@anyi.manchester.u: 🚨Nicolás Otamendi on Lionel Messi’s farewell match for Argentina: 🗣️ Nicolás Otamendi: “People always joked that Rodrigo was Leo’s bodyguard. But they called me Leo’s right-hand man. So before the game, I looked at Leo and said, ‘Okay, tell me something. Who am I supposed to be his right-hand man for now?’ He started laughing. I said, ‘I’m serious, Leo. I’ve fought beside you and with you for all these years, and this is how you decide to leave us?’ ‘Why didn’t you wait for us to leave together?’ I told him, ‘I’m angry, Leo. I’m not happy.’ He looked at me for a few seconds and said, ‘Ota, if I waited for everyone to leave with me, nobody would ever leave.’ I said, ‘That’s not funny.’ He smiled and said, ‘I know.’ Then he put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘You’ve been beside me for a long time. You don’t stop being my right-hand man because I stop playing.’ That hit me. I told him, ‘But who am I supposed to fight for now?’ He laughed and said, ‘You can still fight. Just try not to get suspended.’ I told him, ‘No promises.’ That was our conversation before we walked out. But once we stepped onto that pitch, everything felt different. When the clock reached ten minutes and the whole stadium stopped, I looked at Leo and realised this wasn’t another match. It was goodbye. I’ve fought beside this man for years. I’ve seen the criticism. I’ve seen the pressure. I’ve seen him get blamed when we lost and celebrated when we won. And through all of it, he kept putting on the Argentina shirt. Then I looked around and saw the entire stadium standing for him. I thought, ‘This is what he deserves.’ After the game, I hugged him and said, ‘I still don’t like this.’ He said, ‘You don’t have to like it.’ I said, ‘Then I’m staying angry.’ He smiled. ‘Good. Stay angry. It means you care.’ That’s Leo. Even when he’s leaving, somehow he finds a way to make you feel like he’s still giving you something. So people can call Rodrigo his bodyguard. They can call me his right-hand man. But the truth is, we were just two guys lucky enough to stand beside Lionel Messi for some of the greatest years Argentina has ever had. And now? I suppose I have to learn how to be his right-hand man from a distance. I still don’t like that part.” [ This is the source @UTD_Seth001 ]#messi #argentina #Soccer #creatorsearchinsights #capcut

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