Rojo’s foreboding becomes stately reality

• ​Marcos Rojo scored a idea that took Argentina into a final 16
• “As shortly as we strike it we knew it was going in”
• Relive a diversion by a Live Blog

By Diego Zandrino with Argentina

“It was after a Croatia game. We were articulate in a room with Ever and Ota and we pronounced to them we felt a idea was coming… And it came, and we had a good giggle on a pitch.”

There is no need to check a contribution with Ever Banega or Nicolas Otamendi. Marcos Rojo, one of Argentina’s star performers in Saint Petersburg, gave transparent acknowledgment of his foreboding in an disdainful discuss with FIFA, a extended grin on his face.

His 86th-minute strike opposite Nigeria ensured La Albiceleste squeezed by to a Round of 16 during 2018 FIFA World Cup Russiaâ„¢. Speaking in a churned section and brushing off a jokes of his team-mates as they walked by, Marquitos removed a idea that gave his side a changed 2-1 win.

“I felt Gabi [Gabriel Mercado] competence cranky it, so when we saw a opening we only got in there,” pronounced Rojo, a team-mate of Mercado’s in a Estudiantes side that won a 2010 Apertura pretension underneath former Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella.

“As shortly as we strike it we knew it was going in,” continued a centre-half, who powered a round home with his weaker right foot. “And when we saw it strike a behind of a net it was crazy, a outrageous relief.

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/rojo-premonition-becomes-reality-2971036