The striker, who plays for El Tri, made it clear that he would shout a goal if he scored against Albiceleste in the World Cup.
The Argentine National Team will meet again with an old acquaintance in Group C of the Qatar 2022 World Cup: it will face Mexico, that has Gerardo Martino as coach and Rogelio Funes Mori, who throbbed the duel with a spicy phrase…
El Mellizo, a Monterrey striker who became a Mexican national in June 2021, assured that he would have no problem shouting a goal at him “allocated” to the Albiceleste in the World Cup. “Definitely”he claimed.
“First it would be a dream for me to go to the World Cup. As I say, they are feelings, dreams that I have proposed and everything will depend on me. I would celebrate the goal with all my heart”, expressed in an interview with Fox Sports. And he added: “These are things that happen in life, today we got Argentina and it’s going to be a very nice game”.
In turn, Funes Mori acknowledged that the road to the Qualifiers was “difficult”, but stressed that they obtained the necessary results to get into the World Cup. “The group is prepared for that, perhaps we have passed the pressure of qualifying for the World Cup. Beautiful things are comingThe dream of every player is to play in the World Cup and you have to work to fight for a place on the list,” he added.
How Mexico qualified for Qatar 2022: this is how the rival of the Argentine National Team arrives at the World Cup
Gerardo Tata Martino’s team qualified for the World Cup last Thursday, when they defeated El Salvador 2-0 in the last game of the CONCACAF Qualifying rounds. Uriel Antuna and Raúl Jiménez were the scorers on the night of the Azteca Stadium. With that result, Mexico was in second place in the table below Canada (same points -28-, but greater goal difference) and ensured his presence in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
The president of the Mexican federation throbbed the clash with Argentina in the Qatar 2022 World Cup
Yon De Luisa, president of FMF, referred to the clash with the Albiceleste for the second date of the Qatar 2022 World Cup: “It is an extraordinary challenge. Obviously we recognize the quality, the passion and the capacity of Argentina”.
In addition, he supported the work of Gerardo Martino as DT: “We see it very well. If we take stock of these almost four years of management, the results have been positive. We are very happy with him and we recognize his journey.or. The best of the Tata era is yet to come”. And he concluded with his good wishes: “Hopefully Argentina and Mexico are in the next phase.”
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