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\u26bd <\/strong>World Cup latest on final weekend of tournament
\u26bd <\/strong>England\u2019s exit was not just about Tuchel<\/a>
\u26bd <\/strong>Email us<\/a> | Archive: Argentina v Spain in 1966<\/a><\/p>\n

We know most Brazilians will be supporting Spain against Argentina, but what about everybody else in that part of the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams from the region who advance deep into the World Cup tournament, a flood of memes, jokes and criticism has made it clear there is one exception: Argentina.<\/p>\n

Coming from the bench isn\u2019t the ideal plan for any player, but when you join a national team that\u2019s as strong as I and Lautaro have, you value every opportunity and try to help your team if you come on or if you don\u2019t. You focus on the present, embrace the situation, and think of yourself as the guy who can do it. I have complete belief in myself, my ability: every time I come on to the pitch I think I can have impact. In the final, I hope anyone [Spanish] is the hero. The trophy belongs to all of you, not just the 11 on the pitch.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to have ego as a footballer. With all the criticism from outside, you need it. But you also need the humility. Players come to the national team because they\u2019re important [at their clubs] and find a new reality. It is easy to talk about \u2018family\u2019 but when things don\u2019t go well, when they\u2019re difficult, is when you truly see that. It\u2019s thanks to Luis and the squad he assembled, focused on being a good human first and then <\/em>being a good footballer. That helps a lot when it comes to spending a lot of time together. We know each other very well, we know when to joke, when to be silent; that\u2019s the strength of the group<\/a>. That after 46, 47 days all together, we\u2019re still \u2026<\/p>\n

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\u26bd World Cup latest on final weekend of tournament\u26bd England\u2019s exit was not just about Tuchel\u26bd Email us | Archive: Argentina v Spain in 1966 We know most Brazilians will be supporting Spain against Argentina, but what about everybody else in that part of the world? While Latin Americans have traditionally rallied behind football teams … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}