The important thing is to train well during the week so you perform well physically come matchday.

Even though I started out at right-back, I actually enjoy the contrast of playing both at full-back and in midfield. Both require physical attributes and a lot of energy.

I've been lucky to be part of very good teams and to play with immense players.

When I was promoted to the main squad at Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, I felt my dream had become reality.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

Benitez is a coach with clear ideas and lots of experience in football.

When I look back to my childhood, many concrete scenes come to my mind, good ones and bad ones.

We believe in a better world, an unglobalised world, enriched by the cultural differences and customs of all the people.

It wasn't my target to work as Argentina team manager.

I am very happy working with Inter, helping them build the club's international relationship with both Fifa and Uefa, promoting the marketing side, its social responsibility activities as well as being involved with the club's academy.

You need passion and commitment in your sport or else you will never survive that long. Of course you also have to give it your best shot and be responsible for your own behaviour both on and off the field before you can fully enjoy the game for such a long period of time.

I liked my father's work. But above all I liked the idea of doing something concrete and useful. Building a house is a metaphor that I like, it's at the core of my life philosophy: starting from the bottom and reaching the top.

Feeling my hair in place gives me confidence. It's a question of image but also of character.

If I had a lock of hair out of place then I would not feel OK.

Messi is an extraordinary player, but your squad is pivotal: at a World Cup, the 11 players on the pitch and everyone else in the group can all play an important role.

Injuries are part of the job.

I have always been proud to play for my country and every time I am called up, I play with the same desire and commitment.

My team-mates at Inter mock me when we are training. 'Stop running, let us win for a change,' they joke. But as long as my body responds, I will keep playing.

My secret is to train as intensively as I can, if possible, with the same intensity you experience in a real match.

I don't mess around when it comes to fitness.

I grew up in a humble neighbourhood in Argentina called Dock Sud. From my house, about 200 metres away was a football pitch. That's where I spent my childhood. It's a neighbourhood where everybody helped each other because there was a lot of difficulties. There, I grew up happily, because I learned a lot of things.

This is football, and one cannot be distracted at any moment because the opposition can put you in difficulty and compromise a result.

Messi is the best player in the world, the things he does with the ball are incredible. If someone knows how to stop him, they have to tell me.

I dreamed of ending my career with the Inter shirt, Inter is my house and I'll try to give my contribution off the pitch as well.