After Argentina’s victory in the Copa America final against Brazil on Sunday night, Lionel Messi, Leandro Paredes and Neymar had a long and highly noticed discussion in the corridors of the Maracana. The Argentinian PSG midfielder shared what the three South American players said to each other.
This is one of the images that will be remembered from the Copa America final. Lionel Messi, Neymar, Leandro Paredes, sitting bare-chested on the stairs in the corridors of the Maracana… Who would not have liked to be a little mouse to listen to what the three South American players said to each other? At this moment, Argentina has just triumphed over Brazil after a lackluster match (1-0).
It doesn’t matter for Lionel Messi who finally wins his first major title with his country. A painful failure, on the other hand, for Brazil. At the final whistle, Neymar, in tears, is consoled on the lawn by his former accomplice at Barça. But the Brazilian had already dried his tears a few minutes later when he found the six-time Ballon d’Or and his teammate at PSG, Paredes, in the corridors of the legendary Rio de Janeiro stadium.
“We didn’t talk about the final”
“We had arranged to exchange our shirts but at the end of the match we couldn’t do it because I was partying on the pitch,” said the Argentinian midfielder at TyC’s microphone. Sports. When I went to get my cell phone in the locker room to talk to my family, I saw that there was a message (from Neymar) telling me that he was waiting for me outside, so I went find it.”
The two Parisians were then joined by Lionel Messi, whom the PSG midfielder had “never seen so happy”: “We did not talk about the final, we talked about us, how we were doing, our families and what we’re going to do for our vacation. ” And Paredes added about his two friends: “Beyond the stars, they have the humility to sit down after such an important final and talk about other things.” And who knows, perhaps Paredes omits to talk about a common future for PSG even if an extension of the Pulga at Barça is becoming clearer day by day …
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