Estefania Panini, dribbling and expertise in Argentina

flip and stop. Pick up speed and slow down. Dribbling, avoiding kicks and finding spaces. Find and find the pass, which will be accurate. With a low voice and firm convictions, Estefania Panini leads the way. Play and say. She went from being a captain to being left out of the Argentine national team. He did not give up and came back. Baselist team reference It is the flag of the team that will be seeking its first victory in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2023.

Analyze Panini in An interview with the F team to ESPN. The history of the 2019 World Cup in France confirms this sentence: On the first appearance, Argentina tied 0-0 with Japan In a match in which the player had possession of the ball and ran the game against a team that was world champions in Germany in 2011 and runners-up in Canada in 2015.

“Other than the fact that it’s the first point in the World Cup, I prefer the team’s performance. We were able to reflect what the Argentine woman is. we are this: The stand, the fight, the fight we’re fighting for equality.”And He said after that historic tie.

in the group stage 2019, Argentina lost 1-0 before another force England And Draw 3-3 against Scotland In a duel I lost 3-0.

Having won praise for his talent and courage in the World Cup, despite Argentina’s failure to go beyond the first round, Benini was separated from the national team. Number 10 demanded changes, asked for improvements and, along with other teammates, criticized then-head coach Carlos Borrello.

Argentina has been deprived of the best and most daring player in its history for three years. The taking over of German Portanova as new coach heralded a quick return, but the wait was longer than Esteve wanted. The injury put another hurdle for Mendoza, but nothing could stop her. He was He was named to the FIFA FIFPRO 2020-2021 Perfect Eleven He has shone at Atletico Madrid since being rehabilitated following arthroscopy on his right knee.

“It pains me to be out of the national team for wanting to get better, for wanting to do things better. Playing for the national team is the dream of our life,” Panini admitted in This note is with ESPN.com Before the call that would recreate the joy of being called dressed in light blue and white. The list became official on March 28, 2022. too long without imagination In the team, but early enough to be re-integrated into the national team structure, more than a year after the World Cup in Oceanic.

The two friendlies with Chile decided the outcome. The ball was in the foot, the head held high, the dribble and the accurate punch intact.

2023 in search of the long-awaited first victory

“Playing in the World Cup is an emotion that cannot be explained in words. It is a source of pride,” Panini assured Juan Pablo Sorin. A conversation between former Argentina captains. Estefania will play the World Cup for the second timeIn the The participation of the fourth whitelist in history.

On July 24, at Eden Park in Kingsland (New Zealand), Argentina will open to Italy“The competitor we can compete with,” Oqba predicted in this interview NBC. Azzurra twice reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup: 1991 and 2019.

It will be the second opponent South AfricaJuly 27. The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations champions have little World Cup experience: they only participated in 2019, a tournament in which they lost all three of their matches.

SwedenAnd The strongest opponent, appearing on the third date: August 2. North have played in all eight World Cups and have been on the podium four times with three third places (1991, 2011 and 2019) and one runner-up (2003). In addition, they have won the Olympic Games silver medal twice (2016 and 2021).

Argentina will try to win the World Cup for the first time-This is your The initial aim and suggestion for further success is utopia. “One can dream of winning the World Cup, it is our greatest wish, but we know that we are far away. The great dream would be to pass the first stage because Argentina never won a World Cup match. Our path is to continue to grow and pave the way for girls in the future,” Panini yearns. .

An extensive career and a future always linked to football

he Beginning of the Benin tour As a football player, he was in the club Mendoza cement, where he played futsal since he was 7 years old in the boys’ team. He transitioned to 11-man football at 16-inch cougars, also from his hometown. All this in a context in which his father, Tito, and his mother, Elisabeth, suggested that he play other sports: volleyball, like his brothers, or hockey or basketball.

Colo-Colo was the first club in which Estefania played professionallyHe arrived at Cacique in 2011, after showing his ability at the 2010 Copa América in Ecuador at just 20 years old, and stayed until 2014. In the Chilean team, he has won 8 domestic titles and the COPA Libertadores in 2012.

From there he took another seminal leap in his career: He went on to play Washington Spirit, of the US League, the best in the world at the time. This transition led Panini to take on footballers who have competed at the highest level throughout their lives. Stephen lived for him. In 2016, the year her team was runner-up, the Argentinian excelled.

Panini decided to take his magic to Europe to play a season in ValenciaThen he returned to the United States for another two years National Women’s Soccer League. He returned to Spain to play for three seasons I raised and in 2021 has arrived at Atletico MadridHis current club He won the Queen’s CupChampionship that Estafania converted a memorable free-kick goal to take the final against Real Madrid into extra time.

The second and final World Cup of his career is on the horizon. She described the player who struggled to carve out a place for herself in the history of Argentine football, first a place in the men’s team, then abroad and finally to put on the national team shirt again after being disqualified for not silencing an injustice: “I know how to read the game, I’m dexterous, clever and evil”.

he future after retirement It already looks like it has the form: Panini completed the training course in Spain And he wants to be in charge of a team that relays all his information. She will give directions on her right arm and in which, near the wrist, a tattoo of the symbol of infinity, that time and place that she wants to remain until now associated with football, which she did in honor of her family, “always with her. And she will give advice to those who admire her today and want to be like her, will stand out.” A big dream, any dream can come true,” he will let out his party and at the same time shy voice.