Johannesburg – Mexico will cut the supply of ball into Argentine striker Lionel Messi if you want to enter the World Cup quarter-finals this year, said Rafael Marquez who is a fellow member of the club in Barcelona Messi.

“I mengatahui game he (Messi) is quite good. He's very good, so it is difficult to be resisted and stopped. We must try to close the space motion, so he's hard to get the ball,” said Marquez.

Marquez said that Messi is the world's best players at the moment and he's very talented in the ball tampering. In fact, he continued, Messi also has a better ability in changing the rhythm of the game.

“We have to cover its movement by directly cutting the supply of ball from his colleagues. As such, he will get the ball a bit,” Marquez explained that the World Cup four years ago come to bring Mexico into a big round of 16. In the tournament held in Germany that Mexico alsoconfront and defeat Argentina in the period of injury time with the score 1-2.

“We hope to overcome Argentina. Indeed there is little sense of pessimistic for Mexico, but we will strive hard to believe that the advantages which we have no other team,” said 31-year-old players.

This veteran defender insisted that his team the confidence to pass to the next round. “So far we're brewing a team mentality. We are capable and can achieve the best. Okay, we're against Argentina, so what? “Said Marquez.

Meanwhile, the Mexican goalkeeper Oscar Perez said that his colleagues middle eliminate pessimism. “People believe in our abilities. We will strive to win the game, “he said.

Marquez added that if his colleagues could handle the pressure, there would be no surprises in this game. (AFP)