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Oscar Ruggeri has always been a champion for Argentinian football rights, he's always been one of the most vocal advocates who fight against tyranny and corruption in South American football. Hearing Messi say that he doesn't want to play for Argentina ever again was something that resonated in Ruggeri because this decision means that all those corrupt fellows have won. That's why Ruggeri thinks that Leo will reconsider and won't let all those inept people have the last laugh.
Talking to Omnisport about Messi, Ruggeri said: "I believe that when he calms down, with his people and his family, it is a decision that he will have to think about carefully. We, as Argentines, can't afford ourselves the luxury of letting the best player in the world leave us this way because he is still in good shape. For me he didn't play a bad tournament, he was playing well. I am speaking to everyone that says it's not all about competing - yes, it's about winning. Otherwise, you see what happens.
"These days everyone has an opinion. This week everyone is angry because we lost another chance against Chile, another final. But when everything goes back to normal, we will realize that we can't afford ourselves the luxury of this guy not playing with us anymore. But I believe that we have to give Messi some space, so that he stays with his family and his club and enjoys being there. After a while then we can go and chat with him. Messi's situation must be momentary because of what he has just experienced."
Oscar made a thorough analysis about the Argentina national team and still can't believe why they haven't been able to lift a trophy: "Ahead of the tournament, when I looked at the names of our players, I couldn't believe it. He had such great names. The forwards are goal scorers in the countries they play in. Some of the clubs are smaller than others. 'El Pipa' [Gonzalo Higuain] plays for Napoli, which is a team that normally finishes in mid-table, except for when [Diego] Maradona was there. Otherwise, we wouldn't even know about Napoli. And 'El Pipa' was the top goalscorer in the Italian league, even with his defensive style. Then, [Sergio] Aguero, a top goalscorer in English football. They are incredible names that other teams don't have."
Photo credit: FC Barcelona
