{"id":30125,"date":"2022-11-30T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/elusive-messi-like-ski-star-tomba-says-poland-coach"},"modified":"2022-11-30T15:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T15:17:42","slug":"elusive-messi-like-ski-star-tomba-says-poland-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/elusive-messi-like-ski-star-tomba-says-poland-coach","title":{"rendered":"Elusive Messi like ski star Tomba, says Poland coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Argentina star Lionel Messi is football\u2019s answer to skiing great Alberto Tomba, Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of Poland\u2019s final World Cup group stage match against Argentina in Doha, Michniewicz said his side would need to surround Messi to stop him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMessi on the pitch is like Alberto Tomba on the slope, he\u2019s able to avoid everyone like Tomba can get around everything,\u201d said Michniewicz.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we need to put players around Messi because if he can get around (them) easily he will easily score. One player cannot stop Messi, we must get players around him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even so, Michniewicz says that may not be enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole world has been thinking for years about how to stop Lionel Messi and he has made dozens of goals and assists,\u201d he added. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ll ever find the final answer to this question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Poland have their own star striker in Robert Lewandowski, who is following in the Argentine\u2019s footsteps as the darling of Barcelona, where he has scored 18 goals in 19 games this season.<\/p>\n

Many have billed this as the clash between Messi and Lewandowski, but Michniewicz does not buy into that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not only a match between Lewandowski and Messi, it\u2019s not tennis,\u201d said the coach. \u201cRobert needs his teammates, the same as Leo needs his. We rely on these great strikers but they cannot win on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michniewicz admitted that as a fan he has long supported Argentina but said he would have no conflicting emotions during Wednesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I was a little boy I\u2019ve always rooted for Argentina. They have great fans, a great team, huge personalities like Mario Kempes in 1978 and other players. There have been many ups and downs but I have always rooted for Argentina, although I won\u2019t tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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