You’re bad, only plays for Argentina because Messi is your friend – Patricio slams midfielder

Former Chile international, Patricio Mardones has slammed Argentine star, Rodrigo De Paul.

Mardones believes that the midfielder still receives call up from Argentina coaches simply because he is Lionel Messi’s friend.

Rodrigo De Paul, who plays his club football at Atletico Madrid, has won 70 caps for his nation.

In those seventy games, he has scored two goals, and was an important member of the squad that won Copa America 2021, the World Cup, Finalissima in 2022, and Copa America 2024.

De Paul played 90 minutes in Argentina’s most recent match against Chile, as La Albiceleste secured a 3-0 win.

After the World Cup qualifying defeat for his country, Paricio said via GOAL, “There is a nasty player, Rodrigo De Paul.

“Watching the match between Argentina and Chile, I would tell him on the pitch ‘wow, you’re bad’. He is a limited player who works hard.

“He has very good team-mates who make up for that limitation. I would have told him: ‘You are bad and you play because you are a friend of Messi.’ De Paul makes me feel that way, he’s a very unpleasant guy.”