Special Envoy of the Observer in Doha, Qatar
– Nobody mentioned Argentina when he passed the quick interview area.
– I do not pass? But what if it was mandatory?
– I do not pass…
Let’s explain the above conversation. The mixed zone was initially going to undergo some changes but in fact it remains the same as in other editions, with that nuance of three players passing through the quick interview zone, then stopping in three places until reaching the changing rooms (in this case everything was separated by international, spanish and arabic) and only then make the remaining elements that They may or may not speak depending on the tastes, desires and/or patience of the advisers. And that was what was being tested after the Argentina-Saudi Arabia match, which ended with the biggest surprise so far in this World Cup.
In the case of the South Americans, just the fact that nobody went through the lightning interview “Interior” was already a signal, but that did not mean that most journalists turned away, even if it was to pass Lionel Messi. Already after many Saudis had passed (who also did not want to talk despite the ear-to-ear smile they carried from the spa to the bus), the Argentines began to leave. In the first group to leave that area, passing by the journalists, which was smaller, Enzo Fernandez left in the middle.
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Source: Observadora
