He benched Messi in the national team, was a world champion, now he has no job

Lionel Messi is still the best player in the world, however, years ago he was relegated to the bench for a player that currently has no team. However, the current PSG striker ended up imposing his hierarchy and led the U-20 National Team in the 2005 World Cup.

The Argentine striker Gustavo Oberman came to be considered above ‘La Pulga'. It happened during the 2005 U-20 World Cup. In that competition, the Albiceleste won the title and Oberman will be able to say that he was put in place of the winner of the Copa América 2021 and the Finalissima 2022.

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A few years ago, in an interview with Infobae, Oberman recalled: "(José) Sosa was going to be the starter and Messi, Kun and I were going to be on the bench as offensive players. The next day we had a tactical talk and I thought that the same players were going to play and that Messi was going to come in? There was no other! Suddenly everyone started to look at me and I said, "What happened? When I look at the team I see Oberman up there. "Uh, who did he take out?". I was looking and I couldn't find Messi".

What is Gustavo Oberman doing nowadays?

The former player had spells with Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Club Deportivo Castellón, CFR Cluj, Quilmes, Pune City and Argentinos de Quilmes. Since 2018 he played for Dock Sud, of the Primera B Metropolitana. In 2022 his contract was terminated and he is looking for a new club to continue his career.