Rodrigo De Paul told who are the two most important men of the National Team

Rodrigo DePaulone of the references of the Argentine team world champion, assured that the coach Lionel Scaloni and the captain Lionel Messi “are the most important” of the squad.

In an interview with AFA Studythe midfielder reviewed the conquest at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and highlighted the importance of team leaders.

“Scaloni is an important part of my life because he made a lot of dreams come true, from my debut with the national team to everything that came after. I feel admiration, pride and I think that together with the ‘dwarf’ he is the most important in the Selection”DePaul said.

The Atlético de Madrid player from Spain also referred to the relationship he forged with Messi and revealed part of an important talk they had after the tough debut with a defeat against Saudi Arabia.

“After Arabia we were free and we could see our relatives but neither he nor I wanted to see anyone. We were together for five or six hours and we told each other everything. It was very significant.”he remembered.

In this sense, the former Racing Club said that it has an unalterable ritual in the concentration with Messi.

“At 9:30 I knock on the door to drink mate. I can’t take even twenty minutes”he explained, between laughs.

One of the crucial moments of the historic title was the injury he suffered in the previous quarterfinal against the Netherlands that almost left him out of the rest of the competition.

“The first thing they told me was that I had twelve days to go. The injury didn’t allow me to train. I feel like it was a miracle because until the night before I didn’t know if I was going to be able to but I felt like I had to be there.”he stressed.

For closing, Paul’s He considered that the best thing about being a world champion is the feeling of “transmitting happiness”

“That people thank you is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world”complete.