The defender Pablo Maffeo expressed his “pride” and called his call to the Argentine national teamwhich will play two matches per South American Qualifiers in view of Uruguay and Brazilon the way to the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup.
“I’m super happy and proud. It’s incredible. I’m very grateful to Argentina and proud to be able to defend this shirt”he spoke to the official press of Mallorca, the club he joined in the 2021-22 season.
Maffeo is one of the big surprises on the coach’s list Lionel Scaloni. The leading scorer on the right, born in Spain and naturalized Argentine, arrives due to the physical discomfort exhibited by Juan Foyth, who will not be in the game.
Regarding the three stars of Argentina, the 26-year-old player responded sincerely: “They weigh, they weigh. Today it is the best National Team in the world, so it is illusion, pure illusion,” he said.
Furthermore, Maffeo referred to the talks he had with Scaloni before the call: “We maintained some contact. The first thing I did was thank him for his time, for dedicating it to me. He asked me and obviously I told him yes, that it was a pride for me and my family.
The name of Lionel Messi It didn’t take him long to appear in the interview and Maffeo admitted that “playing with Messi is something unimaginable. Being able to share training sessions, locker rooms, concentrations with the best footballer in all of history is great.”
“I already had to live it against and now to be able to live it in favor, it is brutal. I don’t know if he will remember me or not. I think so. Because when I went with Huesca to play at Camp Nou or Girona, the truth is that “He was very good to me. In fact, I have his shirt framed, something that I take for myself.”complete.
The right back told what the moment was like when he found out about the call. “I found out in the dining room. I was with a couple of classmates and my brother. I was super happy. I got to the car and it was all happiness. The first thing I did was call my mother, obviously. She didn’t believe it at first, I thought that “I was playing one of my jokes on him. I hung up and started crying. My mother is Argentine and my father is Italian, I think she was the first person who deserved to know this,” he expressed.
Maffeo made his debut for Manchester City. He then went through Girona, Stuttgart (Germany), Huesca and is now in his third season in Mallorca.
The right back played for Spain’s Under 16, Under 17, Under 19 and Under 21 teams, but was never part of the senior team.
Scaloni’s coaching staff, who lives in Mallorca and went to the stadium several times, has been following Maffeo since 2022.
Source: Ambito
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