Messi: "There's a future with this new group of players"

Argentina captain Lionel Messi analyzed the defeat against Brazil, but also what is coming for the Albiceleste from now on, rescuing a promising future.

«Something new starts, something nice. A good, important generation is coming, which has shown that it loves the national team and that it wants to be there. There is a future and a very big base in which it is necessary to give time and to let continue. It is necessary to let them grow and to continue loving the team because they are players to do it, said the Argentine.

Talking about the analysis of the match, he said: «We started really bad but we let it get away. It was the best game we played in the Cup, against a Brazil that has spectacular players in all its lines», he told to the media when he retired in the mixed zone.

«If I have to help from somewhere, I’m going to do it. I felt very good with this group», the star said after the match at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.

«These guys made a huge sacrifice. They deserve respect. Argentina has material to keep growing», Messi insisted.