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Poland's manager has told his team that halting Lionel Messi today is similar to trying to stop Italian Olympic skier Alberto Tomba on the slopes, because 'he is able to avoid everyone'.

Argentina could be eliminated if they fail to beat Poland, who need only a draw, and manager Czeslaw Michniewicz said he would put multiple players on Messi to prevent him single-handedly winning the match, repeating his achievement of the 2-0 win over Mexico on Saturday.

'At the briefing we talked about Alberto Tomba,' Michniewicz said. 'He is able to avoid everyone. So I need to put players on him to make it difficult because if it is easy he will score. You need more than one person to stop him.'

The manager, whose side beat Saudi Arabia after a 0-0 draw with Mexico, said the game was not purely about the superstar player each side has — Messi and Robert Lewandowski.

'It is not tennis,' he said. 'It is not one-on-one. Those

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