{"id":291895,"date":"2023-09-09T12:05:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291895"},"modified":"2023-09-09T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:05:40","slug":"tottenham-have-player-who-is-best-in-the-world-according-to-lionel-messi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/tottenham-have-player-who-is-best-in-the-world-according-to-lionel-messi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham have player who is ‘best in the world’ according to Lionel Messi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messi's strict rule for swapping shirts — but rare exception made<\/h3>\n

Lionel Messi has labelled Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Cristian Romero the \u2018best in the world\u2019 after impressing on international duty with Argentina. Messi and Romero teamed up as part of the World Cup champions\u2019 squad for this week\u2019s international fixtures.<\/p>\n

Romero has enjoyed an impressive start to the season with Spurs, adding two goals to four solid performances as the north Londonders have started life under Ange Postecoglu – and with Harry Kane – in eyecatching fashion.<\/p>\n

On Friday Argentina got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to the perfect start, defeating Ecuador 1-0 in Buenos Aires. And Messi and Romero played important roles, with the former scoring the only goal of the game from a superb free-kick 12 minutes from time, whilst the latter put in an impressive performance at the heart of the Argentinian defence.<\/p>\n

Despite coming away as the star of the show once again, Messi was quick to sing the praises of Romero following his efforts to keep out the Ecuadorian attack. On the back of his performance, the Inter Miami star believes there is no better defender in the world than his international teammate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Speaking after their 1-0 victory, Messi said: \u201cFor me, [Cristian Romero] is the best defender in the world right now. Amazing performance tonight, man of the match.” And the praise for the Spurs star did not stop there.<\/p>\n

Similarly fellow teammate Rodrigo De Paul also sang Romero\u2019s praises, claiming it was a \u2018pleasure\u2019 to play in front of the defender in Argentina\u2019s midfield. \u201cToday Cuti Romero is up to being the best central defender in the world,\u201d De Paul added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving him behind is the best thing that can happen to me because he always forces me to go forward as he always wants to be one on one against the opponent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI got used to going out without looking back and that is a pleasure for a midfielder, because in the end you look at what that you have in front and allows you to get less tired.” Amid the praise of his teammates Romero repaid the compliment post-match, hailing the brilliance of seven-time Ballon D\u2019or winner Messi after netting the winner.<\/p>\n

He commented: \u201cEcuador were strong at the back and tried to exploit any mistakes we made. But then, the greatest player in the world appeared and opened the game up, after that, things got easier.”<\/p>\n

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