Suarez lauds Messi for 'showing you are the best in the world'

Luis Suarez lauds his former teammate Lionel Messi for ‘never getting tired of showing you are the best in the world’ after his sensational performance in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia in the World Cup semi final

  • Argentina are through to Sunday’s World Cup final after beating Croatia 3-0
  • Lionel Messi picked up a goal and an assist in an excellent performance
  • The goal took him level with Gabriel Batistuta on World Cup goals for Argentina
  • His former teammate  Luis Suarez praised his ‘incredible’ performance
  • Click here for the latest World Cup 2022 news, fixtures, live action and results

Luis Suarez has heaped praise on his former teammate Lionel Messi after a stunning performance against Croatia in the World Cup semi final, calling him ‘incredible.’

Messi gave Argentina the lead with a first half penalty on Tuesday night, but truly stole the show with a spectacular run that saw him burst into the box past a dumbfounded Josko Gvardiol and set up Julian Alvarez for his side’s third.

The 3-0 win means Lionel Scaloni’s men will advance to Sunday’s final, where they will face either France or Morocco.

Lionel Messi propelled Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in their World Cup semi final

His ‘incredible’ performance received praise from former Barcelona teammate Luis Suarez

Suarez was keen to recognise Messi’s achievements, the pair played together at Barcelona for six years and are believed to be close, as he said via Instagram: ‘You Never get tired of showing that you are the best in the world.

‘The whole world stops to applaud this guy and what he’s given to football. Incredible my friend!’

By opening the scoring against Croatia, Messi overtook Gabriel Batistuta as Argentina’s top scorer at World Cups. He also moved level with German legend Lothar Matthaus’s record for the most games played at World Cup’s finals, with 25.

Suarez said ‘the whole world stops to applaud’ after Messi’s performance on Tuesday

Despite the milestones he had reached and the prospect of an upcoming World Cup final, Messi seemed calm after the game, as he told reporters: ‘We were confident that this group was going to pull it off. We know what we are and we ask the people to believe in us.   

‘We have been through tough situations, other very good ones. Today, we are living something spectacular.’

The 35-year-old will not have another chance to win the World Cup after he leaves Qatar, and Sunday’s game could be the crowning moment of his illustrious career.

If he emulates Argentina’s other talisman Diego Maradona and wins the tournament, it will solidify him for many as the best footballer of all time. 

FALLOUT OF ARGENTINA’S WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL WIN VS CROATIA

Argentina 3-0 Croatia: Lionel Messi rolls back the years to lead his team into the World Cup final, with legend scoring the opener before his INCREDIBLE run set up Julian Alvarez’s second goal of brace

IAN HERBERT: Lionel Messi was a little bull barrelling and bouncing though challenges as he drove Argentina into the final which has ALWAYS seemed his destiny… there were more echoes of Diego Maradona in 1986

PLAYER RATINGS: Lionel Messi turned on the style as Argentina reached the final but Luka Modric was unable to recreate midfield heroics as the Croatia captain’s World Cup dreams came to an end

Jubilant Argentina stars celebrating reaching the World Cup final in the Lusail Stadium dressing room… as manager Lionel Scaloni hails Lionel Messi as ‘the best in HISTORY’

Lionel Messi surpasses Gabriel Batistuta to become Argentina’s top scorer at World Cup finals with 11 goals, converting from the spot to draw level with Kylian Mbappe in the race for the Golden Boot

‘Is there still a debate?’: Gary Lineker leads the way as Lionel Messi is hailed as the GOAT after a stunning display to send Argentina through to the World Cup final… while Jamie Carragher calls him ‘the best there has ever been!’

Fans hail Lionel Messi’s sensational assist for Argentina’s third goal against Croatia… with some joking he ‘wiped £30m off Josko Gvardiol’s market value’ after turning past the Chelsea target THREE times

‘That third goal was a moment of GENIUS’: Gary Neville and Roy Keane hail Lionel Messi’s stunning display in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia – as Irishman admits ‘I really hope he goes on to win the World Cup’ 




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