The memory of Dybala and a game that could change the fate of the World Cup final: ‘Many wonder what he was doing in the box’

Paulo Dybala continues to savor the sweetness of having been crowned world champion with the Argentina squad for the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Although he only had a few minutes on the pitch, when it was his turn to come on he did not disappoint and in the final against France he showed height.

With the approach of the first leg between Roma and Real Sociedad for the round of 16 of the Europa League, the Argentine striker gave an interview to the Spanish newspaper Brand in which he spoke of Lionel Messi, de Scaloni and the thrilling duel against the French which ended with the consecration albiceleste.

The jewel was the protagonist of a play in which he won the applause of everyone present at the Lusail stadium after cutting off a very dangerous lead from Kylian Mbappé: “A lot of my friends wonder what I was doing inside the zone, but even I don’t know. It was instinctive.”

“I had entered recently, I was with a lot of energy. I saw that Mbappé was facing inside the box and it was very difficult for someone to put their leg there because they were accusing you of a penalty. Mbappé had coped like crazy; Enzo (Fernandez) fortunately touches the ball a little… and When he stayed there, I didn’t hesitate for a second to throw him in hell”he remembered.

“Obviously, if he continued to dominate her on the inside, there was a good chance he would kick. Although I was the drawingIf we hadn’t had it, they would have scored two or three more goals”, he thought about this final of December 18, 2022.

Later he spoke of the penalty shootout and his shotthe second after Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé scored in the first round: “The first thing that comes to mind is not to make a mistake, because Coman had missed the previous one. If he scored it, he would give the team a lot of confidence and the energies were going to be very positive.”

“I made the decision to kick midfield when I knew I had to kick. I was very focused and trying to keep a cool head. And the ball went in”, condemned the Roma striker, at the same time as he claimed to have seen the shots on goal and the whole match on many occasions: “Every time I see it, I spiky hair. It’s an emotion to have lived it, to have been at that moment because of what it means for our country, for our people, who have supported us in an incredible way. It was very moving.”

While Lionel Messi played a total of 670 minutes during the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Dybala did it just 17 years old, and on this subject he explained: “I needed time to adapt after my injury before the World Cup and the first matches I was not yet in the best conditions. Then I started to feel good and we only had to wait a few minutes”.

“I wanted to support, be positive, accompany with the best energy and never wince. or frustrated not to have played. I just made them feel like they could count on me. And that’s how it is: in one of the most important moments of the Cup, Scaloni trusted me and I was able to return that confidence by scoring a penalty in the final”.

Regarding his captain and emblem of the national team, he bets that he will continue to be part of the squad for 2024: “We want you to be Obviously, he’s our captain and he means a lot to us and to the people.”

Then he described a bit how it is Leo in the national team: “In the locker room, it was always the same: positive, dialogue with the group, sincere. Sometimes when you win or lose, the cameras can see it differently. Journalism can come to talk one way or another, but it always tried to get the car going. We have benefited a lot from this in recent years. because he won titles, he celebrated and we love to see him happy, winning with the national team, which is what he wanted the most”.

Finally, he also spoke about the continuity of Lionel Scaloni as a coach: “We were waiting to see if it would happen or not but we were convinced that he would stay. The technical staff is amazingThey are all former players and they understand what is happening to us and they know how to put themselves in our shoes. The dialogue becomes easier, being able to say what is happening to us, talking to them and it is more comfortable to work and prepare for matches”.

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