The Argentine goalkeeper who played alongside the PSG star in the U-20 World Cup in 2005, arrived in Liga MX with Atlas, a team that is looking for the bichampionship
Oscar Ustari, Pachuca goalkeeper. Photo: @OscarUstari
The Argentine goalkeeper of the Tuzos de Pachuca, Oscar Ustari, stated this Wednesday that if his team ends up like the champion of the Clausura 2022 tournament of the Liga MX will give a club shirt to his compatriot Lionel Messi.
The 35-year-old goalkeeper, who emerged from his country’s Independiente, will play his first final in Mexican soccer against the current champion and the team that brought him to this soccer, the Rojinegros del Atlas de Guadalajara, with which was between Clausura 2016 and Apertura 2017.
“I haven’t given Messi a Pachuca shirt yet, but I hope to be able to give it to him in the future if we are champions”
At the end of his last tournament in the Atlas, Ustari showed off a photoon his networks in which he gave an Atlas shirt to the PSG star < /b>from France, with whom he has maintained a friendship since when they were teammates on the Argentina U20 team at the 2005 World Cup.
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At a press conference, he mentioned that his intention is that if he gets the opportunity to give the “Ten” the shirt, he will also show off the snapshot of the moment on social networks because of the appreciation he has for the Tuzos.
“It is something that of course I would like, but I want to give it to him and that we show it on networks, as we did when he gave it to Atlas, because of the great affection I have for Pachuca”
Oscar shared that he is very close to fulfilling one of his biggest dreams: winning a title in Liga MX. “Since I came to play in this country for Atlas I thought I couldn’t leave without a title and today I’m facing that opportunity”, he stressed.
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As well as Ustari, his compatriot Nicolás Ibáñez, Pachuca’s top scorer, acknowledged that he cannot pass up the option of becoming champion in Mexico for the first time.
“There is no extra pressure, on the contrary, it is a motivation because it is going to be my first final and that’s enough to have all the desire to try to help my team lift the title”
In the first leg of the final, Pachuca will visit this Thursday to the Atlas at 9:00 p.m. at the Jalisco stadiumfrom Guadalajara. The second leg will take place this Sunday at the Hidalgo stadium at 8:00 p.m.
According to the specialized site FiveThirtyEight, the Tuzos are the favorite team to become the new champions. And it is that according to the portal, those from Hidalgo have a 59% chance of being crowned, above the 41% that Atlas has.
And is that In the history of short tournaments, only the UNAM Pumas and León have managed to be champions two consecutive semesters.
Next Background
The most recent game between Pachuca and Atlas dates from the beginning of April in a match corresponding to matchday 8 of Clausura 2022. The match took place on the Jalisco field with victory for the Tuzos by a minimum difference. The solitary goal was the responsibility of Roberto de la Rosa three minutes after regulation time. In that game Jairo Torres was expelled.