Messi: Bolivia parked the bus (AFP) Saturday 2 July 2011

Print Email my friend Share RSS Add your comment 13 12345 Rating: 5.0 Messi: Bolivia parked the bus (AFP) Saturday 2 July 2011 Messi: Bolivia parked the bus Getty Images Lionel Messi has expressed his disappointment at hosts Argentina's 1-1 draw with heavy underdogs Bolivia in their Copa America opener in La Plata. La Verde may have shocked the two-time global kings with

a 6-1 rout in 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifying, but that was at high altitude. Here, there could be no excuses as Edivaldo Rojas gave the Bolivians a deserved whiff of a first-ever win on Argentinian soil after 11 losses, before Sergio Aguero rescued a point with a crisp late volley. "They put men behind the ball, parked the bus and we could not find a way through," said Messi, who despite his heroics with Barcelona in scoring over 50 goals last season has never quite reached the same heights when he has donned the Albiceleste shirt. "It's not what we were hoping for and we are sad. Now we know the matches we have to come in the group (against Colombia and Costa Rica) are ones we just have to win."