Paulo Dybala spoke about the penalty he scored in the World Cup final while also mentioning Emiliano Dibu Martínez.

Dybala was brought on as a substitute in the World Cup final to take a penalty. With Lionel Messi scoring Argentina’s first penalty, Dybala was the second taker and he mentions he originally was not going to shoot down the middle.

After all of the celebrations in Buenos Aires, Dybala was at the airport in Córdoba and he spoke to the media. Here is what he had to say:

“When I went in, I knew it was for the penalties. I had planned to go to one side but Dibu told me after they missed that I should kick down the middle because the goalkeeper always dived. Luckily, I listened to him.”

Pep Guardiola has congratulated the Argentina national team on winning the World Cup.

Guardiola has managed several Argentine players throughout his career, three of which have went on to become World Cup champions. The biggest name of them all is that of Lionel Messi’s and Guardiola took time out of his Manchester City press conference to congratulate the winners. Quotes courtesy of City_Xtra:

“Everyone has opinion but nobody can doubt Lionel Messi is there as the greatest of all time. For me he’s the best, difficult to understand a player can compete what he’s done. The people who saw Pele or Di Stefano or Maradona…

“The opinions are sentimental, but the other side, if he wouldn’t have won the World Cup, the opinion and my opinion wouldn’t change. It’s normal that people depends if you win or you are evaluated. The final cherries of an incredible career.”

The Manchester City coach also congratulated current City player Julián Álvarez and former City player Nicolás Otamendi:

“We are incredibly happy for Julián Álvarez, congratulations to him and Otamendi, personally to Messi. To Argentina, well deserved. We’re delighted for Julian, he played a lot, his contribution was amazing. We have a world champion in our team…

“He’ll have a week, ten days off. Many games, lots of tension. He’ll have a break, maybe before the new year [he will be back]…”

The Argentina national team will be celebrating their World Cup win today with the public!

It’s the first World Cup trophy celebration in Argentina since 1986 and celebrations started the second Gonzalo Montiel scored passed Hugo Lloris to crown Argentina as World champions.

The players landed in Argentina at 3:00 am Buenos Aires time with thousands waiting for them around the airport and on the streets. Now, the team is set to parade around the streets of Buenos Aires, with the parade starting in about 30 minutes.