In addition to Lionel Scaloni, the player from the Argentine national team who spoke at the press conference before the last match against Poland was Lisandro Martínez, who he got a little nervous when he had to answer in English the question of an English journalist.

“I answer in English, right?”asked the defender who belongs to Manchester United of the Premier League when asked about the virtues of Argentina’s next rival.

So, Lysander struggled to give a correct answer. “Great team, great players…”, started the 24-year-old central defender born in Gualeguay, Entre Ríos.

And then he continued, albeit still awkwardly, which everyone in the conference noticed, who laughed when Lysander made a low comment when he finished his answer.

Already in Spanish, laughing, he apologized for the lack of practice: “All day I speak Spanish…”.

Lisandro Martínez gives confidence to the Argentine national team

The defender, who promises to be a starter against Poland, assured Argentina that they feel “more strengthened” after recovering from their opening defeat.

“We can give much more. We have not yet achieved what we have done (in the past), but we are working on it and we need to be the same” he said.

And he added: “In defeat it’s where you learn the most. That’s where things come to light that you don’t see with victory. The group now seems stronger. It’s better, it’s more prepared. That’s the nice thing about defeat, taking away the positive things.”

For his part, when asked how he will face Robert Lewandowski, Lisandro said: “We know that Poland are very tough opponents, that they are very solid in defence. They have very tough players, like Lewandowski. We have to do our job and trust what we’ve done.”

“First of all we have to stand up so they don’t catch us. Lewandowski moves very well, always in a goal situation, we have to be very concentrated and solid in the defensive phase“, He insisted.

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