After the historic night of the four goals against Real Madrid, striker Valentín Castellanos made it clear that his intention is to get a call-up for the Argentine National Team and meet Lionel Messi, captain and benchmark of the world champion team. Castellanos was on the lips of the world after score a goal poker against Real Madrid playing for the modest Girona for the Spanish League.
After his historic performance against the Madrid team, the man from Mendoza told of his fanaticism for the captain of the Argentine national team with whom he “never” could coincide. “I dream of meeting him. He is the God of football. He made me cry at the World Cup. I am passionate about Messi”recounted Castellanos in an interview with the Spanish journalist Gerard Romero in twitch.
The 24-year-old striker, who was close to playing for River a few years ago, was part of the Argentine under 23 team in 2020 and assured that his other desire is to be called up to the team led by Lionel Scaloni. “It would be a dream, but I am going step by step. I know how difficult it is because we are the world champions and there are incredible players in my position.”he remarked.
Despite not having played in Argentine soccer since his career was developed in Chile, Uruguay and then the United States before moving to Spain, “Taty” has a strong bond with our country: He has tattoos related to Argentina, another of Diego Armando Maradona and he thinks about getting one of Messi in the future.
Castellanos arrived at the Spanish LaLiga in August last year from New York City, another City Group member team like Girona, and In his first season he has scored 12 goals (11 for the tournament and 1 for the Copa del Rey) in 31 games.