Everyone wants to beat Argentina – Messi reacts to 1-0 win over Ecuador

<p>Argentina captain, Lionel Messi has said they are the team everyone wants to beat.</p>, <p>Messi made the comment following a 1-0 win over Ecuador in a 2026 World Cup qualifier on Thursday night.</p>, <p>It was the 36-year-old’s free-kick in the 78th minute that sealed victory for his country.</p>, <p>“It was shown in the two friendlies and today, by the points, that this group is not going to relax beyond what it achieved. It was historic, extraordinary.</p>, <p>“We know that if we go down a little they will pass us over. There are going to be tough matches like this. Defeats, surely.</p>, <p>“We have to be as we are now, with our feet on the ground. Fight every game as we have been fighting since Scaloni started with All this,” Messi said.</p>