Batistuta praised the Argentine National Team and gave his candidates for the Qatar 2022 World Cup

El Bati assured that the Albiceleste “arrives in a spectacular moment” to the World Cup. In turn, he highlighted six European teams to fight for the title.

Gabriel Omar Batistutaone of the top scorers in the history of the Argentine National Team, praised Lionel Scaloni’s team: he assured that “in a spectacular moment” to the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Beyond that, he also highlighted six other European teams as possible candidates for the World Cup.

“Argentina is doing well, it’s doing very well. They had a good draw, didn’t they?”, he expressed. In that sense, he also considers that “today the team is perfect and it couldn’t be better”. And he added: “He won the Copa América, they relaxed, you see them united, the coach seems firm, you see that they follow him… If they are going to win? What do I know, I played football and it’s not math.”

On the other hand, Batistuta believes that Lionel Scaloni “made them believe him” and recalled that “at the beginning there was not one who did not hit him.” “I don’t know him, but the skinny guy prevailed. He made the logic: did you see when you throw a pebble into the water? The little waves do like this, one by one… Well, the skinny guy started with the players, he didn’t start by wanting to convince the fans, the journalists. No. He never gave anything. Never a controversy, nothing,” he said in an interview with The nation.

The tremendous praise of Gabriel Batistuta to Lionel Messi

Gabriel Omar Batistuta was the top scorer in the history of the Argentine National Team, until he was surpassed by Lionel Messi, who continues to write his story with the Albiceleste. “And he’s going to do more! See? He’s a Martian. I didn’t play until I was 40 because they didn’t give me the ankles, but I understand their mentality. It is seen that it can, so why stop. We all play because we have a goal, and that goal is to be the best in the world… forever. And that moves him. And he will play until they kick him out, I imagine, “said Bati on the Flea.

In turn, he compared him to CR7, the other best player in the world in this century: “He and Cristiano Ronaldo, they are, they are… that’s why they are different. Now, the ability of Messi does not have it anybody. Cristiano surpassed all the rest because of his mentality, because playing, playing, many play like Cristiano, but the skinny guy has a head, he has his ego, we all have an ego, you have your ego, I have mine, the one who doesn’t have an ego doesn’t does nothing. Diego had an ego, and Pelé, surely too. They are guys who put everything together: physical conditions, ability, character, ambition, ego and they stood out. There are many who train the same or even more, but they are not driven by the same motivation. And to these, yes.”

“Messi is going to play well this World Cup, and not because it could be the last, because I’m sure he also wanted to win the previous ones, but now he has a good team”, Bati sentenced when he was consulted by the Flea, who seeks to continue making history in the Argentine National Team.

Batistuta gave his candidates for the Qatar 2022 World Cup

Gabriel Omar Batistuta mentioned six European teams as possible candidates for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. “There are many. In Spain they say that this year they cannot escape them… And Belgium, and there is England, and Germany is Germany, and we still haven’t named France. And nobody talks about Portugal; wait a bit and you will see Portugal. There are many good ones, but we look at De Paul, Messi and the cracks of the others who pass you by, we don’t give them ball because that’s how it is. But I’ll be back: our team arrives at a spectacular moment,” he said.

Batistuta praised Julián Álvarez and revealed his talk with Guardiola

Gabriel Batistuta defined Julián Álvarez as a “nice appearance” of Argentine soccer. “I like it,” said the former Argentine National Team scorer. In turn, he revealed a conversation with Pep Guardiola, his current coach at Manchester City.. He told me: ‘Bati, whoever plays well in Reconquista plays well in Italy.’ And he is quite right. But then there are other things that influence, such as language, customs, all that. And that will depend on him. You ask me: can he play? Yes, super. Will it adapt? That’s what he has to say. But he seems like an intelligent kid, Gallardo worked well there. I like Marcelo because he leaves things to the players. And you can see that Julián is an intelligent guy. If you teach things to a brute it’s difficult for him to learn, but when you find these kids who absorb, who are educated, it’s much easier “.

“Pep asked me what I thought, and I told him ‘he breaks it here’. And he replied: ‘But son of a bitch, if you play well in Reconquista you play well anywhere.’ But there we had a little discussion, because I was referring to what you want to do, if you are willing to leave the mate to start drinking tea, if you are willing to stop eating the roast to start eating differently…, Those are answers that I don’t have,” he said.

On the other hand, he referred to Marcelo Gallardo, a coach who marked an era in the Millionaire: “I met him in River, he was a boy… At that age you can’t imagine anything. There are not many Simeones: you couldn’t go wrong with him, you already knew he was going to be a coachAlthough I didn’t know it was going to be this good. Today I love Gallardo, of course he is not perfect, he has some details. He has lost and sometimes he has not reacted in the best way, but who can always behave in the right way. Therefore, I prefer to say generally. The other day you called it to the referee, right? And it seemed strange to me, but who does not have a moment. I would not condemn him for those acts, because on the other hand he showed that he can play with several systems, the players respect him, he changed players and kept winning… And I am speaking as a fan of Boca, because I am from Boca. And I have no problem recognizing what Gallardo is worth, it would be bullshit if he didn’t.”

Batistuta’s lament when remembering Maradona

Gabriel Omar Batistuta painfully remembered Diego Armando Maradona, who was his partner in the Argentine National Team. “Something strange happens to me: I feel indebted as a fan of him. I clarify that with 60% of the things he did in his personal life, he did not agree. But me as a fan, we as a society, what did I do to take care of him, what did I do for this skinny guy? We didn’t do shit”he expressed, without filter.

“Shame, many times I feel bad. The guy made us known in the world, and when Diego died, even the New York Times put him on the cover. And we here, what? That he was an idiot, a black guy. … We didn’t do anything for him. He had given us everything. Did we want to acknowledge him? Grab him and say ‘Diego, let’s go…’ You can’t, they said. All lies, what is not going to be able? They didn’t want. But not in the end, from the beginning we did nothing for Diego. The last image that remained was deplorable, the day of his birthdayyes Look, I get goosebumps: I saw it on TV and said, ‘this guy is dead, he’s a ghost.’ They dragged him away. They took him there because they took advantage of him. And nobody did anything, and I did nothing first, ”she sentenced.