Julián Álvarez, the ‘Spider’ who could have been Messi’s archrival to accompany him in his World Cup dream

I was 14 years old when I saw Lionel Messi watch the world Cup in the distance without being able to take it. Today Julian Alvarez accompanies Leo in the dream of raising her together. On the 9th he scored against Australia for the 2-0 that sentenced the classification to the quarterfinals.

And he stands out for talent and dedication. He saw De Paul pressuring the Australian defense and goalkeeper and he didn’t want to be outdone. He also went and before Ryan’s bad start, he punted it to later define in first and score 2-0.

and Julián could be Leo’s rival before his partner. At the age of 11, in 2011, he went to try out at Real Madrid and excelled in attack, so much so that he was able to sign for the white team. The policy of transfers of minors did not allow him to give himself up.

“Because of a relationship that I had with a Real Madrid sports director, I dared to take him there. And he was very up to it. I think that if the same regulations had been in place with which Messi signed in Barcelona, ​​Julián had signed for Real Madrid”, Pierto Foglia, the talent recruiter who made the link, told the program “How are you doing”.

And it couldn’t. If Julián managed to stay at Real Madrid, perhaps he managed to stay in the white box and make his first-team debut to face Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. He debuted in the first division in 2018 with a River Plate shirt under the command of Marcelo Gallardo.

He was only at River for three years, because shortly before his 22nd birthday Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City recruited him. “Julián Álvarez is an incredible player. He has adapted and struggled since day one. You have to take into account that he competes for the position with the best striker in the world, ”he said, about the competition he has with Erling Haaland.

They call him ‘La Araña’, a nickname he has had since he was a child, but as Juan Pablo Varsky himself says in the DirecTV broadcast, he is a Beast in attack, a marvel of talent and power to do everything well. He attacks, presses and scores. That’s how his goal came.

It is Julián Álvarez, the young man who shone in River and now in Qatar 2022. He only started in the third game against Poland and responded with a goal. He repeated against Australia in the round of 16 and bills again.

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