Rodrigo de Paul on Qatar 2022: “Surely I won’t enjoy it”

After several rumors about his participation and the media scandals in his privida life, Rodrigo De Paul broke the silence and was enthusiastic about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar: “I always say I don’t want it to start, because I probably won’t enjoy it. It’s a lot of pressure, competition, nervousness and anxiety, it’s very difficult.” In this sense, the midfielder, one of the engines that have the National Team, acknowledged: “I try to enjoy this whole process, I would like it to be more, sometimes it costs me. It’s surely going to be crazy. One lives very concentrated and criticism can sometimes be even harmful”, in an interview with TyC Sports prior to the match against Honduras.Faced with this panorama, when there are less than 60 days left for the World Cup, he admitted that it is “very difficult to disconnect” because “someone reminds you again”: “Less and less is missing and in my head is the World Cup daily. The level you see after the Copa America 2021 is of a team that is very committed and very excited.”

The former Racing, who today alternates at Atletico Madrid, both in La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, added: “Then you try to do your job as well as possible. I do enjoy the preview of the matches and the week of training, but when the competition starts it costs me. That led to a World Cup, the most important competition and for which one always dreams, I know that it will cost me a lot, everything.” Competing is always important. From here to what remains, what can be incorporated is very little. I think it’s important to keep competing because mentally it helps you and it’s going to make you the fastest way to get to the World Cup. The idea is to always get to 100 percent. The coaching staff already knows us a lot, playing or not at this time I don’t think will change much. The idea and the basis of these four years Lionel Scaloni has it, “he concluded.

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The difference between the European and South American teams: “The team showed that playing against Italy, the last European champion did very well. I don’t feel like we’re at a different pace. Each competition has its own things, some are more physical and others dynamic. We are prepared to face any type of situation. We are very confident in the team we have. We face all teams that mostly play outside and we have competed. We have more than 30 games without losing. Italy’s will have cleared up some doubts, but not internally.”
The appearance of Enzo Fernández in the Argentine National Team: “It is an appearance that makes us very happy, the replacement continues to appear. These young people who are going to give you a lot. For us it is incredible, hopefully those of us in the middle (Leandro Paredes, Emiliano Martínez, and Giovani Lo Celso, among others) today can help them as Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and the greatest helped us. I have no doubt that it will be an important part of the next few years.”
His confidence in the Argentine National Team: “With this shirt you always have a plus to give. It’s good and important to feel that way. It happens to me today because I feel a lot of confidence. I go out on the court and I feel like we’re going to do well, I have a spectacular relationship with everyone. I feel as comfortable as at home and that makes it broadcast on the court. I will always give everything I have because I am grateful to have been born in Argentina. They made me live the most speculative moments of my life. I’m not going to beat the final in Brazil anymore. There is something that does and hopefully it will be given to us.”

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