Original title: Qatar World Cup丨Australia coach: Messi is one of the best in history, proud of the “Kangaroo Army”
Xinhua News Agency, Doha, December 3 (reporters Xiao Yazhuo and Zhang Yifei) In the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar on the 3rd, the Australian team lost 1:2 to the favorite team from Argentina. team Arnold praised Argentina after the game Lionel Messi, one of the best players of all time.
“Messi is an incredible player,” Alexander-Arnold said. “It’s hard not to be in awe of such an exceptional player.”
On match day, Messi broke the deadlock for Argentina with his iconic left-footed shot, and then Alvarez scored to extend the lead. In the 77th minute, Goodwin of the Australian team made a strong volley from outside the box and caused Enzo Fernandez’s own goal, the score was finally fixed at 2:1.
“I was lucky enough to play against Maradona in the era of players, and later the team I coached also played against Messi. They are all top players and the Argentines should be proud of them,” Arnold said.
The 59-year-old also paid tribute to his players. He has said he is proud of every Australian player and that they are “extraordinary”.
“(Losing the match) everyone is very frustrated, you don’t often get the opportunity to play against the third ranked team in the world.” Arnold said: “Before coming, everyone was saying we were the worst Australian team in World Cup history, but now they’ve changed their minds and we’ve reached the last 16 for the first time since 2006. We’ve also become the first team in the history of Australian football to win two consecutive World Cup. and old, everyone has done a great job.
In this World Cup, the Australian team is in the same group as holders France, European semi-finalists Denmark and African Tunisia. The “Kangaroo Legion” performed tremendously in the group stage: although they lost against the French team in the first match, they defeated Tunisia and Denmark consecutively and eventually qualified as group runners-up.
