From the youth team to side by side: Mastantono s national team started with a surprise 63 minutes with Messi!

Franco Mastantono knows how to respect his predecessors and understand the environment he is in. So when a ball passed to Messi on the edge of the penalty area made a mistake, Franko Mastantono was apologetic, as shy as he raised his left hand to ask for the ball on the right side of the attack.

Franco Mastantono, in the first start of the national team, faced these teammates who won all the championships, almost expressed his gratitude in the face of these teammates who won all the championships.

But on the court, facing Venezuela, he did not give in at the slightest of competitive level. A few seconds after the referee blew the kick-off whistle, after receiving Messi's pass, Franko Mastantono received the ball and took the ball, and then cleverly hit the inside of his foot to get rid of Venezuela's Christian Cáceres. Not long after, with another support from captain Messi, he faced the offensive opportunity with elegant turning speed and passed the ball to Thiago Almada with a precise pass.

Mastantono adapted to the national team as fast as he made his debut at the Bernabeu Stadium, as quickly as he stood up for the Riverbed at the same stadium (Monument Stadium) at the age of 16.

Franco Mastantono has Zidane's elegance, is steady in possession of the ball, and can control the rhythm calmly, showing the confidence of a top player; he can run quickly with oblique insertion, tear the defense line as a pseudo-Nine player, and unexpectedly appear behind Wilk Angel and Marcuson; he can also send long passes to hit the opponent's defense line gap. In the 63 minutes of his appearance, Mastantono became Messi's connection point on the right and in the middle. Messi asked him to cooperate, completed the exquisite wall-to-wave cooperation, and established an efficient offensive linkage through short passes, which changed the Venezuelan team's forced the game to fall into a slow pace - at least to make the originally difficult and awkward game change...

Mastantono, wearing the No. 21 jersey, is determined to become an important member of the team's battle. This jersey will probably be competed for by his fans to seal the number. He cooperated with his teammates and touched the ball 69 times. Almost every time he handled it was quite organized. The key was to be calm and composed.

However, Scaloni decided to make substitution adjustments and continue to inspect other players.

Nicolas Gonzalez made a substitute, putting an end to the first start of the new star. In his first national team appearance against Chile, Mastantono has shown an understanding of football and an age-high maturity.

Franco Mastantono met Messi at the Ezesa training base, and he was still playing football for the youth team. Now, he has realized a dream he once made in his career. Perhaps another dream is realized at the Monument Stadium too — playing side by side with his idol (and other members of the Qatar 2022 World Cup roster)…

But he wants more. The young man who signed with Real Madrid, made River Plate fans miss him, received applause before the game (when his name appeared on the big screen at the Monument Stadium) and when he ended, always respected his predecessors.

This recognition belongs to this player who embarks on another great journey in 2025. Franko Mastantono, who is working toward another goal: to compete in the next World Cup. Step by step, pass the ball one after another, and this new star will definitely achieve his goal.