If someone had told us on November 22, that Argentina was going to qualify first from the group winning 2-0 to Mexico, and categorically 2-0 to Poland, we would not have believed it. Or maybe, at the bottom of our Argentinian heart, where nothing is lost until the end, where we give until the last drop, until the last breath. “Football is often unfair,” he emphasized in one of the previous notes. This time it wasn't. Argentina returned to history and ranked the Final Octavos of the World of Qatar 2022. And now, you will face Australia on Saturday at 4pm, for a place in Rooms.
After the defeat of Saudi Arabia, Argentina suffered its turning point worldwide. Some suffer before and others later. For others, it is not even a turning point, but even worse, it is a final point. In our case, for the disgrace of some and the happiness of others, it was in the first party. Immediately minutes after the Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic determined the end of the party, the party was passed. As bitter as the drink was, Argentina should pass quickly. Because in the World there is no time to repent. Time enjoys. Rest days are not of rest. The next party automatically turns into a Final and you are required to win. And that was it. Mexico came and then Poland. In both parties the Scaloni team was superior and knew to get the result. Argentina never negotiated the attitude and regained its idiosyncrasy: ball season, triangulations, a more showy midfield and an effective attack. Messi and Enzo Fernández sized the second party and Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez did so in the third party. 'Cause that's too La Scaloneta: It doesn't matter who, it doesn't matter when or how. It should happen. It's important to get to the goal. Sometimes it will be Messi, sometimes not. But it will always be the team.
On Saturday, at 4 pm and against Australia, it will be the next quote from Argentina in the World. But what should we know about Australia? Are you an affordable rival? The answer is no. There are no accessible rivals in a World. If we talk about numbers, some countries will have valued more valuable players than others, higher hierarchy or status. But the World Cup does not comprise data or statistics. In the World Cup plays football, only football. And you don't win the country with the richest squad, but the best planted the 90 minutes. What best read the game. The biggest strategist. What gives the possibility of lower-level teams, have greater possibilities. And as we usually get used to it, this World has already given the first battalions: Germany was eliminated for the second consecutive time in the first round, losing with Japan, who in addition destroyed Spain from the first post. Belgium of De Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku, among others, lost against Morocco and also stayed on the way. That's why the games should be played with maximum intensity and blush, because now yes, it's definite: Yeah, you lose, you're out.
Australia entered the World by winning the Peru of Ricardo Gareca, the reappearance and the penalty, and today managed to qualify for the 8th Final of a World for the second time in its history (the previous one had been in Germany 2006). He obtained the second rank of group D, above Denmark, another of the selections that was not up to and was held in the first round.
Argentina regained the illusion and left behind agony, suffering, deazon. Saturday is much more than a game. It is the sprint needed to advance and be closer to the dream, desire, true obsession. Three games are those that separate Argentina from playing a World Final again. In proportion, it is really very little for all the rest that there is at stake. But as Rodolfo de Paoli says (rector of TyC Sports): watering heart, watering. It is a path, and paraphrasing the captain, we choose to continue trusting. ARGENTINA!
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