Juan Fernando Quintero was one of the figures in River’s victory against Argentinos Juniors in the Argentine league. The midfielder scored the third penalty goal and reached four since his return to Marcelo Gallardo’s team. In the press conference after the victory, they asked him about the elimination of the Colombian National Team from the Qatar World Cup and he made it clear that the most important thing is to motivate yourself for what is to come.
Colombia was left out of the World Cup after a discreet campaign in the Qualifiers, despite the fact that on the last day he still had options, it was not enough and now he will have to wait four more years to return to a World Cup. Mexico-United States-Canada 2026 will be the new objective of the National Team that has not yet made official the departure of coach Reinaldo Rueda. Juanfer played 7 games (330 minutes), in 4 he started and could not score. He had already stated that it was necessary to keep trying and now he ratified his thought.
“It’s soccer, many times apologizing in the middle of that situation is very easy, but the most important thing is to see the positive and know what the mistakes we made were. You have to move forward We will have to watch it from home but motivating ourselves to know what can happen in the future and thus get up with that hunger for glory that will surely take us to the next World Cup”.
In addition, he assured that his return to River had nothing to do with an approach to the Colombian National Team. “I came to River to enjoy, to have the responsibility of representing such a great club. This is my home, because when I left I never lost contact as a fan, as a friend, as a colleague. What one does in the club carries over to the National Team, but I didn’t use River to go to the World Cup, today the National Team isn’t qualified for the World Cup but I’m happy and I take on the challenge of playing for River”.
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