"Coming to the national team is very enjoyable, and we always want to give our best," he said."
"The bar is set very high. What we achieved is already in the past, and we must keep competing. "You always think about the World Cup, but it's still a long way off. We must continue to strengthen ourselves and do what Scaloni asks of us."
"I'm very happy to be back scoring and wearing this shirt, which is the most beautiful thing," he said. "We made a great effort, the team played a very serious match. No one gives up on a ball; competitiveness is what characterises this group. No one can lower the bar; there are exceptional players."
"It was a pretty good first half. We could have done some more," Scaloni added. "The first 20, 25 minutes of the second half were not good. Then we changed the system, and we were a little firmer. We improved. "We won, but it's not the important thing; we wanted to see how the team was and give players minutes."
Argentina defeated Venezuela 1-0 in Miami with Giovani Lo Celso scoring the only goal. The win secured Argentina's qualification for next year's World Cup, finishing nine points clear at the top of CONMEBOL qualifying. Argentina enter a golden period as reigning World Cup champions and two-time consecutive Copa America winners. Enzo Fernández stresses that the bar is set very high and that the team must keep competing and strengthening for the future. Lo Celso expressed happiness at returning to the scoresheet and praised the squad's competitiveness. Coach Lionel Scaloni noted tactical adjustments, assessed team performance, and prioritised giving players minutes.
Read at Soccer News
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]