De Paul and the embrace with Messi / Photo: Maximiliano Luna, special envoy.
The Argentine midfielder Rodrigo De Paul considered that the match with Australia became difficult because “soccer is more and more even in general terms.”
In dialogue with the press, after the Argentine team got a ticket to the quarterfinals of Qatar 2022, the Atlético de Madrid midfielder stated that “this is a very difficult World Cup, today I heard that they were saying that it had never happened that any team finished the group stage without an ideal score. The World Cup is very even”.
And regarding today’s performance of the team, he expressed: “You have to see the entire game. We were superior, at times we had moments of total football. And once again we had 10 (Messi) who unlocked the game”.
Regarding the support of the public in Qatar, he assured that “People are very excited, being able to bring joy to their homes, I was also on that side, I was also a boy, I felt the emotion of seeing the national team and I did not stop encouraging”.
To then close by stating that “people give me great joy, today was extraordinary, I tell people that we need them and they made themselves felt.”
