The Apache assured that “at this point the defeat in the Copa Libertadores 2018 does not heal.” In addition, he praised Lionel Messi and spoke of his “dream” of leading the U-20.
After his tenure as technical director of Rosario Central in 2022 and two months after his last public exhibition, Carlos Tevez broke the silence: questioned Guillermo Barros Schelotto for not having put him as a starter in the final of the Libertadores Cup 2018 against River, spoke of his “dream” of directing the Argentina U-20 team and praised Lionel Messi.
“Do you understand Guillermo for having left you out of the two finals with River in 2018?”, they questioned him in an interview with ESPN. Without turning around, the Apache replied: “No. I don’t understand it.”
“Why If you ask the River fan, he was always afraid of me. I score the goal in the semi-final against River, that I make the chicken… I have a record with River that they respected me, “he remarked.
“i thought i was going to play“, he opened up about the second leg that was played on December 9 at the Santiago Bernabéu of Real Madrid.
Regarding whether he was at a “good time to demand ownership”, he considered: “No, but I am Carlos Tevez. If I have Carlos Tevez on the bench in a final against River, I’ll put him. Let’s do it the other way around: if I have Guillermo and a nine who is scoring goals for me, I put him on.”
“At this point it does not heal, the Boca fan always has it left. Just like the River fan who won the Libertadores will stay forever “, he completed.
Carlos Tevez: the gesture that surprised him from Messi in the World Cup final
Regarding the coronation of the Argentine National Team in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Tevez said: “I was excited when we won the World Cup, trembled. Until today I live and tremble. What these kids achieved is incredible, their personality, that presence they have… Not even they are aware of what they played”.
Besides, it filled of praises to Lionel Messi: “To the blows, Leo became leader. Today we see the Messi that we all love, when he rebels, he gets angry. He gained a lot from that, from rebelling and knowing that he is Messi. When he was a boy we already asked him to be a leader and it didn’t work out for him because he was just starting out. It’s hard”.
Meanwhile, he recounted a gesture that surprised him from ten in the final against France: “I was surprised how he kicked the penalty in the final, in the definition. I walked nervously and looked at her coldness. That penalty, if you think about it, you miss it. Just imagine for a second, it was to miss it.”
More phrases from Carlos Tevez: his dream of leading the Under-20, his ideal team and the best players in the World Cup
His “dream” of managing the U-20 team: “I have a weakness for Infantino. One tries to find a way to make it explode. The National Team is always a dream, always with a project. If it’s compatible, I can focus. I have a way of teaching, a model. If it works for the Sub 20 and the head is Scaloni and we’re aligned, obviously seducing. I’m passionate about being on the pitch, teaching the player”.
Your Dream Team: “Buffon; Ibarra, throws my heart out for first center-back and I choose Schiavi; Ferdinand, Evra; Scholes of five, Pogba and Vidal in the middle; Cristiano, Messi and Rooney. I from DT. And I make them all run, which headlong.”
The best players of the Argentine National Team in Qatar: “Scaloni, Álvarez. When your 9 didn’t score it, Lautaro had the goal in the corner. Julián appears taking the World Cup ahead, scoring a goal. Like when we had Palermo. Cuti Romero, all the defense. The goalkeeper gave me I love it because it is the personality that the goalkeeper of the National Team has to have. It’s very good that it is like that. I don’t take it as enlarged. It is enlarged and saves penalties. And Alexis (Mac Allister) has a totally different character. In Boca he put the ball in a practice and kicked the ball stationary. I was in charge. I was surprised, I liked it. I looked at it differently.”
