Lionel Messi: what he said about the criticism of Gonzalo Higuain

Followers of the Argentinian national team have a negative perception of Gonzalo Higuaín. The Argentine forward has been demonized for his constant mistakes in decisive plays in finals, such as in Brazil 2014 and the Copa América in 2015 and 2016.

This has resulted in a heavy shower of criticism for his performance in the Argentinian national team. Jorge Sampaoli supports him despite not calling him up. Another person who defends him from these attacks is Lionel Messi.

"We all go through tough times. Despite what we achieved, there was a lot of harsh criticism towards this group. I talk to everyone, we have a great relationship. We have been playing together for many years and we know each other. We try to help each other on and off the pitch," said Lionel Messi in an interview with "TyC Sports".

The 'Pulga' sometimes fails to understand what happened for the national team to lose three consecutive finals. He feels that it has been very unfair and that they probably deserved to win at least one of them.

"The truth is that we've been hurt by everything that has been said during this time. We played in the final of a World Cup and two Copa América finals. We deserved to win at least two of the three. It didn't happen, and we all went through that. Unfortunately, Pipa had the opportunities he had and they blamed him. But we are used to people saying horrible things about us," he emphasized.