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Julián Álvarez has had a dream 12 months. In only a few months, he went from the Argentine soccer fields to the European ones, to finish up shining in his World Cup debut with Argentina’s crew.
The 22-year-old has been key within the efficiency of the Albiceleste, scoring one purpose within the match in opposition to Poland and one in opposition to Australia in Qatar.
“You may see the how he works with humility,” Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni mentioned in August of Álvarez earlier than going to Qatar. “He’s a boy who has issues very clear and he’s going to contribute to his crew and he’s going to contribute to us, and that’s good.”
Álvarez, who’s from Cordoba, is fulfilling a childhood dream: to play shoulder to shoulder along with his childhood idol, Lionel Messi, with whom he made his debut and scored his first purpose with Argentina in a 1-1 draw with Ecuador in March this 12 months in a World Cup qualifying match.
“Messi has been my idol since I used to be a baby,” he instructed Manchester Metropolis’s web site earlier than his arrival. “He’s the idol of my household, the idol of my brothers too. So Messi is a hero for me.”
“Enjoying for my nation is a dream come true. As a baby I dreamed of taking part in for the nationwide crew with Messi. Having achieved this on the age of twenty-two clearly makes me really feel very proud, comfortable and I’ve to maintain going to be extra profitable,” he mentioned in statements cited by FIFA.
Now, in Qatar, he was key on the sphere to steer Argentina to the quarterfinals — taking part in as a starter, both as a striker or proper heart, together with figures similar to Ángel Di María, Rodrígo de Paul, Nicolás Otamendi and Lionel Messi himself.
The Cordoba striker was known as up by Lionel Scaloni in 2021 and since then he has participated in 4 pleasant matches, six World Cup qualifiers and the 4 World Cup video games thus far.
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