Rodrigo De Paul on how competitive Lionel Messi is in Argentina's training sessions:

"For us, everything we want to do depends on the situation: how the ball is given to you, the opponent, if they guess what you're going to do...

Messi, everything he wants to do depends on him. I always tell this story: when we play small-sided games, I'm the one who messes with him the most, poking at him. I'm always on the other team. He's calm, and I start saying, 'Today it's impossible for you to beat me, today I win. I have a great team.'

The loser has to serve the food. 'You know I'm going to make you serve the food today,' I tell him. And suddenly, he looks at me and says, 'Oh yeah?' He goes pim, pim, pim, and he wins.

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