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The 2021 Copa América final at the Maracaná marked a before and after. In the history of South American football, for Argentina and also for Brazil. One of the most important classics in the world at an international level saw Lionel Scaloni’s team champion with a tight score. Ángel Di María’s goal defined a hot match in which the protagonists held nothing back. And after that meeting, the thing continued: Richarlison acquired a matchless pike with the Albicelestes. Today, after being signed by Tottenham, he ran into Cristian Romero for the first time in the concentration.
It was a moment full of tension and noise for the members of the English squad, who knew of the previous episodes between the Brazilian striker and the Argentine defender. The native of Espírito Santo had made fun of Argentina during the Tokyo Olympics, in which he finally hung the gold medal. And the Holiday Romero had crossed it through the networks through a meme that recalled the Copa América final.
But things got worse when they faced each other in the Premier League. In the match for the first wheel of the English championship (in November 2021), Everton received Tottenham and both starred in a spicy cross that ended with a yellow card on each side. And in the rematch disputed on the court of the Spurs (last March), the former Belgrano from Córdoba not only he retaliated with a kick but later made a challenging publication on the networks.
The European transfer market led Richarlison to be presented as a reinforcement for Antonio Conte’s team and now the Argentine and the Brazilian will have to defend themselves on the pitch. For now, they already filed some roughness and the Holiday Lo went to greet him at his table with Giovani Lo Celso, who broke the ice. Knowing the tension that existed between the two, the rest of the companions recorded the sequence and shouted and cheered the face to face.
From now on, teammates and selection rivals.
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