“Five years ago I thought about leaving football”: the confession of one of the great figures of the Argentine national team

Christian Romero He became a key player in the Argentine national team and is the undisputed starter of the team he leads Lionel Scaloni. The 24-year-old defender took over the position and forms the backbone of the cast that will seek to make history in the 2022 Qatar World Cup. However, behind this great present, the Cordovan experienced difficult times and confessed that five years ago he analyzed leaving the football.

“Five years ago I was in Córdoba, thinking about quitting football and today I have to live all this. Playing with Argentina, with great figures, having Leo Messi as a partner”, Cuti revealed today in an interview with the radio program How’s it going? (D Sports Radio 103.1).

When asked about the subject, he replied that “they were things that in the end I am grateful for that happened to me at an early age because in the end they are things that make you mature even faster, that make you grow out of your head. They are things that happened and I prefer not to delve into the subject because every time you say something something is created that I never wanted to create, but they are personal issues that happened with some people and everything remains there.

Some time ago, in a note with ESPNthe player said that the problems arose as a result of the conflict he had with the leaders of Belgrano, before they sold him to Genoa for 1.7 million euros. “It was hard that at my 17 years the very leaders of the club that I have had, that they threw so much shit at me… It was hard that they told me so many things“, Shooting. Although his heart is still in Pirata and he clarified that “I see a lot of Belgrano. On Friday you have to win as it is. I spoke with Farré (Guillermo, team coach) and I told him that”, in reference to the match against Instituto for the First National, where Celeste is the leader and Gloria is second to five points.

Returning to the testimony of this Tuesday and analyzing the good news of the National Team that has gone 33 games undefeated, he maintained that “a beautiful illusion was created that we have generated with this group of the National Team. We want to win the Cup, as teammates from France, Germany and England want to do”.

“The main objective is the World Cup, it will be strange because of the date on which it is played, but it will be better because of the rest for the players. We are going to give everything with the group to take the National Team to the top. I am preparing myself in the best way and if I have to be there, I want to get there,” he added.

In addition, the native of Córdoba Capital banked Lionel Messi y He did not share that he has not been nominated for the Ballon d’Or award: “If we talk about the best player, the one who made the difference was always Leo and he should have won it every year.”

While he told what it is like to play in the Premier League, which he reached last season when he joined Tottenham: “The English league is the best in the world. Adapting is not easy, it was hard for me, but I already feel good and trying to maintain my level”.

Regarding his way of playing in which he usually goes to the limit, he explained that “I live training sessions and matches in the same way. I like to play and train hard. The games and the experience have allowed me to know how to play when I have a yellow card. Last season I only had 8 yellow cards and they didn’t send me off”

On suspension of the classic with Brazilindicated that “I think it is better that Argentina and Brazil are not played, because a yellow, red or injury could leave you out of more important games.”

In the London team he is a teammate of richarlisonwith whom he had crosses in the clashes with Brazil in the final of the America Cup disputed in the neighboring country and whose final was triumph for the Argentine team in the mythical Maracaná Stadium. “With richarlison They are things that are created in a game, on a court you have fights and they stay there. Now as a teammate we shoot to the same side”, he stated. “Later, if we face Argentina and Brazil and there are any kicks or words too many, they will also remain on the pitch,” he concluded.

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