Avarez (centre) celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring Argentina's second goal in the 39th minute.

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11 years ago, I made a wish to be a comrade-in-arms and my dream came true

[Reporter Luo Zhipeng/Comprehensive Report] 11 years ago Avarez took a happy photo with Messi and made a wish to play the World Cup with his idol. Now the dream has come true, scoring twice against Croatia. With 4 goals, he has the opportunity to challenge for the Golden Boot and is also Messi's most powerful left and right hand.

Avarez had excellent dribbling skills when he was a child, as if he had several legs. His teammates gave him the nickname "Little Spider". Later, he joined the Argentine youth team as Messi's training partner and was selected for the first time last year As an adult national team, he shined as a striker in the World Cup. Many foreign media introduced this supernova with the title "Who is Avarez?" yesterday.

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Avarez is the second Argentine player to score 2 goals in the semi-finals after Maradona in 1986. He said, "I am very happy to achieve this achievement at the age of 22. Messi is the idol of our whole family. , playing football makes me feel very happy and I have to keep working hard.”

In the first two games of this World Cup, Avarez started from the bench. Due to the sluggish state of L. Martinez, Avarez got the opportunity to start and scored 4 goals in 4 starts.

Avarez was born in the A-League River Plate team. At the beginning of this year, he moved to Manchester City in the Premier League with a transfer fee of 15.3 million pounds. He then rented River Plate back for half a year and scored 6 goals in a single game in the Copa Libertadores. The loan expired and returned to Manchester City. The World Cup ended After the restart of the Premier League season, he will form a strong striker with the 22-year-old Norwegian striker Harland.