The countdown has already begun for the next
FIFA
date in March, and
not only is the anxiety among the fans growing at the possibility of reuniting with the winning team in Qatar 2022
, but this feeling is also shared by the players themselves, who
they already dream of receiving the public at the Monumental.
This was recognized by
Emiliano Martínez
, who in a note with ESPN spoke of his desire to return to play in the country with the Scaloneta,
recounted the special request he made to Lionel Messi and chose his MVP in the final against France.
"Yes,
I can't wait to play in Argentina. We talked about that with the boys, how nice it's going to be. Everyone is already anxiously awaiting the list and going there and playing. I still don't know if the two games are
confirmed in the Monumental or not, but
it's going to be beautiful.
I can't wait to go," Dibu said when asked about the team's desire to play the two friendlies, which still do not have a confirmed date, but would be played between the 21st and 28th March.
On the other hand, the goalkeeper also dedicated a few minutes of the interview to Messi and, after asking that
"hopefully it won't be his last World Cup",
he recounted the talk he had with the 10 about his future after the consecration in Qatar: “
I told him after the game: 'I hope it's not your last World Cup
. '
It took him so long to win titles for the National Team and
now that we've won three finals in a row, why not keep trying.
Once the door is opened for you you have to continue walking through the tunnel.
I think he has to give more."
In addition, Dibu spoke of the importance of the group to get the third star, but highlighted
Angel Di María
as the most decisive player in the final: "We did it, on a collective level.
Many players individually were up to the task, guys who played their first World Cup including me, we knew how to put the pressure aside and enjoy".
"Obviously the 10 helped us in every game, he told Messi to stop winning the Man of The Match because he won it every game, he told him to leave something for the poor. We helped him and accompanied him very well, even
players
like
Angelito Di María, who had not played in the semifinal or the quarterfinals and in the final he was our best player
," he continued.
El Dibu confessed what he said to Messi after each match. Photo: Fernando de la Orden
And in the same response, he added: "You need those people who stand out at key moments,
Mac Allister
as he played in the final and,
when Di María left the field, I applauded him internally because I think he gave us the world final" .
But that was not the only praise for Fideo, he also highlighted: "I think Angelito was the most decisive player in the finals. He did it in Maracaná, at Wembley he played a great game. He had an injury, he was a bit touched and the way he who played the final...
The truth is that I will be eternally grateful to Angelito, for how he played a world final".
More from Dibu:
On the possibility of FIFA changing the rules for its celebrations:
"I always said that after the Copa América, I don't know if I would do it again.
I already saved the penalties that I had to save. And now the same thing happened to me, I don't know If I'm going to save a penalty 20 years from now, maybe not.
But the ones I had to save in the Copa América and in the World Cup I could save and help the team win, with that it's enough for me".
"We will always have to adapt to modern rules and
what FIFA wants, so there will be no problem. We will adapt."
The save to Muani: "It was a very fast play, the goalkeeper takes it out, Otamendi takes it out again, the French center-back controls and puts it back in the pot as they would say in Argentina, a perfect pass came out right in between
Ota and Germán (Pezzella) and I find Kolo Muani with the ball stinging inside the area and in the middle of the goal and he's going to break my goal".
"Then I tried to attack him diagonally to reduce the angle and show him the near post. Obviously I stretched that leg and arm well to that side praying that he would go there and I put my body so firm that the ball bounced hard. They are very fast moments and sometimes you have
to Having a share of luck, we could have won it even against the counter. But the game ended and I didn't reproach myself that we could have won in the 90s, I
finished the game and said what a good game of football,
it was the best game I played in my life".
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