Inside The Pitch

@TouchlineX An invention that's passed to the next generation

🚨🗣️ Asamoah Gyan after seeing the Ghana team arrive while singing: "I invented this, it's called the 'jama'. It's good to see the players still doing it."

@Sam_Setth @FabrizioRomano He did that. Vozinha os his name

@FabrizioRomano They had my GOAT stressing 😭

🚨 Lionel Messi: “We already knew this was going to be a very difficult match. It wasn’t a coincidence that this team didn’t lose to Spain or Uruguay”. “These are knockout matches, nobody gives you anything for free”.

@FabrizioRomano I guess y'all payed the price to advance to the next level

@FabrizioRomano The champions showed relentless efforts in taking the lead tonight

🌎🇨🇻 Lionel Messi on Cape Verde: “Some people might underestimate certain teams… but we knew this was NEVER going to be an easy match”. “That’s what makes this World Cup so special. Everything is incredibly close, and every single game is extremely difficult”.

@AdvocateOfBarca @FabrizioRomano So much aura in his goal keeping

@FabrizioRomano Streets will never forget you ❤️

@Yhaa_Queen @TouchlineX An argument that would've lasted long until rectified 😂

@TouchlineX Ronaldo in his shoes would have argued that his assist should be awarded to him 🤣

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Leo Messi: "This is what makes the World Cup special! Every team is incredibly close. Every single game is difficult." "We gave everything we had, regardless of whether we played well. We didn't produce our best football."

@TouchlineX How many things has he said tonight?😭😂

@RedDeskX @ESPNFC A blue shark who's mastered his art

@ESPNFC African Gladiator ❤️🥶

Take a bow, Vozinha. 8 saves in a knockout stage game at age 40 vs. the defending champs. Unreal 💪

@ESPNFC He's my Man of the Match. Total respect

@TouchlineX Cape Verde's second goal need to be replayed in cinemas

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Leo Messi: "Scoring the first goal was the hardest part, and we thought it would help us control the game and play with more calm, but the exact opposite happened." "We lost possession at times, dropped a little too deep, and couldn’t press them the way we wanted." "They took advantage of their strengths and found the equalizer."

@iamibrocoded @TouchlineX Gave them an extremely tough time.

@TouchlineX Cape Verde really made the world champions take a long look in the mirror.

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lionel Messi: "We can get good things from this match, but we must also analyze the bad things."

@Fa_llenn77 @ESPNFC Vozinha in particular

@ESPNFC Argentina won the game but Cape Verde won our hearts 💯🫶

Cape Verde stayed on the pitch to thank their supporters after exiting the World Cup in a match we won't forget

@ESPNFC Their supporters don't regret being here tonight

@Evidence064 @TouchlineX They put in their possible best abd earned the respect of the century

@TouchlineX Heartbreaking moment. Cape Verde fought with courage and gave the world something to remember.

📸 - Sidny Lopes's family consoling the player after Cape Verde's elimination by Argentina.

@TouchlineX So his daughter is his biggest motivation?

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Lisandro Martinez: "I think about my injury and it makes me want to cry. I don't even know how I'm still standing." "If my daughter was not born back then, I don't think I would be still playing here. And today I scored a World Cup goal." 🥹

@TouchlineX Pure emotions,pure moments

PURE RELIEF! 🇦🇷

@kad_mcfc @TouchlineX Hit the nail by the head!

@TouchlineX This is how you win MOTM award. A goal and an assist. Not some people who score penalties and weren’t even the best player on the pitch

🚨🇦🇷 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Lionel Messi is the MOTM against Cape Verde!

@zero_2w @TouchlineX Good thing we didn't see that upset happen tonight tho

@TouchlineX Messi admitting Cape Verde gave them a proper fight . People were laughing at the ‘easy group’ but these ‘small’ teams are coming to play. Big teams getting humbled is the best part of this World Cup

🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Leo Messi: "We saw what Cape Verde did vs Spain and Uruguay." "We knew it was going to be difficult. Nobody is easy in the knockouts." "Sometimes people underrate other countries, but we were sure it was going to be tough."

@FabrizioRomano Well deserved?

🌎🇦🇷 OFFICIAL: Lionel Messi, FIFA Man of the Match for Argentina vs Cape Verde.