Each one experienced the definition of the final of the Qatar 2022 World Cup between the Argentine National Team and France in a different way. That moment in which the ball that Gonzalo Montiel kicked from the penalty spot crossed the goal line generated millions of unforgettable sensations, and without a doubt one of the most unique was experienced by Roberto Fabián Ayala, the historic former defender of the National Team who is part of the Lionel Scaloni’s coaching staff.
“I turned around and fell. When I tried to get up, I couldn’t. The Profe (by Luis Martín) got scared and called the doctor. ‘I can’t move my legs,’ I told the doctor. My body had gone limp and suddenly The truth was like that. ‘Breathe, breathe, it’s going to pass,’ the doctor told me,” Ayala narrated today on the TyC Sports stream, remembering those first seconds as world champions on the side of the lime line in Lusail.
And he added: “I don’t know how long it was, a minute, a minute and a half, but for me it was eternal.” El Ratón said that, some time later, Matías Manna, who works as a video analyst for the National Team, shared images from an aerial camera, where the doctor is seen next to Ayala, lying on the ground.
Once recovered, Ayala was able to start enjoying the title and said: “My children were in the stands and I tried to look for them, I found them right away and then they were inside, we had a spectacular time.” After greeting the coaching staff and the players, Ayala said that he preferred to go to the side “to look and observe everything that was happening inside.”
Ayala and the chance for Messi to play in the 2026 World Cup
“I imagine it game by game. Then we’ll see what happens in the Cup, how he is. In the end, the decision will come exclusively to him, how he wants to continue. He enjoys it a lot, he’s enjoying it a lot every time he comes. It’s until the end, as long as it lasts,” Ayala said about the captain, who is about to turn 37.
2024-04-13 02:46:41
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