Brazil is scared of Messi – Pratto

The rivalry has historically been billed as one of the most ferocious in worldwide football but the Barcelona trio couldn’t have looked friendlier in a picture released by the plane’s pilot.

Neymar, who has been suffering a goal-drought in his last four appearances, is expected to raise his game when he meets his Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi on the pitch.

We all want the same thing: “to qualify for the World Cup”.

Neymar scored his 50th worldwide goal as Brazil thrashed arch-rivals Argentina 3-0 in their 2018 World Cup qualifying duel here yesterday. Under Tite’s regime, star players such as Neymar and Philippe Coutinho are thriving, settling in smoothly in the Selecao while playing the same positions they feature in for their club teams. The fifth-placed side face a play-off with the Oceania winners.

The South American qualifiers will send four teams directly through to the 2018 Russia World Cup.

Messi, who just returned to the national team after announcing he resigned in June, saw his team lose 3-0 against Brazil at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte.

Neymar nearly doubled Brazil’s lead seven minutes before the break.

Asked about Messi on Wednesday and his plans to try and stop the 29-year-old Barcelona maestro, Tite, without giving too much away, said: “Lionel Messi does not stop, Neymar does not stop”.

Brazil will now lock horns with Peru, while Argentina desperately need a win when they host Colombia on November 16.

“More than anything I am thinking about our opponents, and that we cannot repeat the mistakes of other games in which we ended up broken”.

It could have been a different story if the referee had given a penalty to Argentina when the game was 0-0 and Neymar touched the ball with his hand in the box.

That’s while Argentina have also been gearing up for their crucial encounter against Brazil.

Messi, goalkeeper Sergio Romero, midfielders Javier Mascherano and Angel Di Maria and strikers Gonzalo Higuain and Aguero were present in all three. The Peruvians remain in eight spot with 14 points, one behind seventh-place Paraguay.

Tite dedicated his side’s impressive win to Carlos Alberto, the captain of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning side, who died aged 72 from a heart attack last month.