"We have to respect them because..." Messi talked about Brazil and shocked everyone

This Thursday, the Argentine National Team suffered an unexpected defeat against Uruguay at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires. They had been undefeated for 14 matches, since that memorable debut in the World Cup against Saudi Arabia when they lost 2-1. Ronald Araujo and Darwin Nuñez scored the goals for Marcelo Bielsa's team, which proved to be a tough opponent.

And while this was happening in Buenos Aires, in Barranquilla Colombia beat Brazil 2-1 with two goals in the second half by Luis Diaz, while the opener for the visitors was scored by Gabriel Martinelli. This defeat deepened the crisis of the Brazilians, who lost two consecutive matches in South American qualifiers for the first time in their history.

Now Brazil and Argentina, the giants of the continent, will face each other at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro in a match that generates great expectation for fans around the world.

Despite the defeat against Uruguay, Argentina seem to be the favorites to win this match, as their performances in recent months have been very good. Fernando Diniz's team, on the other hand, have many problems, have received harsh criticism and have lost important players due to injuries, such as Neymar, Casemiro and Richarlison. And Vinicius Junior is likely to join that list, since he had to be replaced during the first half vs Colombia due to a physical problem.

Leo is not relaxed

After the match against Uruguay, Lionel Messi gave a press conference in which, in addition to analyzing what happened in Buenos Aires, he was asked about the upcoming match against Brazil. He tried to calm the optimism of Argentine fans and explained: "Matches against Brazil are classics. They are different matches, with a lot of history, especially because of what has happened recently. We have to stand up and respect what they are, because they are Brazil".