"I get up every day thinking about the final," accepts
Lautaro Martínez.
El Toro, who has not stopped scoring goals in Italy since his return to Inter, cannot stop thinking about the title he won with the Argentine National Team in Qatar 2022.
And
, from Milan, he recalled with TyC Sports the best moments he experienced in Arab lands.
The excitement of winning the title, his frustration over the disallowed goals against Arabia ("I never saw them again"), the
cabal
with his wife, the reception in
Bahía Blanca
and as if he had kicked the penalty in the definition of the final against
France
.
The most outstanding phrases of Lautaro Martínez
On the continuity of the festivities
: "Perhaps we wanted to continue celebrating because it was a World Cup where the date changed. Because it is generally in the middle of the year, but we had to play it in December where the year ended and then we had to return immediately to our teams and perhaps that made our stay in Argentina less enjoyable or those few days that we were given off because we had to play again immediately. I believe that now when we return to the country we will continue celebrating as we deserve and the people deserve, because taking the cup after 36 years is something incredible to enjoy".
On what it is to win the World
Cup: "I think every day about what we have achieved, what we have done and I know that we are entering the history of our country, that it is very difficult to achieve what we have achieved. In a year and a half We have won three titles with the National Team and nothing, pure satisfaction and the desire to go for more".
His disallowed goals against Arabia
: "I never saw them again. In the second he was ahead because when Leo turns and I attack the space he tells me that at that moment he couldn't give it to me because the center-backs had closed it and he needed to go one more touch to the outside and that's when I was ahead. But in the first one there was a lot of anger because supposedly they had the wrong doll. They didn't tell us anything but then they began to talk. But nothing anger because it was a technology error " .
🗣️In an exclusive dialogue with TyC Sports, Lautaro recalled the two goals that disallowed him in Argentina's debut in #Qatar2022 against Arabia.
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On the game against the Netherlands
: "The coach already talked a lot about that game from the previous one and they talked a lot about us about how we had played that game, that supposedly we had charged them but in the previous one they were the ones who had talked the most . We were concentrated listening to everything. Maybe it's better that he made Leo angry because when he gets angry, he doesn't stop anyone, there is no chance for anyone."
The moment of deciding the penalty against the Netherlands
: "That penalty was also important for me because it gave me relief, peace of mind, a little more confidence. Then I couldn't convert in the World Cup except for that penalty but I was happy because my teammates who entered it They did the best way and one always tries to contribute the best from their place. At the time of choosing who kicked we met and Scaloni started throwing out names and I obviously told him I wanted to kick. I said I wanted to kick, then they made the order and I was fifth to try to define and luckily Enzo made a mistake (between laughs)".
The post to convert the penalty
: "I didn't even get to shout the goal because of the emotion, because of how everything had happened, as it came from the ankle, I was happy because the results were coming but personally I was sad. I had done some very good Qualifiers At the football level and physically at that time I was very well but this ankle problem was the one that made my level go back a bit and well more than anything for that reason, the emotion, and for the family that also suffers".
On Scaloni
: "Whenever I have the opportunity, I thank him. He gave me the opportunity, he trusted me and with the very important forwards that there are always when there is a period in which one cannot score so many goals, he was always there, bankrolling me".
Anecdote about the final
: "It was to put the final that we had done in a table. And then to be 2-2, while I warmed up, suffering a lot. Now when it's your turn to enter you live it with more calm, from the outside it's endless, it's constant suffering. Later, at 3-2, I inside thought 'it's ours, we'll take it, we'll take it'. In that corner I thought 'we'll defend this and it's ours' and the penalty came and everything fell apart. But hey for We were lucky to have the little animal (Draw) in the goal, a dream final, suffered, but good that afterwards you can enjoy twice as much".
Third goal for France with his contribution
: "That goal is very good because Montiel's pitch comes and I see Leo making the croissant for me, so I try to leave it there as best I can. I leave it for him and he gives it to Enzo, Enzo enabled me but later when the lineman raised the flag I said 'again...' When I kicked I tried to close my eyes, kick as hard as I could and luckily Leo had the rebound and we were able to celebrate the 3- 2. I was off the pitch and I see the ball go in but when I saw the line I said 'the same thing again'. But when they gave the valid goal, as I said, I thought 'we'll take this one home'".
🗣️ LAUTARO MARTÍNEZ "WHEN THE LINE RAISED THE FLAG (IN THE THIRD GOAL) I SAID: ME AGAIN"
El Toro recalled Messi's second goal against France in the #Qatar2022 final.
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On Dibu Martínez
: "When we went to the penalties we were calm because he came over and told you 'you put in and I'll take one or two'. So there he gives you tremendous confidence and that is important for the confidence of the group, of the that he is going to kick. Then also that he is going to talk to the rival and all that. Now I saw that they wanted to draw up a rule, why can the striker celebrate and the goalkeeper not? They have never done it to me per se, I bank it because he's not doing anything out of this world."
The return to Bahía Blanca
: "Going back to Bahía Blanca to spend the holidays was a moment of peace, air, tranquility in the sense that it is my air where I relax. But perhaps I could not relax so much because it had been five or six days I didn't sleep, where I didn't know if I was eating or not. It was a period where we enjoyed a lot, family too, friends, former teammates where I played before at Liniers and then how people came to receive me at the municipal theater was proud, impressive. I did not imagine that there was the amount of people there, singing the anthem with them, impressive".
Cabals
: "I'm very into that and I always keep them to myself because I don't say them, but I did have one that I can tell because the World Cup is over, which was when I got up in the morning, shaved, bathed, I would have breakfast, then my wife would come to get the tickets with my daughter, we would drink mate, always the two of them. Before we had visits from relatives but always before the games, whatever the time, at eleven o'clock before lunch, they would come the two of them to look for the tickets and drink two or three mates".
His talk with De Paul prior to the World Cup
: "When we were in the United Arab Emirates traveling to Qatar, Rodrigo is not going to let me lie to him, I told him 'Look if we take her to Argentina' and he tells me 'What a dream that would be. 'It will be very complicated, but hey, let's try' I tell him".
🗣️ "I'M AFRAID OF HELICOPTERS, BUT THERE I HAD A BARBARIAN FART AND I GOT ON" 🤣
✍️ Signature: EL TORO 🐂
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About the Caravan
: "It was incredible, five minutes passed and I started to take off my shirt. The heat was impressive but there was champagne, there was speed, everything but there was no ice. So the theme was catchy. Fernet, beer, Everything except water. Apart from that, we hadn't eaten. It was a unique moment that we will take with us for the rest of our lives. We already knew that we were not going to reach the obelisk, we were going on the highway and we had been up there for 5 hours. We wanted to get there like Whatever, but it was impossible, the highways were blocked and suddenly the bus turned to the right where the helicopters were and the security people began to lower us from the roof and had a barbaric fart. Alexis and Julián were worse than me, they didn't care nothing".
To the people
: "Thank you for the support, for how they have given us their encouragement in Qatar as well as in Argentina. We have felt it, they were one more player for us and well now the cup is at home. Now we have to enjoy these games a lot , both us and you, with all the people who have to watch it from home too. So, nothing, enjoy with great joy, with a lot of passion because what we have achieved was very difficult and that they continue to support us because this team is not going to let them We are going to continue giving everything for this shirt, for this country to leave them as high as possible".
Verified
🗣️ THE BULL AND A CLEAR OBJECTIVE: "LET'S GO FOR MORE"
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