It was September 20, 2012 and it was just 14 minutes. In Goiania, a local team made up of Alejandro Sabella lost on the hour with Brazil (Neymar’s goal) and Rogelio Funes Mori replaced Hernán Barcos. It was the only quarter of an hour for the center forward in the selected team.
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And although at the time, at the beginning of last year, the twin expressed his desire to play with the Mexican team, he was now very punctual when asked about Argentina. In an interview with Fox Sports México, they told him about the level of Lautaro Martínez and Kun Agüero, about the situation of Icardi and the retirement of Gonzalo Higuaín as an albiceleste. And Rogelio was punctual …
“I always try to do what is best for me and the club. I feel that I still have an opportunity to be able to play for the national team, there are world-class players from Argentina who are top, but I don’t believe myself less than them. If I have to be, I will live up to it, I have been through a lot of things in soccer and I feel that I am in the best moment to have a chance. If it arrives, it arrives and if not, I will not go crazy, “he assured.
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Monterrey figure since he arrived in 2015, author of 101 goals in 197 games, Funes Mori is excited with a call from Lionel Scaloni in a competition where the stick is very high.
Rogelio Funes Mori celebration in Monterrey (AFP).
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He did so after overcoming the coronavirus. “The news was surprising because as a public person I try to take care of myself: I only went to the supermarket to help my wife and returned home. I was surprised and did not feel symptoms or anything. Surely there are people who are not having a good time and you have to be aware that he can touch you even taking care of you. They are things that happen and luckily I’m fine now my family gave all negatives and they are also good, “he explained.
A celebration of Rogelio Funes Mori with the shirt of the Youth Selection (reuter).
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At 29 years old, Funes Mori wants one more opportunity in the Mayor. More than those 14 minutes he played in 2012, a year after playing six games and scoring two goals in the South American Under 20 in Paraguay.
