Defender Nicolas Tagliafico revealed his dream to win the World Cup alongside Lionel Messi – with the trophy the only thing the Argentina captain has yet to win in his glittering club and international career.
But first the South Americans must overcome the 2018 runners-up Croatia, who beat Argentina in Russia four years ago following an impressive 3-0 win in the group stage.
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00:00 (Spanish) Nicolas Tagliafico, Argentina defender
(on Lionel Messi)
“He is our captain, our leader. He is always pushing us and motivating us. He is the one that has that special advantage that when we are on the pitch we know we have Messi and that is a great source of motivation and helps us and so you can always do a little more. So for us we are very happy (with Messi).”
00:27 (On Messi)
“We are very happy that he is our captain. With everyone’s support, with the squad, the technical staff, we try to work in the same direction to achieve our dreams. It is the most beautiful thing to do it with him (Messi) by our side.”
00:51 (On Croatia)
“Yesterday, we analysed how Croatia players. We know they have great players with great quality in the middle of the pitch. They are very good and they are also tall. That is a mix of what they can offer and they can really play in the central midfield.”
01:18
“It’s been four years but despite this we still see Croatia in the last four. They have reached the semi-finals so that means they are a good team and a good squad. There are some similarities but they will also have different players with different characteristics as well. Now we are also a different squad so I will think it will be a completely different match to what happened four years ago.”
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