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With the French team now, the biggest question is not how to win Argentina, but to block Lionel Messi how? However, Les Bleus owns an advantage that no team in the 2018 World Cup has. It's a defensive line that understands Messi.
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Shortly after the end of the group, French professionals began to care about stopping Messi in the encounter in the 1/8 round. Former Marius Tresor, who was fourth in the 1982 World Cup, commented: "Facing Messi, you need to play smart. If he goes back to midfield, we have N'Golo Kante. At the edge is Lucas Hernandez, who knows very well Messi in La Liga. "Messi is a very unpredictable player, you always have to keep an eye on him," said midfielder Blaise Matuidi.

"I do not think there are any players in the world who can stop Messi by himself," said Presby Kimpembe. In fact, the French are quite pessimistic before the prospect of facing El Pulga in the match tonight. However, the reality may not be as bad as Les Bleus thought. In fact, coach Didier Deschamps are in the hands of many factors that hold the Albiceleste brightest star.

Messi will have to face many players understand the French side as Varane
Messi will have to face many players understand the French side as Varane

It is Raphael Varane, Real Madrid midfielder and has repeatedly faced Messi in the El Clasico match. Lucas Hernandez, the defender of Atletico is no stranger to El Pulga after the La Liga. And especially, it is Samuel Umtiti, the center-back is an Argentine team-mate in Barca. It is also three of the four main players in the French defense. And look at this fact, obviously Les Bleus will not be so anxious about Messi.

But that is the theory, but the reality may be very different from the French attempt. By one day in the field, Messi can completely beat the opponent's defense alone. Nigeria have just experienced this, in the match they almost lost and lost the tickets to the round of 8 because of Leo's wonderful performance. And no other, the Varane, Lucas and Umtiti have seen it too many times in La Liga.

Of course, Messi's understanding of the trio still benefits France in the face of Argentina. The only thing it helps is another story. As Umtiti acknowledged in the recent press conference, despite being Leo's teammate for two seasons, he still could not predict the moves of the Argentinean during his daily training at Barca. .

That is the difference of a genius with "ordinary people." But from an angle, this is also the death of Argentina. As soon as Messi feels "unsettled" or lazed between the players who have understood him, Albiceleste has no other factor to make the breakthrough. At that time, the South American team would again be in a deadlock, and the French goal was more open than ever.

13 - Raphael Varane made 13 straight encounters with Lionel Messi in the El Clasico battles with 5 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. In those 13 matches, the Argentine player printed 11/23 goals. Barca in front of Real Madrid (7 goals, 4 tectonics).

Messi now runs more
More decisive, Messi as hard. As evidenced by the fact that in the match against Nigeria at the end of the group stage, Leo was much better than the match against Croatia before. Before the African team, Messi ran 8.7 km, of which 81% was at a slow pace. Meanwhile, against Croatia he only ran 7.6 km with 84% of the time is ... walking.