Lionel Messi’s hopes of winning an international trophy with Argentina this year was cut short by the Samba Boys of Brazil after La Albiceleste fell to a 2-0 loss in Belo Horizonte.

After the game, Messi who is known to very reserved to making daring comments surprised many football fans by accusing the referees of favouring the host nation as Argentina crashed out of the competition in the semi-final stage. The Albiceleste once again fell short and their superstar player appears to have laid some of the blame on officials.

The Argentina captain again failed to have a decisive impact in the match for his nation compared to how he performs for his club side Barcelona as Brazil took the most of their opportunities with goals to Manchester City stars Gabriel Jesus and Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino in either half, sealing a place in the final against either Chile or Peru.

But the Barcelona captain was scathing of the performance from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and the centre referee Roddy Zambrano, using a post-match interview to criticise the decision to not award a penalty to Sergio Aguero just prior to Firmino’s 71st minute strike.

“They were not better than us. They found the net early and the second goal came from a penalty [to Aguero] they didn’t award,” Messi told reporters. “They [the officials] had booked a lot of bullsh*t, but they didn’t even check the VAR, that’s incredible.

“That happened all over the game. At the first glance of contact, they ruled in their [Brazil’s] favour and this kind of bullsh*t distracted us from the game. “There is no excuses for us, but we need to review this, analyse it and let’s hope CONMEBOL does something about it.

“I think we played a great game. We made a great effort and they were not superior to us.”

Argentina had 10 more shots at Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson than their opponents managed in attack (14-4) and struck the woodwork twice as they came agonisingly close to getting back into the contest. Aguero looped a header onto the crossbar with Alisson well-beaten in the first-half shortly after Jesus earned the lead and Messi slammed a shot into the post in the second period after Lautaro Martinez’s drive was blocked.

The Selecao took both of their chances clinically, only having four shots for the match, as Jesus and Firmino both side-footed into the net from close range after being teed up by the other.

Brazil will now host the winner of Wednesday’s semi-final between Chile and Peru in a final to be hosted on Sunday at the great Maracana Stadium. They will be aiming to win their first Copa America since triumphing in Venezuela during the 2007 edition.

Ehya sorry

The elbow on otamendi from Arthur did not even get reviewed. Should have been a penalty instantly. The ref was one sided.

I wish u are not I would have said u just like buhari blaming everyone everything

the goat himself

Quit the blame game Messi, it doesn't suit you . aren't you the "god" of football ?


Messi is like a spoilt little brat that feels he's better than everyone else .
He's so used to being treated specially, he's finding being treated equally with the rest a bitter pill to swallow .

Ronaldo is the KING of Football

Cry of a loser

Cristiano Ronaldo is considered as the greatest ever footballer for his country, Portugal. Messi on the other hand is considered as the greatest ever footballer for Barcelona.

Ronaldo has much better leadership skills and knows how to carry his team and inspire them to victories under crucial circumstances. Messi on the other hand has shown again and again that he gives up under pressure and become totally silent on the field.

Ronaldo is a better sportsman and knows how to face defeat. Messi on the other hand has been seen taking retirements after facing embarrassing defeats. And then taking back those retirements. I hope he finally retired this time around because he has been a total failure for his country. He is only good at club level.

Ronaldo has time and again stepped up when it has mattered the most and shown the world what he is capable of.

Despite enduring his lowest goalscoring campaign in the last 10 years, Ronaldo has still managed to win three trophies this season for Juventus and Portugal combined, outnumbering Messi’s two accolades with Barcelona.
In contrast, Messi only managed to win two trophies this campaign, namely, La Liga and the Supercopa de Espana.

Ronaldo has also managed to win two individual accolades by winning the Serie A's Most Valuable Player award in his first ever season in Italy, and becoming the top goalscorer of UEFA Nations League, thanks to his hat-trick against Switzerland.

Ronaldo is the greatest ever player for Real Madrid after Di Stefano, consider to be the second best Argentine player ever, even better than Lionel Messi.

Argentina always produced great players from Maradona, Di Stefano, Messi etc and I can guarantee you that another great player will still come out from Argentina but Portugal has only one great player and when he retire it will be hard to replace. The only man that has score more international goals than any player in Europe.

Ronaldo is considered a legend at Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus.


For all those Messi fans blaming Argentina teammates. In the 2010 World cup , Messi didn't score a single goal but yet they got to the quarter finals. Also In 2014 World cup, Messi didn't score a single goal in the knock out stages ... Only had one assist and they still got to the final. Messi has score only one goal in this Copa America and they got to the Semi finals and assuming they won this match, Messi fans will be busy praising Messi like is only Messi that perform in the team.