The Argentine National Team qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Lionel Scaloni's team beat Australia 2-1 with goals from Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez, and now the quarterfinals are coming: the albiceleste selected will face the Netherlands starting this Friday at 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail stadium, repeating the semifinals of the Brazil 2014 edition.
As soon as the match ended, social networks were flooded with messages from the players of the Argentine National Team. However, one of the most exciting was from one of the players who was left out of the World Cup in the final stretch due to a ligament injury. This is Giovani Lo Celso, who was a fixture for coach Lionel Scaloni.
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The Villarreal soccer player from Spain was always a starter throughout the cycle prior to Qatar and a tear forced him to be removed from the final World Cup list, just days before the biggest national team competition began. His figure is so great for the squad that the Argentine concentration sports a gigantic photograph with the hashtag #FuerzaGio, who was very well replaced by Alexis Mac Allister.
In this context, through his personal Twitter account Lo Celso shared a photo of the Argentine team and former teammates embracing, where he wrote: "Proud of what we feel for you. One more step, let's go Argentina". This quickly went viral and the fans commented that he was also part of it, leaving all their love for an important piece.
Lo Celso's numbers with the Argentine National Team
The former midfielder who emerged in Rosario Central made his national team debut in 2017, when Jorge Sampaoli summoned him to play a FIFA date and after breaking it in the under 23 team a year ago. He traveled to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, although he did not add minutes. In total, he played 8 games defending the albiceleste colors, where he scored two goals and added nine assists.
