Cavallero backs Beltrán as he continues to grow at River | OneFootball

After a semester that catapulted him into becoming River’s first-choice goalkeeper in the Apertura Tournament, Santiago Beltrán is still living a dream as he works with the Argentina national team in the lead-up to the World Cup. As a result, praise keeps pouring in for the young keeper, with Pablo Cavallero—remembered as Argentina’s goalkeeper at Korea-Japan 2002—the latest to join the list: “He has a tremendous future.”

“River’s goal has a lot of history, he’s competing with a great goalkeeper like (Franco) Armani, and he has surprised everyone. I think he has a tremendous future and he has to make the most of these situations to learn and apply it at the club.” said the former goalkeeper who came through at Vélez, in an interview with Doble Amarilla.

Pablo Cavallero represented the Argentina national team at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup.

Cavallero’s glowing words add to those recently spoken by Roberto Abbondanzieri, the former Boca goalkeeper who won multiple titles and played for Argentina at Germany 2006, who compared him to another player in his position with an extensive history with the national team, especially at youth level: “His emergence is like (Oscar) Ustari’s. His breakthrough was something very new at Independiente, but he has a maturity and calmness that surprise me.”

Meanwhile, Beltrán continues his work with La Albiceleste and, although he is not in the list of 26 called up, the truth is that he will be present for Lionel Scaloni’s team’s friendlies against Honduras and Iceland on June 6 and 9. In this way, the River player will gain valuable experience, both in training and through daily contact with world-class players, in another very important step for his career.

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