Scaloni: Messi called Argentina team 'pure history'
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Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Lionel Messi told him the national team is 'pure history.' Scaloni called Messi a legend and said hearing that from the world's greatest footballer fills him with pride.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has shared a heartfelt exchange with captain Lionel Messi, revealing that the star player described the current squad as “pure history.”
“Messi told me: ‘We’re pure history,’” Scaloni said. “But the one who’s truly history is him, a legend. Hearing him say that fills me with pride.”
Scaloni added: “To have the greatest footballer the world has ever seen think that about this group is something truly wonderful.”
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