Barco dreams of World Cup with Argentina, sends message to Scaloni | OneFootball

The countdown to the start of the 2026 World Cup is on, and the Argentine National Team will have a more than interesting test in the lead-up to the main event: it will be against Spain in Qatar for the Finalissima. Lionel Scaloni will have to make important decisions for the match against the Europeans, and it will become clear which players have a chance of going to the World Cup. One who will be eagerly anticipating is Valentín Barco, who dreams of being called up.

In an interview with ESPN, Colo stated: “I’m taking it calmly, you have to perform to be there, they are all very good, it’s the National Team. I’ve played in two positions (midfielder and left-back) and I think I can help in all the positions where I’ve played, and Scaloni knows that.” He also added: “First, my focus is here, on continuing to perform at the highest level, but I won’t deny that the World Cup is everyone’s dream.”

Valentín Barco is experiencing the best moment of his career. After inconsistent spells at Brighton in England and Sevilla in Spain, Colo arrived at Racing de Strasbourg and showed his best form there. Even with Liam Rosenior, he began to show his ability to play both in his role as a left-back and in the midfielder position.

Colo Barco spoke about this: “Liam put me in a double pivot role, it helped me a lot to understand the position, everything goes through the middle, I had hardly played there, he told me that with my technique I could play there. Nowadays, football is very complex. I would sit and watch videos of my mistakes, and it helped me improve.”

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