Argentina - Iceland: Will Messi "respond" to Ronaldo properly?

In the opening match of Group B of the 2018 World Cup, Ronaldo played the hero with a hat-trick to help Portugal hold championship candidate Spain to a 3-3 draw. After this match, Ronaldo set a series of super-huge records and was highly praised by the press.

Ronaldo's brilliant performance is a great source of motivation for Messi in the opening match of the 2018 World Cup against Iceland tonight. M10 will definitely play his best to answer his "rival".

In fact, Iceland cannot be compared to Argentina in any aspect. Not to mention the team with the smallest population among the 32 teams participating in the 2018 World Cup (334,000 people) is breathing the air of the biggest football festival on the planet for the first time.

Although Icelandic football has made great strides in recent times and is currently ranked 22nd in the latest FIFA rankings, compared to Argentina, the European representative is truly a “tiny” team.

Including the 2018 World Cup, this is the 17th time Argentina has participated in the biggest football festival on the planet. The South American representative has twice reached the top of the world in 1978 and 1896. Therefore, in terms of experience, Argentina is much more experienced than Iceland.

While all of Iceland's players at the 2018 World Cup play abroad, with their most famous player being Gylfi Sigurdsson, who plays for the English club Everton, Argentina's are much more impressive.

Accordingly, the team from South America has players playing in Europe, at the top teams of the old continent. In particular, coach Jorge Sampaoli has superstar Messi, who can change the game in just a moment.

Pre-match speechArgentina vs IcelandCoach Heimir Hallgrimsson (Iceland) said: “All the players want to play. This is the biggest stage in the history of Icelandic football, our opponent is a very strong team”.

Evaluating Messi, coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said: “Iceland does not have any magic formula to block Messi. He is one of the best players in the world. I will not arrange anyone to specifically mark Messi. Iceland will play their own football, supporting and helping each other to do their best on the field.”

On the other side of the front line, although very respectful of his opponent, coach Jorge Sampaoli did not hide his intention to win all 3 points. He said: “Argentina has worked hard in the past time. I am sure this will be a difficult match because Iceland plays very tightly, counter-attacking well. However, we have prepared very carefully.”

According to the 2018 World Cup schedule, the match betweenArgentina vs Iceland takes place at 8:00 p.m. on June 16 (Vietnam time)VOV e-newspaper will report online, please follow along./.