Papu Gómez spoke about the World Cup and revealed how Brazil’s elimination against Croatia was experienced in the national team

Alejandro Gomez has become a fixture for the Argentina national team From Lionel Scaloni. Always within the calls and offering himself as an alternative to come off the bench, he has earned a place in the hearts of the fans thanks to his charisma. Almost two months from the end of the Qatar World Cup 2022revealed that together with the team they celebrated the elimination of Brazil for a particular reason.

52 days have passed since the consecration of Lionel Messi and company on the soil of Qatar and the Papu came out to talk about various situations experienced. “Ever since we set foot in Qatar, we knew we were going to be world champions. I don’t know why, but we have been very clear about it, ”she confessed in dialogue with DSports.

However, there was another situation which made the Argentine players realize that the Cup was theirs. And it wasn’t a game from the Albiceleste, but from Brazil! Yes, a meeting with the Verdeamarela gave them the confidence to reach eternal glory.

“We had to change to warm up and we were all watching the penalty match with Brazil (against Croatia for the 4th). We said: ‘if Brazil loses, it’s ours’. When Croatia qualified we started celebrating as if we had won“, Papu revealed in his interview with Diego Korol, who traveled to Spain to interview him.

Admittedly, by then Tite’s Scratch were another favorite to win, but they were ultimately eliminated by Croatia on penalties. The rest is history. Argentina similarly beat the Netherlands and then were wrong-footed Luca Modric and company with a sensational 3-0 to access the final.

Praise Dibu

The Sevilla midfielder took advantage of the space and dedicated some to Emiliano Martínez, key to the new title in the national team. “He’s super smart, very focused, knows what he wants and has well defined goals”he expressed.

Plus, he’s come out to support him in the face of criticism for his post-shortcut dances. “Because if I score goals I can dance and why if he makes a save I can’t? What he does is perfect. Celebrate a penalty, a save… If he has to dance a little, he does it and if he has you to talk about, that is, the figure of the goalkeeper was at the center of attention, who was perhaps isolated before and today I see him more integrated into the team”.

He was also happy to have been champion three times with Argentina: Copa América, Finalissima and World Cup. “To think that so many of my idols, and of so many incredible generations of the national team, have failed to achieve anything. I grew up seeing Maradona’s photo lifting the Cup. Seeing Messi do the same thing reminded me of that,” she said.