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00:00We know that he will do everything in his power, but for us he is an ambassador who has already been in the history of Argentine football.
00:08I hope he plays the World Cup and that he plays all his life, but we know that this is not possible.
00:13And we do know that he is going to be a very prestigious ambassador.
00:17I think that what he has done for the history of world football, and especially for the AFA, is something that has no precedent.
00:24He is a footballer who has an impeccable career, which for any child is the ideal.
00:29If you, as a child, ever think of being a footballer, you want to copy everything he did, inside and outside the field.
00:36Luckily we have had, from our perspective, Maradona and Messi, who are the two greatest in the history of football.
00:42Without a doubt, I think, and the truth is that it is a pride that they are Argentines, and that they have transmitted their passion for Argentina in such a spectacular way.
00:52Especially in the case of Messi, with many years where he had not been able to get titles, which has been denied to him.
00:58And that he continues to insist, that perseverance, that love for the Argentine jersey, which beyond the titles I think is what remains as a legacy.
01:07For all of us who were part of the AFA, it also forces us to be up to date, to always be at the forefront, to make an AFA bigger and bigger, to be up to what they generated.
01:17Well, the expectations are always the best. Obviously, we arrived at this Cup defending the title, with the best sporting perspective.
01:25Then football is football, and it does not depend only on preparation, but there are also many factors.
01:31But we have the best expectations. We hope to be in the final, hopefully on the 14th, here in Miami.
01:38In a place where we also feel at home, because our captain is playing, because there are thousands of Argentines, because we have a lot of agreements too.
01:46And obviously, the expectation is always the best, but we always say the same, beyond a result that can be sometimes positive and sometimes not.
01:53Our strategy is always in the long term, and I think that is also what the coaching staff, from the president to the last person who works at the AFA, shows.