“I’m happy, calmer now that we’re in the round of 16”, He says it like he’s part of the squad, like he’s still playing. Due to his state of form, he could easily compete with Nahuel Molina and Gonzalo Montiel, but he already retired eight years ago and since then he has been Inter’s vice president. Javier Zanetti talks to olé in the previous duel against Australia, for the round of 16.
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The eternal Pupi was the Argentine player with the most presences in history with 143 presences until he was first surpassed by Javier Mascherano with 147 and now left in third place by Lionel Messi, the captain of the National Team, who has 168 and still counting. “I always felt proud to wear our country’s shirt,” says the man who played in the World Cups in France 98 and Korea-Japan 2002.
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Zanetti and his family at the tribute to Maradona.Zanetti, who is experiencing the World Cup in Doha with his partner Paula and their three children, does not miss the National Team matches nor the events where Argentines come together, such as the Ciro y los Persas recital, in the amphitheater of Khatara. And Pupi will become news tomorrow when the National Team begins to play the round of 16. Why? Because Lionel Messi will reach 1,000 games and thus he will enter a select group, in which the only Argentine who was found was precisely Pupi.
Zanetti is vice president of Inter.“For me, what Leo is achieving is a source of pride. I got to play 1,114 official matches and the truth is that I realized later what this number means, and all the kilometers I had to travel. When I reached 1,000 I was very happy and I imagine that Leo will be the same, apart from the fact that he will surely be thinking more about the game than about something personal,” Pupi, who retired at 40, told olé.
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“Leo has it all well deserved. He is having an extraordinary race and that he too can reach that figure makes me very happy. I saw him when he started with us in the National Team and he doesn’t surprise me with all the records he is having. This is one more and hopefully that match 1,000 will be a great joy for all Argentines”, wishes the eternal Zanetti.
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