The left-back of the Argentine team has declassified the unusual request made by a footballer of the European team, in the context of the dispute of the third and final match of the group stage of the World Cup.
Almost three weeks have passed since the end of Qatar 2022 event that saw how Argentina has managed to lift the highest trophy in planetary football for the third time in its history after defeating France in the definition, hitherto current monarch.
And it is during this time that details continue to emerge that draw attention to the Trans-Andean coronation. In this sense, it is precisely one of its protagonists who has taken on the task of publicizing a curiosity that has surprised everyone: Nicholas Tagliafico defender of the albiceleste and also defender of the French Olympique de Lyon, He confessed in a Twitch broadcast that during the match between his country and Poland, a rival football player – whose identity he did not reveal – asked him not to attack them again.
“After the first goal, the Poles didn’t want to play anymore. When we score the second, at some point I’m told, as best he could, in Spanish, ‘don’t attack anymore'”, said the one trained at Banfield.
“With 2-0 they continued to qualify and maybe they knew that Mexico were also winning by two, so they said to me ‘please don’t attack anymore'” he added about it.
In effect, as many of those led by Lionel Scaloni would have imposed a definition by fair play since Poland and Mexico -who beat Saudi Arabia 2-1- were even on points, goal difference and goals scored, in addition to having equalized the duel between them.
However, the duel between Argentinians and Poles ended 2-0 in favor of the South American team with goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez, which allowed Both teams will qualify for the Round of 16 .
In any case, Tagliafico took advantage of the stands to make a little fiction in case they won this match by a higher score: “Fortunately, I didn’t score the goal against Poland, the one that scored the goal. If I score this goal, Poland is left out and everything changes. Then Mexico played France, Mexico knocked them out, a whole riot broke out and we didn’t come out as champions.” he remarked between laughs.
Note that the Lyon player was an important element for the Trans-Andean team when he played six of seven World Cup matches, starting three of them, including the final against France .
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