Alejandro Gómez
became a fixture for
Lionel
Scaloni 's
Argentine National Team
.
Always within the calls and showing himself as an alternative to enter from the bench, he earned a place in the fan's heart thanks to his charisma.
Almost two months before the final of the
Qatar 2022 World Cup
, he revealed that together with the team they celebrated the elimination of Brazil for a particular reason.
52 days have passed since the consecration of
Lionel Messi
and company on Qatari soil and Papu came out to talk about various situations they experienced.
"Since we set foot in Qatar, we knew we were going to be
world champions
. I don't know why, but we were very clear about it," he confessed in dialogue with
DSports
.
However, there was another situation that made the Argentine players realize that the Cup was theirs.
And it wasn't a game from the Albiceleste, but from Brazil!
Yes, an encounter with the Verdeamarela gave them the confidence to go for eternal glory.
"We had to change to warm up and we were all watching the penalties of the Brazil game (vs. Croatia for the 4th round). We said: 'if Brazil loses, it's ours'.
When Croatia qualified we started celebrating as if we had won us
", revealed Papu in his talk with Diego Korol, who traveled to Spain to interview him.
Sure, by then Tite's Scratch was another favorite to win, but in the end they were eliminated by Croatia on penalties.
The rest is history.
Argentina beat the Netherlands in the same way and then displaced
Luka Modric
and company with a resounding 3-0 to reach the final.
Praise to Dibu
The Sevilla midfielder took advantage of the space and dedicated some to Emiliano Martínez, key in the new title for the National Team.
"He is super intelligent, very focused, he knows what he wants and has very set goals
," he said.
In addition, he came out to support him in the face of criticism for his post-shortcut dances.
"Why if I score a goal can I dance and why if he makes a save, I couldn't? What he does is perfect. He celebrates a penalty, a save... If he has to do a little dance, he does it and if he has you to speak, that is, the figure of the goalkeeper took center stage, who perhaps before was isolated and today I see him more integrated into the team," Papu shot.
He was also happy to have been champion three times with Argentina: Copa América, Finalissima and World Cup.
"To think that so many of my idols, and of many incredible generations of the National Team, could not achieve anything.
I grew up seeing the photo of Maradona lifting the Cup
. Seeing Messi doing the same thing reminded me of that," he said.
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