Two consecutive Copa America defeats.
20 15 America's Cup, Messi led Argentina all the way to the final and met Chile. The two sides fought hard until overtime, and finally Argentina defeated Chile in the penalty shootout. The following year, in the Centennial America's Cup, Messi led the team to the final again. This time, the opponent was still Chile, and the two sides drew again in 120 minutes. The script is the same as that of 20 15, and the final ending is the same. Argentina lost again in the penalty shootout.
Messi reached the finals twice and lost to Chile twice on penalties. The fans jokingly called him the king of Chile and helped Chile win the Copa America twice.
Reasons for Messi's poor performance in the national team
Messi's comprehensive ability has long been recognized in today's football. He and Cristiano Ronaldo are both ahead of this era and at the highest level. However, compared with Ronaldo's achievements in the national team, Messi's performance is obviously not ideal, especially after entering the finals three times but failing to reach a championship, which makes many people doubt Messi's leadership ability.
Messi is inferior to the club in the national team for two main reasons. On the one hand, Messi himself, as a technical player, has a relatively average physical quality and is relatively unfavorable in the relatively strong national team competition, and his technical advantage will not be fully exerted because of physical confrontation; In addition, Messi's ability to lead the team is really average. Although his technical advantages are obvious, his mental attributes are poor.
The second aspect is that the overall strength of Argentine football is average. In this team, Messi has to undertake more offensive tasks. In order to attack the organization, he often needs to stay away from the restricted area, which makes his own advantages unable to be fully exerted.