Ever Banega, Newell’s Old Boys player, who will face Inter Miami in a friendly on Thursday, assured on Wednesday that it will be “very good” for Lionel Messi He will play in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the Argentine team.
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“Hopefully now he’ll enjoy what’s to come and have time for the Olympics. But hey, Whenever Leo is in the national team, the flag is high in the air. I don’t know what he will do, but it would be great if he could be with all the boys who qualified, especially knowing that he already knows what the Olympic Games are and won,” Banega said in a press conference in Miami (USA). USA)
They have both won gold
“I hope he makes the best decision but it would be great to see him again at the Olympics with the national team,” he added. the midfielder, who won the gold medal with Messi at Beijing 2008.
Inter Miami, which kicks off the MLS season next week, will close its preseason this Thursday with a friendly against Newell’s Old Boys at the DRV PNK Stadium starting at 7:30 pm (early Friday in Spain).
Special for Martino and Messi
This match will be particularly special for Martino, an icon of Newell’s Old Boys as a coach and as a player, and for Messi, who played for the Rosario team as a boy before moving to Barcelona.
“It’s a privilege to be involved in a game like this, in a wonderful event for all, especially for the youngsters,” said Banega, who, despite the fact that this is a friendly match, will try to approach it “with the greatest seriousness.”
“Even though it’s a good spectacle, we’ve come to try to do things right,” Banega said.
The matches against Messi in Spain
The midfielder, formerly of Valencia Atlético and Sevilla, recalled that he played “an endless number of matches” against Messi in Spain and admitted, with a smile, that he enjoyed the face-to-face matches despite the fact that in terms of results. things just got better for the Barcelona legend.
“You suffer but you also enjoy it,” he joked. “That (Messi) is the greatest ambassador for the people of Newell is a privilege for us and that’s why we enjoy every step he takes,” he said.
Will Leo play some minutes at Newell’s?
Finally, the Uruguayan Mauricio Larriera, Newell’s technician, He made sure they had not discussed the possibility of Messi wearing Newell’s shirt for a few minutes in Thursday’s friendly.
Source: La Verdad
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