We all know that Argentina’s win against Mexico was key for Albiceleste to rebuild his path and get Qatar World Cup 2022, since after the defeat in the first game from Saudi Arabia, in the secondor against El-Tri they resurfaced and gained confidence ahead of the rest of the games; However, this confidence may have come from the performance of his captain, Lionel Messihe told them at half-time against the Aztecs, in which he emphasized their superiority.
The player himself was showed that he remembered this moment in an interview with his country’s newspaper Olé.
“I remember talking to the boys and telling them that I know that we are in a difficult situation, but let’s try to get out of it. Forget what we played and play like always. We went 35 games undefeated and knew that if we acted the way we did before, we would surpass Mexico.It’s a great choice though and it was a tough challenge due to their play style. But we knew that, equal to equal, we are superior”, he explained.
La Pulga also shared with their teammates a strategy that could help them win, in which they had to be calm and have good control of the ball in order to finish as soon as they had a chance.
“It was difficult to have the patience and calmness not to speed up. Move the ball from one side to the other, wait for empty seats to appear, and not look for them, which should have appeared on their own. At times the anxiety would eat us up and we would force us to play fast and we would lose balls because of that, but that’s normal because of the type of games,” he said.
…And the magic of albicelesta came. After a tough first half, in which Mexico stopped very well and almost took an instant advantage, the Argentines came out elated for the second and, as soon as they had a chance, took the lead, followed by the second goal and the game was over. the game was over.
The rest is history, Argentina also beat Poland to advance to the round of 16; They later beat Australia, drew with the Netherlands and beat them on penalties in the quarter-finals; they beat Croatia in the semi-finals and won the cup against France in the final, ending a 36-year World Cup drought.
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Source: La Opinion
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