Cuti Romero, Lisandro Martínez and the intimacy of the National Team: “What is formed here cannot be lived elsewhere”

They are partners. They are friends. They are the same generation and same bedroom whenever they wear the Selection outfit. Both are 24 years old and live currently together, with high levels in their clubs and increasingly recognized as Albicelestes. They are Cristian Romero and Lisandro Martinezthe new breed of Argentine defenders who play on the solvency of the experienced and seem to have things very clear on the field.

“I miss Licha!”he joked skin to his friend Martínez when they spoke freely Clarionin the silence of the bunker of the national team in Bilbao, about the kitchen of a relationship born for football, but now more than just the ball.

No one in Romero and Martínez’s room knows where the remote control is. It is that when they need to be together the television is just a black mirror. “When we got here we were enjoying and we were chasing. The TV wasn’t even turned on and Play wasn’t being used. We chatted”said the Tottenham defender.

“We don’t get along very well, so when we’re together, we take advantage. We start playing, drinking. But I think, that’s all in this group. After we leave, the relationship. Is maintained, they call each other of Most of them are all friends, “added the Ajax man who is closely followed by several Premier League clubs and could meet Romero more often if a transfer is finalized.

But it’s not just the TV that’s turned off. “When one holds the cell phone in touch, one releases it: ‘Hey, what are you doing on your cellphone? Go for it’. ‘No, why am I sending my wife’. ‘Well, send a little message and that’s it’. We farted like this to disconnect a bit. We are connected all the time. Also on the theme of social networks. You have to decompress, it’s good ”, Martínez announced about the closeness of this National Team duo who, along with other light blue and white squads, are preparing for the Finalissima on June 1 against Italy at Wembley, when did not divert focus from the November appointment to Qatar.

-What was the first World Cup you knew?

-Christian Romero: The one that stuck with me the most was the last I saw. More than anything for generations of gamers, Leo, the kunMary said, ota (Otamendi) … That they are always criticized and always close. Where they landed, the career they made and it hit them hard. Every player in the world will do 5 percent of what they did. I still have those things, that every time they go to the National Team they hit hard. Beyond the fact that now we are in a good moment as a National Team. I remember the difficult times that happened. I repeat, they have achieved everything in their lives and will be beaten like this …

-Lisandro Martinez: I remember 2014, I lived through that a lot. I remember I was at Newell’s boarding house and I was with all the boys. Their lifestyles are very different. But I also agree with what he says. skin. This class of players is very fond of them and you will see them and keep at it, with that hunger to continue to win. They are an example to us that we are just starting out in the Senior National Team.

-Are they trying to take advantage of Messi, Di María to feed their experiences?

-LM: We need to observe and follow those examples. as I said skin, they were severely beaten and the families suffered. What a better example than having these monsters as partners and following that line. We try to watch them.

-What will happen to you, Cuti, when you win a place very quickly on the starting team?

-CR: I say I have been privileged since I came to the National Team. Having fallen into a group not only of players but of people … As players I know most of them from watching them on TV and looking at what they do at their clubs, but since I arrived the group has received me very well. I met two or three of my generation and then nothing else. And everyone made me feel from day one as if I had been there a long time and that was the mark of the kind of person they were. A very good group has been created that you will enjoy when you come to Pinili.

-Do you think you will soon play your first World Cup?

-LM: We know the World Cup, but we as a group always want to try to enjoy being here to the fullest. Now we need to be here and we will enjoy it to the fullest, so we don’t think too much about the future. But yes, we know what is to come.

-CR: God wants this to be our first World Cup. Hopefully Scaloni will pick us up. There is a lot of desire and desire. But there is this last one first, which is very important for us to continue on the path of successes and what we have put together as a group. I haven’t played a World Cup yet, I’ve seen what it builds up and the truth is I’m really looking forward to that day. I hope to be me. Let God do what you want and we will reach as far as possible. As a group we got along well.

-Many want the World Cup to start tomorrow because the team is at the perfect moment.

-LM: I speak to you from the inside, and we as a group are doing very well, that is important. Add to that the kind of players there, which is incredible. Our feet are on the ground. We know the good things we have and the things we need to improve. We need to be gradual as we did at this time. We need to continue on this path, which has given us victories. No need to change.

-Where will you match this match in Italy: a warm-up friendly or a final?

-LM: Every game, be it friendly, final or semi-final, this group will take as final. We are used to doing this and this is the best way. And we will prepare for this fight as we always do, seriously.

-In addition, everyone knows they played their cards to be included in the final list. Is that weight?

-CR: There’s this game left, another and a few more in September and then we’ll meet at the World Cup. These are the last games against Qatar and there is a lot of desire because each of the players has a good time at their club. What is formed here does not live elsewhere. We hope to reach this final with Italy in this way to be able to secure another title and continue to build trust in this group.

-The team has reached a ceiling or what do you think you should improve for the World Cup?

-CR: There are always things that need to be improved. We are not perfect nor are we the best, but we trust our base, our work and what is formed. There are issues that need to be fixed, but the National Team is doing well now. We hope to continue on the path of successes we have.

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