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11.09.2009 12:09
“Laporta: “We have to support Messi”
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Joan Laporta has said that he hopes Argentina make it to the 2010 World Cup and that Messi can get back into the right spirit for the forthcoming games against Getafe and Inter.
FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has no doubts that he wants to see Leo Messi play in the South African World Cup. Speaking to the media after the club’s traditional floral offering to Rafael Casanova, Laporta said he was right behind the Argentinian and his nation. “Messi will be sad and his team mates have to help him get over this situation. Now he should only be thinking about Barça, there will be time in the future to think about Argentina”.
Supporting Argentina
Joan Laporta added that “we would all like Leo and Argentina to be in the
World Cup. As long as there is a chance there is hope, but that’s football, and Argentina
couldn’t do it against Brazil and Paraguay. I hope they qualify in the next two games. They
have the best player in the world, Messi, and a great coach in Maradona”.
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United squad
Joan Laporta is also happy with the general atmosphere among the players. “The squad are
happy and the individual cases will sort themselves out, if they have to, as we have always done.
There’s a good mood and nobody is going to change it. We are all aware of what is at stake
this season and we need stay highly motivated”.
