Football
Averbukh compared Lionel Messi with Alexei Yagudin
Alexey Yagudin / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Grigory Sysoev
Choreographer and ice show producer Ilya Averbukh after the World Cup final in Qatar between the national teams of Argentina and France compared the forward of the South American team Lionel Messi with Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin.
On the eve of the Argentina national team became the world champion, in a penalty shootout beating the national team of France (3:3, 4:2 – on pen.). Messi was recognized as the best player of the tournament, he scored 7 goals in 7 matches.
– With which of the skaters can Messi be compared?
“In a fit of improvisation, I compared Messi with Alexei Yagudin,” Sport24 quotes Averbukh. – They are both so short, stocky, mega-talented, each in his own way. People who have a giant reserve that can turn on and jump over their heads.
For the Argentina national team, this is the third gold medal of the World Championships. Previously, the team won the tournament in 1978 and the 1986 World Cup.
Source: Sportbox
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