Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina, believes Tottenham has one of the best players in the world. He knows a good player when he sees one.
When Chelsea takes on Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur in north London on Monday night, Lionel Messi has forewarned them that they will be up against one of the “best defenders in the world”. Spurs have had an incredible start to Ange Postecoglou’s managerial career, winning eight of their first ten games to take the lead in the standings before the weekend’s games began.
Chelsea‘s season has started uneventfully under Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge, but they will be hoping to start the season right this evening by defeating their capital rivals on the road.
Cristian Romero, an Argentina centre back who has had an incredible season so far, will be their opponent. So much so that none other than World Cup-winning captain Messi himself has showered him with praise.
On September 7, the Inter Miami star returned to the scoreboard when he scored Argentina’s lone goal of the match against Ecuador in their first World Cup 2026 qualifying match. In the 78th minute, Messi broke the tie with a characteristically excellent free kick, but Romero was named man of the match.
After the game, Messi discussed Romero with Telemundo, saying, “In my opinion, he is the best defender in the world right now.” Man of the match tonight with an incredible performance.”
Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni expressed the same sentiments as Messi, saying: “I have no words for the match Cuti Romero had.” People encourage him during the home games, and he begins to believe that he is He-Man and can run 70 metres.
In his 22nd game for the national team, Romero put on a commanding performance, winning 11 duels, making seven tackles, and completing 66 of 68 passes that were attempted.
On the hour mark, he also produced a perfectly timed penalty area tackle to deny Ecuador’s Enner Valencia.
The 25-year-old has scored twice in his 10 Premier League appearances for Tottenham thus far this season. And it appears that the Argentine has already solidified his place as Postecoglou’s defensive anchor, with Spurs giving up just nine goals in their opening ten games.
Messi’s season is over after Inter Miami was eliminated from the MLS postseason, while Romero and Spurs will try to maintain their Premier League hopes this evening.
Even though the all-time record goalscorer for Barcelona has scored 11 goals in 14 appearances since moving to Miami, ten of those goals have come in cup competitions, and there was simply too much work to be done given that the team was at the bottom of the Eastern Conference when he arrived.
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