Scaloni, about Messi: "He's like Nadal, I don't know what else to say"

BERLIN, June 6 (dpa/EP) -

The Argentine coach, Lionel Scaloni, compared Leo Messi, after scoring five goals against Estonia, with Rafa Nadal on the day of his fourteenth victory at Roland Garros, assuring that "there are no words to describe him" and that "the day he does not play more", the world of football is going to "miss" him.

"I don't know what else to say, it's very difficult. He's like Rafa Nadal, what else can you say? It's preferable that journalists speak, they know. There are no words to describe him, and above all, for everything he generates ", declared Scaloni to TVP after Argentina's 5-0 victory against Estonia in El Sadar.

Scaloni defined being able to have Messi on his team as "something unique" and praised his commitment to the albiceleste. "It's a pleasure to have him in this group. It's a pleasure for the entire coaching staff to be able to train him and it's a pleasure to see how he behaves and how he toasts to this shirt," he commented.

The coach acknowledged that he only has "words of thanks" to Leo Messi, whose global relevance transcends the borders of his country. "I don't think he's just the legacy of Argentina, he belongs to the whole world, to the world of soccer. The day he doesn't play anymore, we're going to miss him," he assured.

Leo Messi scored all five goals in Argentina's 5-0 win against Estonia in a match played in Pamplona last Sunday. The PSG player left with two goals at the break and in the second half he rounded off his performance with another three goals that made him beat his own record with his national team, since in his entire career he had never scored so many goals in a single match.

Thanks to this performance, Leo Messi has already scored more goals as an international than Ferenc Puskas and is placed fourth top scorer in national team football of all time with 86 goals, his next goal being to beat the Malaysian Mokhtar Dahari, with 89 on a list that Cristiano Ronaldo leads with Portugal (117 goals).

In addition, with the win achieved by Argentina, the albiceleste continues to increase its streak of games without losing, and there are now 33 games that they have won or drawn since their last defeat, stage in which they have managed to win the Copa América.