The defender Thiago
Silva, captain of the Brazilian team, which on Saturday will face Argentina at Maracana for the title of the Cup
America, admitted this Friday that annulling Lionel
Messi it's almost impossible but what Brazil he prepared to minimize his offensive plays.
“We have our way of playing and against Argentina we will maintain our game because we believe in him, although the difficulty will be different because they have Messi, a player who unbalances,” said the defender. Chelsea English at a press conference.
“We are not going to annul him because it is almost impossible to annul a player of that level, but we are going to minimize his offensive actions so that he does not have spaces and we are going to neutralize his plays mainly with articulation players, whom everyone is looking for. time, “added the Brazilian captain.
Sure Argentina depends on Leo
Thiago
Silva said be sure that Argentina it depends on what i do Messi for being a player who makes a difference, although he admitted that there are other footballers, those who pass the ball to him, with whom Brazil you also have to be careful.
“We have to pay attention to those players and redouble our attention on Messi because he is a player who unbalances, as Neymar unbalances for Brazil. It will be a great duel, but I hope that Neymar can be on a more inspired day,” he said.
Messi-Neymar will be a great duel, but I hope Neymar can be on a more inspired day
The defender said that the classic between Brazil Y Argentina is always very special, and more so because it is a final of the Cup
AmericaHe added that he considers both teams as the best in South America at the moment and that is why he believes that they are the finalists.
He stressed that playing in the Maracana is always special and that he hopes that in the match with Argentina “May crown both the moments of happiness and sadness” that happened in that stadium, among which he cited the defeat in a final of the Cup
Liberators.
7,200 fans in Maracanã
He added that the possibility of 7,200 fans attending the Maracana, authorized this Friday by the mayor's office, provides additional motivation for the final.
“We will be returning to normality. It is not ideal. But it is the return to the stadiums little by little as it happened in Europe. The important thing is to be prepared for the game and do the best to be able to celebrate at the Maracana even with only the 10% of its capacity, “he said.
First final Brazil-Argentina since 2007
The end of the Cup
America will measure on Saturday at the Maracanã at Brazil, host, current champion and favorite, and Argentina, who grew up in her last matches guided by Lionel
Messi. It will be the first final between the historic South American rivals since that of the Cup
America from Venezuela 2007, which won Brazil.