Mascherano looks forward to Qatar 2022: “The team represents us so well”

The former captain of the Argentine National Team, Javier Mascherano, is excited that those led by Lionel Scaloni obtain a great result in Qatar 2022 and referred to the high level that Lionel Messi is maintaining in the last matches. We have a team that generates a lot of enthusiasm. It’s been a while since we know what he plays, he has a very marked identity,” said the midfielder and stressed: “We know what we are going to see and a long time ago it did not happen that a team represents us so well. Then this is football and anything can happen, but there is a lot of enthusiasm and desire for the World Cup to start.” In this sense, he described the sensations of the players in the run-up to the World Cups: “The fact of the preview and the desire for the first game to arrive means that in the previous days one is loaded with pressure and anxiety. Once the competition starts, everything becomes more dynamic.”

The former international midfielder with the Albiceleste between 2003 and 2018, who was also Messi’s teammate at Barcelona, detailed: “I see him well, very happy and calm. I think he has reached a point in his life where he already has the recognition of world football and that, in my opinion, gives him extra peace of mind.” If there’s one thing Leo has, it’s intelligence. I don’t know if it will be the last World Cup, but he is already at an advanced age and that allows him to enjoy things in a different way. I see him eager to pass on all his experience to others,” she added. Finally, he was asked by Alejandro Garnacho, an 18-year-old Spaniard from Manchester United who was furious on Twitter at not being summoned by Lionel Scaloni to represent the Albicelest: “The first time we brought him in March and then when we went to Toulon he had a spectacular behavior. He’s a respectful guy, he formed a very nice group with the guys who play in Argentina and I didn’t know them. The truth is that I don’t know why they say what they say, but with us he had a behavior and predisposition 10 points. ”

Original source in Spanish