Leandro Paredes spoke about the World Cup with the Argentina national team.
Paredes was part of the Argentina national team that won the 2022 World Cup and is part of the team for this World Cup. Speaking in an interview with Pollo Alvarez, here is what he had to say:
“This World Cup finds me much greater, much more mature and surely, that makes me much calmer. We will try to compete once more the same way that we did at the last World Cup.
“We will try to be at the height of what our country deserves, this shirt. The last World Cup, there were also national teams that came better than us, in terms of play, in terms of physical levels and we showed that we always compete.
“It doesn’t bother me at all how the other national teams are doing. Recently, we played Brazil at home with Vinicius, Raphinha and Rodrygo and I believe we had one of our best matches of this cycle. The opponent never bothers us, we think about ourselves.
“There are many favorites. There are very good national teams, national teams that arrive very well. I don’t take myself out of that but our goal is to compete.”
I was wondering what people here think of the current Argentina Squad for world cup. No Acuna, no Echeverri, no Mastantuono, no Dybala, no Garnacho. Is this team really OK – especially keeping in mind that there is no Angel Di Maria and that Messi is getting old and might not be able to play the whole game? Among newcomers, I am happy with the inclusion of Nico Paz, but I don’t know to what extent he alone can fill up the gap.