messi born in Cordoba? Target of a press that persists in comparing the quality of its Barcelona services to its helplessness under the jersey of the Albiceleste, target of an audience that has never really adored this kid who left too young in Europe, Lionel Messi has seen, since the start of the Copa America, the gap widen with Argentines all the more hostile as they feel as a humiliation the two draws conceded by their selection against Bolivia (1-1) and Colombia (0-0). And the questions, incongruous for the worshipers of the double Ballon d’Or France Football – like “Is Messi really Argentinian? “ – leave with a vengeance.
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