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'Greatest of them all': Lisandro Martinez opens up on playing alongside Lionel Messi

 giving everything on the pitch... I get goosebumps.

"As a team-mate you give everything for him. He is the greatest of them all. To have him as my team-mate makes me extremely proud."

Martinez is among the few lucky footballers who had the pleasure of sharing the pitch and the locker room with both 

 centre-back, although not a key player for 

 2–1 on Sunday with Messi scoring his first-ever goal in the World Cup playoffs. Up next is a quarter-final showdown against 

'He protects the goal like a soldier protects his nation': Fans in awe of Lisandro Martinez for THAT block

, following his goal-saving block that propelled Argentina to the quarter-final of the Round of 16. 

Argentina beat Australia 2-1 to book a spot in the next round and the 

Licha came on in the second half and was solid throughout. In the 81st minute, an Australia player looked dangerous as he got into the penalty area and almost equalised. 

However, Martinez literally flung himself in front of the shot and made the block that fans can't stop talking about. Here are some reactions from Twitter - 

Messi reacts to Lisandro Martinez's tackle vs Australia

 said: “I think we controlled the match. 

"We could have killed it off with another goal. Apart from the last chance that Emi & 

 prevented, we didn’t suffer too much".

Messi put Argentina ahead with his third goal at this year's tournament and ninth in total at the 

Julian Alvarez netted the second goal as Argentina set up a meeting with the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.

Australia scored a 77th-minute consolation goal when Craig Goodwin’s shot deflected into the net off Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez. 

Martinez, who was introduced in the second half, produced an incredible block in the closing stages to avert extra time.

Argentina held on for a 2-1 win and will face the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.  

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🤣🤣🤣🤣Licha, Piers Morgan is watching u ,watch ur back

chicha14

The football world is still talking about barnyard animals? 
The “goat” 🐐  yes    Messi 
The “Jackass” 🐴  yes   Ronaldo.
An just to let you football fans out there no I am not a Messi fan either. Just the best choice of two evils is the so called “goat” 🐐
Now that we have clarified that this United blog doesn’t need to have anymore postings of the later. 
“No One Is Bigger Then United “ not even a world class “Jackass” 🐴
Now United fans lets move on an focus on the top 4 and the Champions League. 
Hag keep up the great job 👍👍

#1Mgonbyby

You meant “knockout”, playoffs are a different thing… 
And the purpose of this article besides spreading Ronaldo hate ?

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'Greatest of them all': Lisandro Martinez opens up on playing alongside Lionel Messi

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