STORY: Excitement in Buenos Aires on Saturday. Tens of thousands of fans celebrate the victory of the Argentine national team in the World Cup round of 16. 2-1 against Australia – that makes hearts beat faster here. But the absolute hero for them is – once again – Lionel Messi, who played his 1,000th match at Qatar’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, crowned of course by a goal. “Undoubtedly Messi is the best player because he put in so much effort. Considering he had a game less than three days ago, a 35-year-old player who runs at this level, plays at this level, he is for me the undisputed star”. However, the multiple world footballer of the year is still missing a World Cup title. Messi should go into the World Cup quarter-finals against the Netherlands correspondingly hungry. Louis van Gaal’s team beat the USA 3-1 on Saturday. Reason enough for a hilarious little dance upon arrival at the hotel (@onsoranje). On Sunday, however, the motto was: back to the training ground. After all, you don’t keep a Messi in check so casually. The game is next Friday.