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The men's beach soccer team said goodbye to the Dubai World Cup with one victory and two losses
, in what was its return to FIFA's top competition after three absences.
After having lost in the debut against Tahiti by 4 to 3 and in the following match against Iran by 6 to 3, Magrini's team closed its journey with a great victory against Spain by 5 to 4.
With two goals against Iran and one against Spain, Acassuso footballer
Lucas Medero was recognized by FIFA as the most valuable player of the last match
and, after the victory, he spoke with the Argentine Football Association press: “Luckily it ended with "A victory against Spain, the second best team in the world according to the FIFA ranking, the game was difficult, but we knew that if we played like we did in the previous two games we would win."
"As for the balance of the tournament, I think we are at the level (of any other National Team) and everyone has to know that, without a doubt we would like to have more competition outside of South America, which we wanted to be outside of now but it couldn't be done." to specify, it is because the level and type of game there is completely different," he added.
Medero, who played in his third World Cup after Ravenna 2011 and Tahiti 2013, remarked: "The current squad has a long way to go, if they are supported and we are willing to focus on each training session, we have a very positive path ahead of us and that was demonstrated in this World Cup."
Another of the footballers who spoke was Lucas Ponzetti, the captain of the national team: “We had a great competition, even though the result was not what we expected, we wanted to compete from start to finish every game and we did it in a very good way.
"We are characterized by intensity, attitude and above all things, making ourselves strong in difficult situations and look, we had many, especially in our preparation."
On the other hand, he confessed: "Beach soccer is my life, I live completely for beach soccer, I dedicate myself to the maximum and I also work on the development of the discipline, I have a personal project in Rosario with which I seek to help the growth of the sport, making it grow in my city and more and more players arriving to feed the national team.
Regarding the future, he noted: "Now it's time to rest, enjoy time with my girlfriend and my family, which is essential for me since I spend a lot of time away from home, and mentally being with our loved ones gives us energy to be at one hundred percent." cent for everything that comes."
La Copa del Mundo se juega cada dos años y a esta, que debía disputarse en 2023, le sigue Seychelles 2025, antes la Selección tendrá la Copa América, el torneo de CONMEBOL que otorga las plazas para la máxima competencia.