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It’s clear that both fans and players share the same sentiments toward La Scaloneta. “ An incredible group that was put together. When you are at the club sometimes you say, how long is it until you go to the national team? You are happy to be there ”, this is how Paredes defined the squad.

- The 'infamous' Players' Group Whatsapp

Paredes is the one who was in charge of creating the group chat. “ We were following the World Cup group drawing through Whatsapp. No, it’s not called La Scaloneta. The coach doesn’t like the nickname, sometimes we tell him jokingly. We left it (the Whatsapp group chat's name) at ‘Copa America’ because it was created when we play for Copa America ”

(Lautaro and Cuti confessed that a day after the World Cup Final, Paredes renamed the group chat from 'Copa America Champion' to ‘World Cup Champion’).

Another story Paredes told about the group chat was, “ We always talk. Every time one of us has to play we try to watch and talk after the game. There are many times that we have to play at the same time and we can’t, but we always try to look at each other ”

- A lot of times they have to become rival for 90mins, but let's pray for this squad to remain as a "Brother" for a very long time 🤞

- The way they take care of each other

Paredes took a trip down memory lane to the first moment he and De Paul broke the ice with Messi. He said, “ It was during an afternoon when we still had 2 hours before training and didn’t know what to do. And Rodri said, ‘That’s it, let’s grab the cards, mate, and knock on Leo’s door’. The idea is that simple; to play truco, drink mate, listen to some music, and hope he would receive us in the best way. We were lucky he opened the door to his room for us and everything has worked well since that moment "

De Paul on Messi: Having him, everything is easier. On a club level, I only had contact with him once, at Valencia vs Barcelona. Apart from that, I didn’t know him. Given everything he lives through he could be a reserved character, so he surprised me (as it turns out) he enjoys having a mate, listening to a song, and playing truco. We do warm-up games, and I say: ‘Leo, I’ll take you on!’, he loves that. That humanizes him. You can see him like he's from another dimension, but he’s just a person.

Furthermore, De Paul describes his role in the National Team as a ‘spare tire’. I have no problem putting it like that. And I’ll do anything to wear this jersey. With my role, we can cover Paredes and help Messi, everything comes in its own time whether it’s to help Messi to attack, or hold back to cover Paredes. You compliment them.

Messi's praise of De Paul

Between players, it has been well-known that the secret to make Leo (Messi) happy is by treating him normally. However, Cristian Romero said in reality it worked the other way around.

Cuti: Since I joined the National team, Leo always treats me like I am one of them, he made me see how simple it is beyond everything he has won in his career.

"Rodrigo De Paul desde el primer día lo protegió, lo abrazó y lo apadrinó." - Molina's father told the story about how De Paul took care of his son when Molina first time played abroad for Udinese

Molina: I was at my house when Rodri with Correa were the first ones to call me and said ‘Congratulations! You deserve it! I hope you don’t flatter yourself (note: in a joking manner)’. I didn’t understand it until they told me that I had been summoned by the National Team.

Paredes to De Paul: How well we raised these 3 (Cuti-Licha-Moli)

Meanwhile, long before acting as Molina’s ‘godparent’, Rodri was the ‘little brother’ of Ota back when the 2 of them played for Valencia (and they’ve been a roommate since Brazil's 2019 Copa America). Take a look back at their Instagram, there are so many photos of them together both on-off pitch, even after Ota moved to Manchester, the friendship still continued.

- Players' bonding time with Asado

Love how the young ones 'take advantage' by making the elder do the cooking

- Their attention to the injured ones

Players' support for Gio; before, during, and after his comeback from injury

Mac Allister about Garnacho: I'm sure Licha is working on it (persuading Garna to join Argentina) right now

Licha: I'm taking him with me to Argentina

It’s like a cycle of them taking care of each other, one another 💕 Just like how Ota took care of Rodri and Rodri took care of Molina in return. Gio’s presence helped Cuti to adapt when they were both in Tottenham even for a little while. Tagliafico helped Licha while both played for Ajax. Leo welcomed Paredes in the NT and later Paredes (together with Di Maria & Ney) helped Leo adjust to a new life in Paris, and now it’s Licha’s turn to be ‘the old brother’ of Garnacho.

Meanwhile, so many people against Garnacho join the Argentine side, mostly because they are afraid this kid’s personality will ruin the ‘harmony’ within players and all those bullshit talk about him idolizing Ronaldo. Well, in my opinion, I am 100% sure that the second Garnacho misbehaves (if ever), Licha will be the first to reprimand him. For real though, I don’t think there will be bad individuals inside this NT as long as there are players like De Paul, Paredes, and Dibu.

And yes, like Kun said, wish that the more Garnacho spends time seeing Messi play, the faster he will realize who the real GOAT is,

although imo it’s not a crime to choose CR7 over Messi? if Messi can be best friends with Neymar and Suarez (both are Argies’ rivals), then why can’t Garna choose CR7 over Messi? It's only a matter of preference (not loyalty), anyway.

Meanwhile, Haters had a field day over Garnacho's injury news. Too bad we can't see Licha really taking Garna to Argentina.

- The 'dont-touch-Leo-or-I-will-kill-you' movement:

Throwback to Kun's reaction seeing the UCL drawing when PSG, Juventus, and Benfica were in the same group.

Meanwhile… Di Maria (& Messi himself) be like.. 😂

- Different interviews were conducted at different times, but these players shared the same stories about the squad

To quote Paredes: none of them makes a bad face if they have to be corrected, while Dibu said: ‘Acá nadie pone mala cara’

Dibu: One fell and the other ten help him to get up Licha: If they touch one (of us), we all go (to defend him)

De Paul said ‘Everyone knows what they’re expected to do’, similar to Paredes’ statement ‘Each one knows what they have to contribute’

Throwback to September 2019 during the match against Mexico. Argentina got a chance to score a goal via a penalty kick after Lautaro’s shot touched the hand of Mexico player. It’s understandable for Lau to think that he should be the player in charge of the pen kick since he already scored a brace and aimed for a hattrick. But somehow after Lau took the ball from Ochoa, Paredes demanded the ball from Lau and kicked the penalty himself. Paredes eventually scored & celebrated the goal with Lau, and 6 mins later Lautaro succesfully scored a hattrick. After the game, Lau posted a photo of him and Paredes with a playful caption to quickly shut down any rumor about an ‘altercation’ between him and Paredes during the penalty kick.

As for now, for me, it is ironic how people assume bringing Garnacho to the Scaloni squad can bring ‘dressing room drama’. No, it’s not. It’s the fans' ‘toxic’ culture that could destroy this family. The way people start to compete players against each other or criticize players’ World Cup performance while disregarding their roles in the previous tournaments. Yeah, everyone has their own opinion, but acting like they have the right to decide who should join the NT or play as a starter is truly ridiculous.

Paredes was one of the ‘undisputed starters’ on Scaloni’s squad but quickly lost his place after the loss against Saudi Arabia. He accepted his role as a substitute player and helped his teammates from the bench. “ I didn’t arrive in the best physical way and I was aware by not being 100% gonna cost me a lot. The group was above everything and luckily the great teammates (Enzo & Mac Allister) appeared as they played enormously well. I was surprised and very proud of them. ”

Dybala interview with Marca: I needed some time after my injury and I was not yet in the best condition. I wanted to support, be positive with the best energies, and never put an angry or frustrated face for not being played. I made the team feel like they could count on me. And so it was, I felt better and Scaloni trusted me in one of the most important moments.

Lautaro interview with espnargentina: I have discomfort with my swollen ankle and I had to play with painkillers. It’s not the World Cup that I expected (because the injury made him underperform), but Juli’s arrival made me very happy. He’d give the team what I couldn’t give.

I’ve seen many people questioning why then Scaloni didn’t choose a 100% fit player if he knew Dybala, Lautaro and Paredes weren’t 100% fit. The audacity for these people to think like that, because despite their injuries, during the crucial moments, all the 3 of them stepped up and executed their roles perfectly.

What's next?

Scaloni's interview on March 21st: I thanked the players again for winning the title, now it’s time to celebrate but this goes on. And it’s going to cost us more than ever because they are going to want to beat us much more. We need a lot more energy from everyone because everything will be more difficult.

In regards to the national team:

“A new process begins. Those who are world champions don’t have an advantage. The most important thing is that the players don't feel like the owners of the National Team and that the coach is always watching. There are also kids who are going to grow and play at a high level and fight for a place (in the NT)."

Say, we, supporters, love this team. We'd love to see Messi to win more trophies alongside these Muchachos. The closest is that we aim for a Copa America back-to-back champion. This time it will be 10x more difficult because other countries will proly want to beat Argentina just out of spite, just for them to be able to say "WE BEAT THE WORLD CHAMPION, WHERE IS MESSI? WE POCKET HIM, etc etc", like Scaloni said, this squad needs a lot more energy from everyone, and imo that includes US, the supporters.

Why? As I said earlier, fans' toxic culture could destroy this team from outside. What supporters don't easily grasp is the fact that Scaloni can easily kick any players out once they don't perform well and there's better replacement. This fact, the players are fully aware as they said in numerous interviews "In this squad, there's only 1 player who's irreplaceable. Other than Messi, we always have to fight for 1 spot". Specifically, De Paul said this, "I'll do anything to be able to wear this jersey, but if one day I don't play, it's because there are others who play better than me.",

Well, I think it's safe for us (supporters) to love all players equally and love them based on their performance on the pitch. That way if Scaloni decides to drop them from the future squad list we won't be so upset or displeased with that decision because we know that it's because there are other players who (according to Scaloni's better judgment) play better than our faves. If the players can accept the consequences with big hearts (like Lau, Dybala, and Paredes) then supporters need to learn to be respectful toward Scaloni and just pray for the best.

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📌 Bonus gifs+pics

Lovely place, with good feelings, and a happy squad. The return of the KINGS 👑

Because Tumblr can only have up to 30 images in a post, I can't say anything more about this squad, but if you enjoy reading this post you can also click here to similar posts I have already made:

(1) Little Things I love from La Scaloneta

(2) Hilarious & Heartwarming stories about La Scaloneta

(3) Crackhead Muchachos

(4) Full thread about AFA's Tournament de Truco

(5) Full thread about Players' room arrangement (¿Quién duerme con quién?) + more gifs about Messi and the gang

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cloudsspoke

Gue ini sejak kecil hidup dengan keluarga yg struggle urusan finansial. Nyokap gue singlemother dr sejak gue SD (dan ga remarried) dan beliau menghidupi 3 anaknya dengan jualan nasi/catering.

Gue kadang jg mikir, puluhan tahun emak gue kerja banting tulang, tp kok kayak bisa ga keliatan ada tabungan yg wow gitu. Kayak hasil kerjanya ga berwujud apa². Padahal nyokap dan ketiga anak²nya juga ga punya gaya hidup boros / bermewah²an, jadi di dalam hati gue mempertanyakan hal ini.

Rumah yg ditinggali keluarga gue saat ini didapat nyokap dari warisan hasil jual rumah orangtua beliau (rumah masa kecil nyokap).

Nyokap pergi umrah itu dibayarin orang.

Motor di rumah ada 1 itu yg beli kakak #2 gue.

Gue kuliah bayar sendiri.

Kakak #1 gue nikah juga ada keluar dr duit tabungan dia sendiri, dan itu nikah sederhana di rumah yg bukan nyewa gedung/tempat.

Kejadian luar biasa kayak anggota keluarga jatuh sakit lalu sampe harus keluar duit banyak pun juga ga ada, kecuali saat nyokap gue digendam orang pas lagi bawa kalung emas sisa satu²ny perhiasan beliau (yg itu kalung rantai a la² hiphop gitu, alias berat dan panjang) dan sampai sekarang pun Nyokap gue ga ada simpanan emas yg bergram², saat ini beliau udah lansia 65th dan masih kerja jualan nasi untuk bs bertahan hidup (dan bayar hutang).

Dengan kondisi struggle sejak kecil inilah di keluarga gue gaada tradisi Lebaran sebagaimana yg banyak terjadi pada umumnya.

Ada 2-3 hal yang gue seumur hidup belum ngerasain, dan semoga aja jangan sampe ngerasain sih ya karena gue rasa gue gaakan sanggup buat menjalani tradisi seperti itu.

Yang pertama, berjejalan nyari baju baru untuk lebaran. Jalanan macet orang tumpah ruah setelah dapat THR untuk beli baju/sepatu,etc untuk tampil paripurna saat lebaran.

Keluarga gue ga relate sama hal ini karena saat jatuh 1 Syawwal yang terjadi di keluarga gue dr tahun ke tahun adalah simply kita pergi ke lokasi sholat ied terdekat (dengan baju / mukenah rapih,formal yg tidak harus baru), lalu balik ke rumah, and thats it, we call it done. Bahkan versi ekstrim beberapa kali sampe gembok pintu pagar karena kita mau lanjut tidur (leyeh²) dan ga mau diganggu orang dateng ke rumah.

Even bahkan kalo ga digembok pun juga jarang sih rumah gue kedatengan tamu/keluarga/relasi/tetangga yg berkunjung untuk maaf²an, bahkan klo sama tetangga pun sekadar jabat tangan pas ketemu di jalan.

Dan karena kita ga expect untuk nerima/nyambut tamu, tradisi lain yg tidak kita lakukan selanjutnya adalah beli kue kering. Mungkin kalo dulu, dulu banget sekitar 7-8 tahun yg lalu, nyokap gue masi nerima pesanan kue kering. Mengingat zaman dulu belum banyak orang yang jual / usaha bikin kue, jadi kuker buatan nyokap meskipun bahan premium dan harga pricey jadi tetep laris² aja, nah jadi dr situ emang ga terbiasa beli kuker. Bahkan ketika nyokap uda galagi bikin kuker, kita tidak mengharuskan kalo di rumah harus ada kuker tiap lebaran.

Saat nulis ini gue lantas jadi mikir. Mungkin Allah itu tau ya kalo hambanya yg ini kondisi finansialnya terbatas, jadi sengaja dibikin ga banyak didatengin tamu saat lebaran karena bikin kita ga under pressure harus nyiapin budget untuk nyetok kuker atau nyiapin duit saweran.

Perihal duit saweran pun, meskipun dr kecil gue uda ngerasa hidup miskin ((Miskin karena pemasukan nyokap < pengeluaran bulanan)), tapi ga pernah diajarin nyokap buat minta² duit saweran. Gue bahas ini karena banyak kan mulut² lamis orang tua yg saat bawa anaknya berkunjung lebaran di rumah orang trus sampai terucap dr mulut si orang tua "Sana minta uang saweran", alias ngajarin anaknya buat minta². Jadi alhamdulillahnya ga pernah ada kejadian kedatengan tamu yg berkelakuan seprti itu (seinget gue pernah sih 1x ada tetangga dateng trus ngomong gitu/minta saweran).

Tapi bukan berarti lalu saat ada tamu lalu tamunya anyep. Malah urusan menjamu tamu ini nyokap gue tipe yg totalitas. Karena beliau jago masak, jadi nyokap selalu menjamu tamu dgn ngasih makanan hasil masakannya. Ini jauh lebih hemat cost ketimbang beli makanan. Tapi memang tamu ini harus yg uda bikin janji dulu sama nyokap jauh² hari, jadi di hari itu nyokap bisa nyiapin jamuan. Tapi khusus untuk awal² hari Syawwal memang kondisi rumah gue terbiasa tenang, damai, dan tentram tanpa ada tamu² berdatangan. Kita pun juga hampir ga pernah pergi untuk berkunjung, karena pergi itu pasti butuh uang untuk transport mobil. Makanya itu seringnya sejak dulu kalo udah 2 Syawwal keluarga gue langsung bayar puasa Ramadhan biar bisa lanjut kebagian syawwal. Hal ini bisa dilakukan ya karena kita terbebas dari nerima kunjungan tamu dan juga tidak pergi mengunjungi orang.

Hal selanjutnya adalah mudik. Gue ngerasain mudik itu saat masih kecil dan momen terakhir mudik gue yaitu pas gue kelas 4 SD karena saat itu rumah masa kecil nyokap masi belom dijual jadi sesama sepupu, padhe budhe om tante masi bisa kumpul di rumah itu. Setelah itu uda gapernah lagi. Dan dari momen mudik yang gue rasain saat itu bukan momen mudik yg chaos bermacet²an sebagaimana yg lumrah terjadi di Indonesia. Gue dulu mudik selalu naik kereta. Dan itu posisi nyokap selalu kebagian tiket/dapet tempat duduk legal yg bernomor. Memori gue akan mudik itu paling ya harus tidur di lantai kereta dan ngerasa horor karena suka ada hewan² kecil kayak kecoa yg berlalu lalang. Tapi untuk suasana berdesak²an kayak kondisi kereta zaman Pra Ignatius Jonan itu Alhamdulillah ga pernah gue rasain.

Gue saban liat TV nayangin suasana mudik se-macet itu gue rasa gue pun bakal ga puasa kalo kondisinya kayak gitu. Dan sedihnya kalo sampe banyak orang yg mudik lalu jadi bikin lalai, ga cuma puasa, tp juga sholatnya. Makanya gue bilang, smoga aja gue ga sampe ngerasain mudik yg seperti itu. Karena gue ga yakin sama kekuatan iman gue bilamana sampe ada di posisi kayak gitu.

Dan karena keluarga gue ga mudik itulah yg bikin belasan tahun keluarga gue saban Lebaran seakan² jadi satpam komplek, karena kesannya 1 komplek cuma keluarga gue doang yg ga mudik, lainnya rumah tetangga pada kosong 😅

Yah jadi di malam yg udah mulai ganjil ini, gue tiba² pengen menuliskan ini semua di tumblr gue. Sebagai pengingat memori aja sih. Saatnya kita kembali baca Al Quran.

cloudsspoke

June 20th

Sebelumnya gue nulis kalo nyokap dari gue SD sampe detik ini masi menghidupi keluarganya dengan jualan nasi. Kalo dipikir² keknya ngenes banget sih. Kayak seakan² hidup keluarga kita stuck disini² aja. Yang bikin makin ironis adalah, nyokap gue terlahir dr keluarga yang karena kerja keras dan hidup sederhana jadi bisa sukses dan termasuk keluarga berada.

Kakek gue tentara. Nenek gue juga jualan makanan. Jualan makanannya laris, jadi biaya hidup diambil dari keuntungan hasil jualan itu tadi. Sementara gaji kakek gue dipake nabung beli tanah/rumah dlsb. Sehingga kakek nenek gue ampe bisa ngebeliin keenam anaknya rumah (saat mereka masi hidup).

Jadi rumah pemberian kakek nenek gue ke nyokap gue saat nyokap gue menikah, itu akhirnya dijual dan uangnya ludes buat kebutuhan hidup. Dan saat kakek nenek gue meninggal, rumah utama dijual dan harta warisan dibagi itu tadi akhirnya nyokap bisa beli rumah lagi (yg saat ini kita tempati).

Pun begitu ayah gue (rip), dia dateng dr keluarga terpandang di salah satu kota, yang dimana keluarga besar mereka masih 1 darah sama nama Ulama Terkenal zaman dahulu kala, yg dimana bahkan nama Ulama itu jadi nama Kampung tsb, dan kakek gue sendiri itu salah satu pendiri HMI di kota itu yang bahkan nama masjid/markas besar HMI kota itu diambil dari nama kakek gue.

Gue inget masa kecil gue kalo dateng ke nikahan anggota keluarga dr pihak ayah, pasti selalu ada pejabat penting, bahkan yg paling memorable saat itu Hamzah Haz.

Nyokap gue nikahin bokap gue bukan karena faktor keluarga bokap keluarga terpandang yg dr segi ekonomi juga sama tajirnya (malah mungkin beda versi tajir, karena tajir keluarga bokap adalah bisa dibilang tanah 1 kampung itu udah punya keluarga mereka jadi literally tajir karena memonopoli tanah di kampung, bukan tajir kayak keluarga nyokap gue yg tajir karena kerja keras), tapi karena keluarga Bokap agamis dan Islami banget, satu yg tidak ada dalam keluarga nyokap.

Nah dari sini akhirnya terbawa ke pernikahan orangtua gue, dimana bokap gue terlena dengan ilusi orangtuanya punya 'jatah tanah' bikin bokap gue jadi males kerja dan akhirnya terlepas belio sehat wal afiat, cakap rupanya, pintar otaknya, supel-ramah pembawaannya, belio malah nganggur belasan tahun, sehingga ya itu tadi sejak gue TK, nyokap uda take over jadi tulang punggung. Pas gue TK, beliau ngejual apa yang bisa ditawarin ke ibu² sesama wali murid. Dan baru saat SD itu nyokap jualan nasi & buka usaha catering sambil ngejualin perhiasannya (yg itu semua pemberian orangtuanya, bukan dari bokap / mertua) untuk nutup kebutuhan hidup.

Prahara memuncak saat gue kelas 5, bokap gue selingkuh dan nyokap milih untuk bercerai. Dari situlah akhirnya nyokap resmi menyandang gelar singlemother+tulang punggung.

Ada masa dimana nyokap murni jadi IRT yang kegiatannya murni jaga rumah dan pergi ke pengajian. Itu saat ketiga anaknya bekerja dan bisa bantu ekonomi keluarga. Tapi sejak covid gue udah ga kerja dan nyokap lebi suka gue bantuin belio jualan, meskipun dari jualan nasi pun pendapatannya ga banyak. Kakak gue yg pertama sudah nikah dan tidak bantu perekonomian nyokap, jadi praktis hanya gaji dari kakak kedua gue yg dipake buat bantu menambal kekurangan dari pendapatan jualan nasi nyokap yg kurang.

Gue pernah liat klip komedian Uus yg bilang orangtuanya jualan nasi/warung sampe bisa nguliahin semua anak²nya.

Jujur disinilah yg gue heranin itu tadi sebagaimana yg uda gue singgung sebelumnya. Nyokap gue jualan dari gue TK, jualan nasi sejak gue SD, tapi tetep cuma bisa mentok nyekolahin 3 anaknya sampe SMA aja (itu aja gue SMK dapet beasiswa SPP gue ada yg bayarin). Apa karena faktor nyokap gue sendiri, ga ada suami yg bantuin sama sekali, jadi sampe sekarang struggling seperti tampak tidak menghasilkan sesuatu yg wow selain hanya bisa bertahan hidup, bisa makan 3x, bisa bayar PLN, PDAM (bahkan dulu pas gue kerja tagihan Wifi gue yg bayar, sekarang murni semua Pln Pdam wifi dan bpjs dibayar kakak kedua gue dr gajinya).

Yang bikin gue tiba² nulis ini karena kemaren abis merajut silaturahmi kecil²an sama sahabat SMP gue, cuma lewat tweet karena kita saling ga share kontak WA. Jadi sahabat gue ini 2x order gofood warung nyokap, dan dia lalu cerita ke gue kalo dia cerita ke suaminya kalo zaman SMP dulu dia (temen gue) malakin bekal makan gue , ya nasi yang dia beli itu dari warung nyokap gue.

Gue langsung kayak ketusuk pisau, kayak, anjir berarti temen gue kalo misal dia ngeh, dia pasti mikir "Yaampun kasian banget, nyokap nya temenku dari kita SMP, sampe sekarang umur kita segini masih jualan nasi aja"

Mana juga warungnya gitu² aja, ga kemudian lalu glow up, expand jadi kek yg lebih wow gitu, gak. Warung rumahan biasa yg sehari nyokap cuma jual 500gr-1kg nasi yg kalo laris ya cuma cukup 10 bungkus nasi (saking kalo jualan lebi dari itu sering ga habis).

Padahal temen gue ini (meskipun sama² broken homenya) tapi kayak punya kehidupan yg beda 180⁰ sama gue.

Sejak SMP , dia emang udah tajir. Gue gatau bokapnya kerja apa (nyokapnya notaris), tapi temen gue ini intinya morotin bokapnya karena bokapnya kawin lagi (setelah bercerai dr nyokapnya). Dan sepak terjang temen gue sedari SMA sampai kuliah lalu kerja dlsb memang sudah tampak WOW, bahkan gue geleng² kepala saat baca twit terbarunya dia habis ngedekor rumah yg di rumahnya ada 3 kamar tidur tamu dan 3 kamar mandi tamu. Yg ada di otak gue, SEGEDE apa rumahnya ampe kamar buat tamu aja ada 3???

Jadi dengan ngeliat betapa kontrasnya hidup kita, dia yg sejak SMP udah tajir secara finansial primer sekunder tersier disokong oleh bokap, sementara gue dan keluarga gue (nyokap gue) yg seperti itu, ketika lantas temen gue itu beli makanan nyokap dan cerita seperti itu ke suaminya , bikin gue langsung maknyes aja.

Dan itu alasan gue ngecut hubungan pertemanan dengan temen² SMP gue sejak kita lulus. Karena gue tau mereka semua anak orang punya, dan sebelum terjadi horor acara reunian sekolah lewat acara bukber/kondangan, gue gamau itu terjadi, gue gamau sampe ketemu mereka lagi karena gue malu kalo ditanya ttg "kerja dimana?" Dlsb jadi gue cut hubungan pertemanan itu ((makanya gue sama sahabat gue cuma ngobrol lwt X paska sahabat gue itu order gofood warung nyokap gue)).

Mungkin gue bukan melihat ke diri gue miris sebagai anak yg sejak kecil udah hidup susah, tp lebih miris ke Nyokap gue karena Allah ngasi nyokap gue setengah dari usianya dipake buat jadi tulang punggung, padahal dia terlahir ga miskin² amat, dan itu semua Zonk karena bokap gue...

Jujur itu yg bikin gue masi berat 'mengikhlaskan' atau melupakan/memaafkan apa yg dilakukan bokap gue. Karena gue ngeliat nyokap gue masi se-struggle itu. Dan bahkan pun kedua kakak gue juga masi struggle ((karena Allah jg tidak lantas menjadikan jodoh kakak pertama gue dr kalangan orang tajir, dan kakak kedua gue & gue bahkan juga belum ada hilal jodohnya dari Allah)),

Makanya, doa Arafah gue kemaren lebih ke yang melisankan kepada Allah kalau nanti semisal bole request, gue mau siapapun nanti yg jadi suami gue bisa menghidupi kebutuhan Nyokap gue, sehingga nanti saatnya gue menikah, suami gue ga hanya Menafkahi gue, menafkahi orangtuanya sendiri (kalo masi ada), tapi jg harus bisa membiayai kebutuhan nyokap gue sehingga beliau ga perlu lagi jualan makanan. Dan toh gue juga uda terbiasa hidup susah ((tapi gue gamau diajak susah, apalagi bikin nyokap gue susah)), jadi gaya hidup gue ga pernah aneh², muluk², boros, ketinggian, FOMO, kebanyakan pengen ini-itu, nggak. Gue cuma ga mau nyokap gue banting tulang jualan itu aja.

Gue gatau kapan dan bagaimana Allah merubah nasib gue / nasib nyokap gue / nasib keluarga gue sehingga tidak lagi seperti ini (seperti stuck begitu² aja, disitu² aja), tapi gue berusaha untuk selalu positif thinking sama semua Takdir yg Allah kasih.

Smoga postingan ini bukan dilihat sebagai gue membenci takdir Allah ngasi gue hidup 'susah' kek gini atau membandingkan hidup gue sama hidup temen gue itu. Karena gue masih sadar, masi banyak orang yg hidupnya lebih susah dr gue. At least nyokap, kakak kedua gue dan gue masi bisa bernaung di rumah (hasil harta warisan kakek nenek) dan ga sampe terlilit utang pinjol/ribawi apapun ((tetep ada hutang, tp hutang ke keluarga dekat yg gak ngasi deadline tgl bayar)).

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Di postingan sebelumnya gue sempet ngebahas sedikit background keluarga gue beserta dramanya. Kali ini gue mau cerita momen ketika bokap gue meninggal dan ga ada dari pihak keluarga Bokap (kakak-adik kandungnya) yg ngedudukin kami 3 anaknya perihal waris/apapun yg ditinggalkan sama Bokap gue ketika meninggal, ntah itu nazar, wasiat atau hutang piutang yg belum terselesaikan. Jadi karena ga ada omongan apapun, gue berasumsi Bokap gue meninggal gitu aja ga ninggalin apapun. Which is fine, krn dari kecil Nyokap ngajarin anak²nya untuk ga berharap sama / dari harta warisan.

Yang bikin miris tuh adalah ketika gue baca novel² yang di mana karakter utama Perempuan dalam cerita itu punya hubungan/masa lalu buruk sama Ayah mereka, ntah Ayah yg fatherless, abusive, selingkuh, atau kelakuan jahat lainnya. Tapi karena ini fiksi, dalam cerita² itu at the end of the day si anak Perempuan ini bisa memaafkan sang ayah setelah menemukan kalo ternyata Ayahnya ini ninggalin mereka ntah itu harta atau surat permintaan maaf yg selama ini disembunyikan Ayah mereka.

Gue jadi mikir, selama ini apakah Bokap gue ga ada ide/inisiatif nulis surat wasiat yg ditujukan untuk anak²nya mengingat selama dia hidup kami bertiga menolak bertemu dengan dia? Gue jadi berpikir tentang What if scenario selayaknya apa yg gue baca di novel fiksi itu. Apakah bokap gue sayang sama anak²nya,.kalo sayang tapi apa buktinya? Apakah dia menyesali perbuatannya yg ga becus sebagai seorang Ayah, kalo menyesal lalu apa buktinya? Bagaimana gue bisa memaafkan kalo gue sendiri ga merasa nerima permintaan maaf yang proper dari dia?

Hal lain yg terjadi sejak Bokap gue meninggal tuh selang 2 tahun kemudian, lewat adik Bokap gue (Oom X) beberapa kali kami dikirimin transferan uang. Uang ini kebanyakan sumbernya dari harta peninggalan milik Kakek-Nenek dan bahkan Buyut² para Tetua dari beberapa generasi di atas gue. Dan karena bokap gue itungannya udah jadi ahli waris nomer kesekian, jadi pas bagian bokap gue dibagi lagi sesuai perhitungan waris kepada Istri kedua+3 anaknya, nominal yg gue terima emang selalu ga banyak kayak cuma seratus dua ratus ribu.

Nah, udah 2x ini (bulan Oktober dan Desember), lewat perantara Kakak pertama guez Oom X nransfer uang 5 juta untuk dibagi 3. Masalahnya adalah, selain gue bernasib tragis tidak merasakan father figure dalam hidup gue alias fatherless, gue pun jg ga merasakan sister figure, alias Anak pertama perempuan dalam keluarga gue tidak berfungsi selayaknya Anak pertama perempuan pada umumnya. Nah pas kemaren gue nerima uang yg kedua kalinya gue akhirnya tanya di WAG keluarga, "Ini asal muasal uangnya drmn?" Tapi gatau kesambet apa, respon kakak gue malah nyolot "Kemaren ga nanya, kok sekarang baru nanya?"

Lalu gue klarifikasi dengan kirim SS dr chattingan² di masa lampau yg nunjukin kalo gue selalu tanya "Uang darimana/uang dr harta siapa?" setiap kali dapet transferan uang. Dan kenapa pas pertama ditransfer gue ga nanya, ya sesimpel gue berasumsi itu uang kaget seperti biasanya. Tapi kalo udah 2x nerima jumlah yg sama kan wajar kalo gue baru nanya. Ini uang apa? Harta siapa? Apa bulan² selanjutnya bakal nerima lagi atau bagaimana?

Bahkan dengan penjelasan itu Kakak gue yg pertama masih nyolot dan literally respon yg dia kasih malah kayak ngajak ribut. Sampai lalu kita berbalas pesan, dan ditutup sama kakak gue nanya "Jadi walau gatau sumber uang ini drmn, uangnya tetep lo terima dengan senang hati atau nggak ?" , yang gue jawab "Ya biasa aja, nominal segitu mah ga ada apa²nya ketimbang Harta peninggalan Kakek-Nenek (orangtua Nyokap) yang sampe detik ini masih ada bentuknya. Iya kalo ditransfer semilyar baru gue sujud syukur!",. Terus jawaban Kakak gue "Yaelah sepanjang itu lo nulis ternyata endingnya duitnya elo terima juga, gue kirain ga mau. Lagian bersyukur lah mau dapet berapapun itu dari keluarga Ayah.", Well that pissed the hell out of me I flipped, "Dih nyesel gue ngejelasin kalo ternyata otak lo ga paham."

In what fucked up way seakan² Kakak gue beranggapan, kalo gue nerima duit itu maka gue ga berhak nanya asal usul duit itu dan sebaliknya, kalo gue mempertanyakan sumber uang itu lalu gue ga berhak nerima duitnya? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Dan part di mana gue jadi ngebandingin harta peninggalan Kakek-Nenek (dr pihak Nyokap) sama harta dari pihak keluarga Bokap itu sama sekali ga berlebihan. Karena gue baru ditampakkan lagi sama Allah kalo apa yg gue omongin itu valid.

Semua gara-gara kedatangan sepupu gue, sebut aja namanya Diana, kemaren ke rumah gue for a quick visit. Nyokap Diana ini sepupuan sama Nyokap gue, karena Neneknya Diana adalah adik dari Nenek gue. Keluarga kita berdua deket sejak lama karena rumah kita sempat berdekatan, sampe tiap Minggu keluarga mereka rutin beli sarapan makan nasi yg dijual Nyokap gue.

Dan kebetulan, Bokap Diana (sebut saja namanya Oom Ari) ini baru meninggal Ramadhan maret tahun lalu. Jadi lewat momen reunian silaturahmi kemaren itu gue ngasitau ke Diana kalo ada core memory masa kecil gue atas kebaikan Oom Ari 22 tahun yang lalu dan mungkin ga akan gue lupakan seumur hidup gue. Nanti di akhirat kelak gue bakal jd satu dr sekian banyak orang yg akan bersaksi kalo Om Ari sebaik itu. Dan bahkan in general, dari gue kecil pun keluarga Oom Ari/Diana ini ya emang udah sebaik, seperhatian, dan seloyal itu sama Nyokap karena mereka tau Nyokap gue tulang punggung keluarga walau saat itu Bokap masih ada (belum cerai).

Diana juga lantas cerita banyak banget sampe bikin gue amazed karena core memory yg Diana simpen di otak dia selengkap dan sedetail itu. Dan Diana merasakan sendiri masa kejayaan Kakek-Nenek gue di masa lampau. Diana inget pas adek nyokap gue paling bungsu itu menikah, keluarga Diana datang dan nginep lah di rumah Nenek gue (rumah masa kecil Nyokap), dan Diana menyaksikkan kalo rumah itu semewah dan semegah itu pada masanya. Memori Diana tentang Nenek gue juga detail banget, Diana bilang kalo penampilan Nenek gue di tahun 90an itu beda kayak langit dan bumi sama penampilan sodara²nya yg lain (Nenek Diana), yang Nenek gue tuh sehari² pake blus, pake rok, rambut disanggul, di rumah pake make up, pake selop, dan selalu wangi. Diana bahkan inget pas SD dia ranap karena tipes sempet dijengukin Nenek gue dan ditinggalin duit 100.000 sama Nenek gue (that's about 1,3-1,5 juta in this modern age). Pas Diana nyebut tentang Nenek gue yg selalu bermake-up, Nyokap gue nimbrung dari dapur, bilang "Kamu tau gak make upnya itu selalu make merk Shiseido lho.", Diana slackjawed, mengingat ga dulu ga sekarang Shiseido ya masih jadi merk high-end.

Gongnya: Diana juga cerita,.kalo pas kecil dia pernah nanya ke Orangtuanya kenapa kok barang-barangku dilungsurin ke anak²nya Budhe XXX (Nyokap gue), dan Nyokap nya Diana cerita kalo dulu pas Nyokapnya Diana masih kecil tuh dia juga nerima hibahan barang² bagus, branded lungsuran dari Nyokap gue. Bajunya Nenek gue dilungsurin ke saudara²nya (Nenek Diana), barang² anaknya dilungsurin ke anaknya saudara² nya (Sepupu²nya Nyokap gue), belum lagi yg dikirimin uang, makanan enak², dan lain sebagainya. Jadi ketika sekarang roda berbalik, Kehidupan Keluarga Diana sejahtera ya Nyokap Diana lantas balas budi atas kebaikan Nenek gue dulu.

Dan ga cuma keluarga Diana aja yg kayak gini, sejujurnya banyak kebaikan yg datang dari keluarga besar Nyokap kepada Nyokap karena mereka ingat pas mereka hidup susah, banyak yg numpang hidup/ngenger ikut tinggal di rumah Nenek gue. Belum lagi yg Kakek - Nenek gue minjemin duit, ngasi modal usaha, bantu nyariin pekerjaan, dlsb, sehingga ketika paska menikah sama Bokap gue yg useless as both Husband and Father itu lalu Nyokap gue struggle hidupnya, banyak orang baik yg bantu Nyokap gue.

Jadi ga berlebihan ketika gue marah banget sama indikasi kalimat Kakak gue kalo menurut dia "Gue toh endingnya tetap menerima uang 10 juta itu dengan senang hati" , gue marah karena ya gue menganggap biasa aja atas uang 10 juta dibagi 3 yg dikasih sama Oom X (yg ntah sumber uang itu dari mana) karena menurut gue, legacy yg ditinggalin sama Kakek-Nenek gue (dr pihak keluarga Nyokap) jauh lebih banyak, lebih long last, dan lebih berharga dibanding uang² pemberian Oom X yg tidak seberapa itu 🤷‍♀️ #sorrynotsosorry

Another gong moment yang Diana spill selanjutnya adalah terkait dengan core memory dia tentang Bokap gue. This is so gong dan gantian gue yg slackjawed. Berkebalikan dengan core memory gue tentang Oom Ari, core memory Diana tentang bokap gue yaa seburuk itu. Diana bilang, pas weekend dia pernah sepedaan sama Oom Ari main ke rumah gue buat beli sarapan nasi. Diana menyaksikkan sendiri Nyokap gue jumpalitan handle orderan orang-orang dan pas Diana masuk ke rumah, dia liat Bokap gue ongkang-ongkang kaki sarungan minum Kopi di meja ruang tamu. Sepulang dari rumah gue, Diana nanya ke bokapnya (Oom Ari) : "Pa, kok tadi Oom malah duduk duduk aja di ruang tamu ga bantuin istrinya padahal tante lagi sibuk banget ngejualin nasi yg dibeli orang²."

See? That's fucked up.

#reblog my own post #my thoughts #personal rambling

Since WC, I actively collect photos, videos, articles about Argentina NT. I always say, one day I will have enough time to manage that folder, make content out of it.

But last night before I slept, I saw notification about Lionel Scaloni squad for November game. Again, without Dybala.

Look, Paredes hasnt played for 4 games (totally benched by Roma), but NT-wise he always get the call up (even back then, when he was having bad time in juve). I know he's vital for the group, he rarely plays as starter now (in NT), but somehow every time Scaloni put him in, he changed the game, made important shot, assist, and all that. But I got piss off knowing Dybala is being treaten like this and I throw my anger towards Paredes.

This is unfair.

How come a player that doesnt play with his club still get the call up? What about the regeneration? I wish Scaloni can be honest and admit that there are other reason for him to decide which player deserves to get the call up. Favoritism. Because other than the fact Paredes is important for La Scaloneta, let's just say he is also the face of this group. The brand ambassador. Him, De Paul, Messi. The reason why people swooning over photos that being captured by Tato.

I'm upset.

That's why I decided to delete some of Argentina/La Scaloneta files on my laptop (I cleared up almost 18gbs from my laptop by doing this), I'm tired with this fakeness. Oh, And I no longer see Tato photos as 'Aura' greatness thing. That Messi on the center, De Paul on the right, and Paredes on the left, is clearly turn into a marketing/branding strategy.

Sure, the first moment it happened it looked cool. Magic. That and when Messi came from the tunnel, being followed by the other players, that shit is cool. But the more they do it, the less cool it become (for me).

I dont think I'm gonna watch their games this month.

I probably will only watch if Scaloni calls Dybala.

#personal rambling #la scaloneta #justice for dybala

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Gue ini sejak kecil hidup dengan keluarga yg struggle urusan finansial. Nyokap gue singlemother dr sejak gue SD (dan ga remarried) dan beliau menghidupi 3 anaknya dengan jualan nasi/catering.

Rumah yg ditinggali keluarga gue saat ini didapat nyokap dari warisan hasil jual rumah orangtua beliau (rumah masa kecil nyokap).

Nyokap pergi umrah itu dibayarin orang.

Motor di rumah ada 1 itu yg beli kakak #2 gue.

Gue kuliah bayar sendiri.

Kakak #1 gue nikah juga ada keluar dr duit tabungan dia sendiri, dan itu nikah sederhana di rumah yg bukan nyewa gedung/tempat.

Dengan kondisi struggle sejak kecil inilah di keluarga gue gaada tradisi Lebaran sebagaimana yg banyak terjadi pada umumnya.

Ada 2-3 hal yang gue seumur hidup belum ngerasain, dan semoga aja jangan sampe ngerasain sih ya karena gue rasa gue gaakan sanggup buat menjalani tradisi seperti itu.

Yang pertama, berjejalan nyari baju baru untuk lebaran. Jalanan macet orang tumpah ruah setelah dapat THR untuk beli baju/sepatu,etc untuk tampil paripurna saat lebaran.

Yah jadi di malam yg udah mulai ganjil ini, gue tiba² pengen menuliskan ini semua di tumblr gue. Sebagai pengingat memori aja sih. Saatnya kita kembali baca Al Quran.

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June 20th

Gue inget masa kecil gue kalo dateng ke nikahan anggota keluarga dr pihak ayah, pasti selalu ada pejabat penting, bahkan yg paling memorable saat itu Hamzah Haz.

Prahara memuncak saat gue kelas 5, bokap gue selingkuh dan nyokap milih untuk bercerai. Dari situlah akhirnya nyokap resmi menyandang gelar singlemother+tulang punggung.

Gue pernah liat klip komedian Uus yg bilang orangtuanya jualan nasi/warung sampe bisa nguliahin semua anak²nya.

Padahal temen gue ini (meskipun sama² broken homenya) tapi kayak punya kehidupan yg beda 180⁰ sama gue.

#reblog my own post #daily posting #personal rambling #my thoughts

Breaking: Paulo Dybala no va a la Copa

This whole Dybala mess really upsets me.

This is actually kinda ironic for me because back in March, at the end of my post (this post), I wrote a lengthy paragraph about how fans’ toxic culture could destroy this team.

That supporters’ behavior who tend to compete players against e.o or criticize players, act like they have the right to decide who should join the NT and who shouldn’t is ridiculous. I mean, being Scaloni isn’t an easy job. Not only that Scaloni have to defend the Copa America title holder, but he also has to pick 23 or 26 players to be invited for his Copa squad when roughly 50 players are showing immense performance on their respective clubs this season. It must’ve been a dilemma, and supporters need to be wise in accepting what Scaloni has decided and believe that Scaloni knows better what is best for his team.

I never expected that I would have to swallow the bitter pill of my own words. Because that is actually what’s happening now, with Dybala becoming the center of controversion in light of the decision made by Scaloni.

Really, who would have thought that the player that gets left behind would be Dybala?

We’ve all seen how Dybala is a true baller this season, despite his injuries. Man be the only player who won 3 POTM awards, assisted 9 times, and scored 13 goals with 7 of that being 100% successful penalties. Unlike how he got injured 40 days before the World Cup, this time –less than a month before Copa– he’s fit. But what the heck then Scaloni decided not to call him?????

Maybe this is what Scaloni meant when he said, those who played for WC don’t have any advantages. That the only 2 players who got a 100% guarantee to play for this year’s Copa are just Messi and Di Maria. But the idea of not calling Dybala is just a total shocker to almost everyone.

A little throwback when the news of him picking up an injury just 40 days before the World Cup sent his teammates into concern. According to Cuti’s statement, their Whatsapp Group chat talked about that and he felt bad for Dybala.

But, surprise surprise, he still made it into the list and joined the whole team just a day before he celebrated his birthday with the team in Abu Dhabi (November 14th).

You can see just how happy and relieved everyone was when they embraced Dybala, even Cuti hogged him from the rest of the players.

Back to the present time.

How can I defend Dybala without discrediting other players, such as Angel Correa, Garnacho (who did well on United tbh), Carboni, or Nico Gonzales, whom according to Sofascore they are all scored less than Dybala’s average rating.

How can I explain that I don't expect Dybala to play as a starter (I don't even expect him to play as a sub either). My only plea toward Scaloni is simply to put Dybala on the roster just like Scaloni always puts Armani despite him not playing. Dybala's presence itself is enough for me.

I know the reality is kinda harsh for Dybala as he found it difficult to get a permanent spot (not only in the Scaloni era).

As in the last World Cup, Dybala only played <20 minutes (replacing Julian in the 74th minute in the match against Croatia and coming on in the last minute during the Final match).

Moreover, in the previous Copa Dybala was also absent due to poor performance at Juve caused by his injury. It really hurts to know he missed the chance to play when the country won the trophy.

To lessen the disappointment, he at least won Finalissima by only playing for 5 minutes, and amazingly in just that short time he scored a goal to secure that 3-0 victory over Italy.

Looking back at the 2019 Copa, out of the total 6 matches played by Argentina, Dybala’s first time entering the field was in the 3rd match against Qatar. Coming on in the 76th minute to replace Lautaro, providing an assist for Kun 6 minutes later. Argentina’s 4th match, he played in the last 5 minutes when Argentina was leading 2-0.

In the next game, again he came in the 85th minute when Argentina had already lost 2-0 to Brazil, and as for the last match to obtain the 3rd place Dybala played as a starter, along with Messi and Kun, scored in the 22nd minute before being replaced by Di Maria in the 67th minute.

Can you see what I’m trying to prove here?

Dybala may not always be the #1 option, but when he eventually plays, he delivers. He’s a clutch. And just like his statement, that he simply wanted to support the team, and tried not to show an angry or frustrated face for not being played. He knew this, and regardless of the situation he was fine with that. He accepted that.

And judging from how very important it is to be an NT player for every Argentinian footballer, I believe Dybala is happy enough to be invited to this year’s Copa even without any guarantee that Scaloni will really let him play. I believe he wouldn’t mind being a benchwarmer (unlike that England player who refused the country call because he didn’t want to be a benchwarmer under Southgate as coach).

So, what made Scaloni leave him out this time around?

What frustrates me the most is knowing there’s no logical reason to justify Scaloni’s shocking decision not to call Dybala up for Copa. There’s absolutely no reason at all.

1) He's fit,

2) His performance with Roma this season is amazing despite injury, while the other players that Scaloni chose are actually played not much better than Dybala,

3) Sentimental aspect-wise, he's one of the senior players,

And even more so 4) He has good chemistry with the whole team (( Especially since he's also part of Messi's close circle –Messi, LDP, Ota, Di Maria, and the Palo Santo trio– ))

5) Nothing bad happened between him and Scaloni previously (as confirmed by Scaloni himself in this interview).

Even Scaloni told that story about his son Noah’s favorite player is Dybala. Like, is that doesn't mean a thing??????

In return, Dybala always shows respect to Scaloni. Never openly throw a fit or complaint.

6) More importantly, this might be Dybala’s last chance to play in Copa America ffs!!

So, what's with the sudden plot twist????

Many people reacted to this news by saying, “Scaloni can do everything that he wants, you don’t question him”, "With or without Dybala won't change anything", and yes, it’s true. Scaloni could have called Dybala either based on performance aspect or sentimental reason, or even simply just because he can and I bet no one will gonna file a complaint about that because almost all of us expected Dybala to be there!! And okay, Dybala's existence won't give any differences since probably won't play either, but at the very least it could spare Scaloni from having this unnecessary public frenzy.

But somehow out of nowhere, Scaloni chose the extreme opposite. Which then sparked public heated discussion, and eventually, supporters dragged the other players like Garnacho or Nico Gonzales, when In my opinion the most random thing out of this situation is the fact that Scaloni chose Angel Correa over Dybala (again, I don't mean to belittle Correa, simply just stating a fact that it's bizarre).

Call me overreacting or being a bit too dramatic, but it feels like Scaloni is using the power that he knows he has. I’m saying this because there’s no justifiable reason to explain this Dybala situation, this feels like purely a power trip from the coach.

I try to respect Scaloni’s decision, I try to be positive and supportive, I want to be level-headed in response to this news, I try not to hate the coach, I try not dragging the other players, and even try to not pity Dybala’s bad luck too, but it’s just hard.

I know, anything can still happen.

Who knows, right?

Maybe Scaloni suddenly realizes that he made a mistake and is willing to make a little change on the squad list. Maybe some players try to reason with Scaloni for him to call Dybala. Or maybe someone from the already selected strikers picks up a last-minute injury so he can’t play thus Scaloni has no other option than to replace that someone with Dybala (this is very ill thought coming from my brain, pardon not pardon). or maybe Dybala will get married to Oriana this June, so at the very least, he won’t be feeling too woeful to abstain from Copa (the last part is just my wishful thinking tho)…

At last, I'm upset knowing that Dybala out from Copa means I won't get any new content of this beloved Cordobese pair.

And for this reason alone, Scaloni, sir, what you did is a crime.

UPDATE:

Paulo Dybala rompió el silencio tras la no convocatoria a la Selección Argentina:

Tenía confianza en formar parte del equipo, así que fue un golpe muy duro para mí porque ser parte de la selección nacional es una de las mejores cosas que he tenido. Entiendo que a nuestro entrenador le resulte difícil elegir. Tenemos tantos buenos jugadores en equipos de toda Europa y él tiene que elegir 26. Respeto su decisión. Siempre le he dicho eso. Tengo una gran relación con él y sin duda ha elegido lo mejor para la Selección Argentina.

Estaré animando desde casa, como siempre que no estoy en el equipo. Tengo muchos amigos y espero de todo corazón que puedan volver a ganar la Copa América.

No estoy llorando, tú estás llorando 😭😭😭😭

#La Scaloneta #Argentina NT #Copa America 2024 #Lionel Scaloni #Paulo Dybala #Cuti Romero #Leandro Paredes #Rodrigo de Paul #Lionel Messi #as roma #scaloneta

Gue ini sejak kecil hidup dengan keluarga yg struggle urusan finansial. Nyokap gue singlemother dr sejak gue SD (dan ga remarried) dan beliau menghidupi 3 anaknya dengan jualan nasi/catering.

Rumah yg ditinggali keluarga gue saat ini didapat nyokap dari warisan hasil jual rumah orangtua beliau (rumah masa kecil nyokap).

Nyokap pergi umrah itu dibayarin orang.

Motor di rumah ada 1 itu yg beli kakak #2 gue.

Gue kuliah bayar sendiri.

Kakak #1 gue nikah juga ada keluar dr duit tabungan dia sendiri, dan itu nikah sederhana di rumah yg bukan nyewa gedung/tempat.

Dengan kondisi struggle sejak kecil inilah di keluarga gue gaada tradisi Lebaran sebagaimana yg banyak terjadi pada umumnya.

Ada 2-3 hal yang gue seumur hidup belum ngerasain, dan semoga aja jangan sampe ngerasain sih ya karena gue rasa gue gaakan sanggup buat menjalani tradisi seperti itu.

Yang pertama, berjejalan nyari baju baru untuk lebaran. Jalanan macet orang tumpah ruah setelah dapat THR untuk beli baju/sepatu,etc untuk tampil paripurna saat lebaran.

Yah jadi di malam yg udah mulai ganjil ini, gue tiba² pengen menuliskan ini semua di tumblr gue. Sebagai pengingat memori aja sih. Saatnya kita kembali baca Al Quran.

#personal rambling #family #lebaran tradition

¿La Scaloneta? Una poesía muy buena ~

Some heated, hilarious, and heartwarming moments when the boys meet each other as a rival ⚔️

↳ Previously on “¿La Scaloneta? Una familia (part 1)”

Nico: No estaría mal que Leo se coma una patadita Caro: NOOOO

Le dije que no se tenía que enojar porque fue todo pelota. Después se reía porque sabe que se tiró al pedo. Tenemos una gran relación con Ale, son cosas del Partido y quedan ahí - Cuti Romero's interview with Sofi Martinez

↳ Context: Mac was actually upset that Brighton lost because he felt injustice from the Ref’s decision

🔴 Enzo (Benfica) vs Messi (PSG): two legs UCL game all draw, vs Di Maria-Paredes (Juventus): two legs UCL game all won

🔵 Meanwhile, Chelsea’s Enzo vs Cuti – Licha-Garnacho – Julian – Mac Allister – Dibu: all LOSE 😭

Sad to know we don’t get to see Cuti vs Licha during the Spurs clash against United because of Licha’s injury, but at least we get to see Juli-Enzo together once again 💕

FROM THIS >>>> TO THIS

I'm not crying, you are :')

🟥 El Huevo got a red card that prevented him from playing in the Final match

The hard pill from having “The All-Argentinian Final” 😔

The more (Muchachos play in the same team), the better 💕

⚽ Molina dedicated his goal to Angelito Correa (who missed the game due to the death of his beloved Mother)

Is this even legal to have 5 Argentines in 1 club 😭😭

Lisandro Martinez es como mi padre - Garnacho on MUTV

In September, if all is well and Ten Haag is nice to us, let’s hope to see these two together play for Argentina, as what a stroke of bad luck that we had when in March it was Garnacho who couldn’t join the squad during the 1st FMD, and last month we missed Licha when Garnacho made his debut 😩

⚫⚪ Being Juventini for 20 years I’m happy both of them left the club, especially after Juventus’ point deduction that made them couldn’t participate in any Europe competition. And although to me they playing there is like a failed project aka wrong decision, at least I got to see Di Maria scored a hattrick (Sofascore rating solid perfect 10) and Paredes also got MOTM with his superb free kick goal (against Lecce) ⚽

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2022/2023 Season wrap-up:

CONGRATULATIONS:

Lautaro & Tucu for winning Super Coppa and Coppa Italia 2022-23 (Lautaro scored in both final matches) 🏆🏆

Licha & Garnacho for winning Carabao Cup 2022-23 🏆

Messi for winning Ligue1 2022-23 🏆

Gio Simone for winning Serie A 2022-23 🏆

Otamendi for winning La Primeira Liga 2022-23 🏆

Montiel, Acuña, Papu, Lamela, & Ocampos for Winning UEL 2022-23 🏆

Manu Lanzini for winning UECL 2022-23 🏆

↳ Not to mention Brighton & Hove Albion who finished #6 which makes them qualified for UEL Group Stage 👏 and Aston Villa (#7) who for the 1st time in 12 years have qualified for European competition (UECL Qualifier) 👏

Finally and above all, triple applause for ‘La Araña que pica’ Julian for winning the Treble [EPL-FA Cup-UCL] with City 🏆🏆🏆

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¿Which moments above do you love the most?

Acuña-Cache 'heroic act' on Licha

Molina dedicated his goal to Correa

Cache showed off his Gold iPhone (courtesy of Leo's gift)

Di Maria ran to hug Paredes as a goal celebration

Cuti 'showered' Ale with a lot of 'brotherly love'

Julian completed fulbo at the age of 23

OTHERS let me know :)

Voting ended onJul 18, 2023

📌 Honorable mention from me goes to Facu Medina:

MAN IS ON A MISSION 🤭

We were talking, you know what Leo is as a person and as a player. To be honest, I congratulated him and thanked him for the World Cup - Facu Medina on his chat with Messi after the game @ SC_ESPN

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👋 if you enjoy reading this post you can also click here to similar posts I have already made:

(1) Little Things I Love from La Scaloneta

(2) Hilarious & Heartwarming stories about La Scaloneta

(3) Crackhead Muchachos

(4) Full thread about AFA's Tournament de Truco

(5) Full thread about Players' room arrangement (¿Quién duerme con quién?) + more gifs about Messi and the gang

Coming up next: Argentina FMD + Holiday picts, stay tuned 😉

🔎Am looking for a video 🔍

If my memory not gone sour, I remember watched the clip here on Tumblr, I hit 'like' but now I couldn't find it. It's the short clip of the bald guy reporter from Canal deportv who asked Otamendi to clarify De Paul's statement who said "Otamendi is a teddy bear in our pieza" and Otamendi laughed and said that it happened just one time when De Paul forgot to turn his phone, it's loud so Otamendi had to turn it off, but of course De Paul being the master of giving hyperbole story fabricated it like that.

Where's that clip now??? 🤔🔎

#argentina nt #la scaloneta #rodrigo de paul #world cup 2022 #nicolas otamendi #arg nt

" Yo estaba en la habitación de al lado de Cuti y Licha. Te levantabas y el pasillo era Londres. Abrías la puerta y había un humo increíble. Palo santo había por todos lados. Llegó un momento en que le dije 'Licha, pará un poco' " -- The story of La Banda del Palo Santo as told by Leandro Paredes

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IDK, it's either let these three share a room together or give them the connecting room.

....Un error de uno hace que sea más chiquito, porque el otro lo banca o le dice no pasa nada. O porque el otro la arregla sabiendo que es un amigo - Lionel Scaloni on AFAStudio

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Cuti - Licha: *happily slanders Molina*

meanwhile, Molina: *tries not to cry while thinking about Cuti - Licha*

Cuti 🤝 Licha

It just had to be that way. The first and only time Cuti, Licha, & Molina played as starters in this World Cup, Molina scored such an amazing goal which gave us this moment when the last players embraced him leaving only Messi, De Paul, Licha, and Cuti.

#TMI: (Probably) the first ever they played together as StartingXI was on this edition of CONMEBOL 2017 (Sub20) with Cuti being Cuti got his 2nd red card (after the 1st one happened exactly right on their 1st match 😂 )

Our 98 Line ~

Many people think Cuti's recent tattoo is a silhouette of their WC photo, but it's actually from the Finalissima one.

UPDATE: LICHA'S NEW TATTOO !!

promesa cumplida: El Moli's tattoo (similar with Licha's)

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Frequently seen together, DO NOT SEPARATE THEM EVER!!

#argentina nt #arg nt #la scaloneta #LISANDRO MARTINEZ #CUTI ROMERO #NAHUEL MOLINA #la banda del palo santo #“You open the door and it was LONDON” 😂 I'm so dead at how Paredes vividly explained the situation in the Qatar dorm #FULL CREDIT FOR DE PAUL WHO BROUGHT UP THE STORY THE FIRST TIME #and Scalo's statement 🥲 You know it's the truth #WORLD CUP 2022 #COPA AMERICA 2021 #FINALISSIMA 2022 #OT3: Cuti-Licha-Moli 💕#football #fifa world cup #Licha martinez #Cristian romero

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Just one month to see them again 🇦🇷

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If they indeed come to my country, idk man, it's a mixed feelings between I HAVE TO WATCH THEM IN A FLESH and THERES NO WAY MUM LET ME GO, especially if they play at night since it's 12hrs train trip (cant afford the plane tix) from the city I live to Jakarta (Indonesia's capital city) and some months ago I've made promisE to not engage myself directly with football ever since the Kanjuruhan Deathly Riot happened, it terrifies the shit out of me that I dont want something bad happen to me while I go watching football for I used to actively and physically support my fave local team by watching in the stadium, etc

Aaaaa i hate this.

I've loved Di Maria since forever. There wont be any more chance to see him, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, especially he's gonna retire soon. But, should I break my promise, commit more sins, and add extra stress for my mum if i selfishly want to go?

#Argentina vs Indonesia #FIFA Friendlies #international break #La scaloneta #I fuckin hate this #It's better they don't come at all

ARGENTINA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY WILL PLAY IN MY COUNTRY INDONESIA IN JUNE

IM TREMBLING

Scaloni vs Everybody 😂

Rodrigo De Paul on Lionel Scaloni: If it's 10 in the morning and Scaloni says 'Good night', then it's a night for us too. And if he asks us to jump from the balcony because he says we have wings, we do that too.

EXPECTATION:

REALITY:

😂

When they give you everything but not the one you really wish for

#La Scaloneta #Scaloneta #Argentina NT #Seleccion Argentina #Lionel Scaloni #Leo Messi #Lionel Messi #Rodrigo De Paul #Leandro Paredes

cloudsspoke

Leo´s friend circle seems to love recreating their own photos (to the point they video called Kun when they won Finalissima match and took that pict) but too bad during the World Cup celebration, they forgot to strike the similar pose 🤣

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and now I am convinced that the real motive behind their fighting spirit to win the title is just so they can recreate their own photos 😭😭

And don't get me wrong, not that I am against Papu, but I am delighted to know that PAULO JOYITA DYBALA is fucking finally part of these group photo 😭😭😭

He's always been there (sans Copa America), he's always part of Leo's close circle, but somehow he wasn't part of this 'inside jokes' (the photo), and there's a chance he won't be too if Papu was here today, so yeah because Papu out, Dybala in 🥲

#Argentina NT #La Seleccion #World Cup 2022 #Seleccion Argentina #Lionel Messi #Angel Di Maria #Rodrigo de Paul #Leandro Paredes #Nicolás Otamendi #Giovani Lo Celso #Paulo Dybala #Scaloneta #La Scaloneta

cloudsspoke

Real question. Am not the only who’s dying to know who slept with whom, right?? Well, I can only guess Papu probably shared room with Dybala, either in room #B203 or #B205.

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++ update 31st Jan 2023

Di Maria mentioned Lea, Rodri, Cuti and Licha persuaded him not to retire and decided he’ll stay and try his best to play for Copa America 2024 😭😭

call me greedy but I want back to back champion with him scores another goal on Final #creeengrande

cloudsspoke

Interesting how in almost previous events (Copa America & World Cup) the question about "¿Quién duerme con quién? " is one of the main topics and the media always fully covered and told the public about the sleeping arrangement between the Argentina NT players, but not on last year's World Cup. One of the clips that resurfaced online was the one where they showed some parts (rooms) of the Qatar University Dorm but no one bothered to give us the full players' room tour. Well, the cameramen only shot a little part of Messi's room and that's all we got to see (since the public's sole focus seemed to only curious about who'll sleep with Messi after he 'lost' his long-time roomie).

Anyway, since all I can do is to guess the reason behind this anomaly, my assumption is that maybe there's a restriction or some kind of a 'new rule' that prevents them from publishing these? Because there will be an upcoming docu that will reveal everything?

It's just that when I'm curious, I'm annoying, so I really wish at the end of the day this thing that pricks my curiosity will have the answers.

And just in case you want to know how they arranged the players' rooms in the past, these are what I have discovered so far.

2014

2016

2017

2018

2019

Fun fact: Di Maria's roommate *coincidentally* is always his PSG clubmate; from Pocho, Lo Celso, and Paredes at last.

(and yes, Otamendi has been De Paul's teddy bear since their Valencia era circa 2014-2015 and has been a roommate since 2019).

Things got hard during the pandemic when La Scaloneta had to stay on Ezeiza as part of Copa America 2021 because of the lockdown.

Despite the sleeping-alone rule, we know players still hang out in each other's rooms like usual.

At the very last of this long thread, I can't help but wonder, do you think are there any other football roommate couples like Kun and Messi in other countries / National Teams?

KUNESSI vs CUTI-LICHA

The Remote TV anecdote

In Romero & Martinez's room, no one knows where the remote is. It's just that when they're together (in the Ezeiza camp), the TV becomes a black mirror. - Clarin interview

The Playful Banter

The Times When They Against Each Other

#La Scaloneta #Argentina NT #Seleccion Argentina #Lionel Messi #Sergio Aguero #Kun Aguero #KunEssi #Cristian Romero #Cuti Romero #Lisandro Martinez #what's the couple name for Cuti Licha btw?#All eyes will be on White Hart Lane when Spurs meets United (April 28th)

FULL THREAD about the legendary AFA's Truco Tournament

It is well known, the players of the Argentina national team spent many years playing this truco game when they were enlisted in concentration camps. I tried to trace the history of this tradition, and these are the results.

Trivia: Messi lent 2 of his MOTM trophies to be used as a prop when the winner of the 2014 Truco Tournament, Martin Demichelis and Maxi Rodrigues, took their commemorative shot.

A year later, it's Otamendi & Javi Pastore's turn to win the tournament.

Kun & Messi in 2017.

The AFA pres won the 2018's truco tournament.

And now fast forward to their 2021 Copa America Journey. With the new coach and youngsters joining the Old Guards, the Truco Torneo tradition still lives on.

This marked the first time Messi had not partnered with his long-time best friend/forever roommate Kun, and eventually, the new trio consisting of Messi-Rodri-Lea won the tournament.

Last, the most recent tournament took place in Doha, Qatar. We got to see who was in charge of it (De Paul, Paredes), who teamed with whom, and who wasn't participating (Aimar, El Huevo, and German Pezzela).

The weird thing is, I found several articles that talked about different results about who won the torneo. Some said Tapia won again with Leo becoming the runner-up, others said Tapia won and the runner-up was another AFA's staff, and I too found people who were hyped up about Juli winning the tournament.

Someone on Twitter made a thread about the same topic (Truco Torneo) and from her post, we get to know that Di Maria denied this rumor about Juli.

Thanks to Taglia and Lauti who shared another inside story about the tournament. In their version, after Di Maria-Dybala-Ota team beat them, the trio then beat the Leo-Lea-Rodri team and based on the bracket maybe they (Di Maria-Dybala-Ota) were finally beaten by Chiqui Tapia's team.

Taglia mentioned about the tournament kinda 'lost its sparks' once the favorite team lost. It seems fitting to the one Rodri said as per this OP's post. (Or it could also maybe they wasn't in the mood after the loss against Saudi Arabia).

Well, we're lucky that the topic of this confusing torneo is being mentioned during El Kun's legendary Twitch Stream, although it isn't very clear at all since no one mentioned the opponent who challenged Messi's team.

++ Torneo de Truco UPDATE

According to this recent clip, Lea did admit Ota-Di Maria-Dybala team beat his team and said the winner from the torneo was a team consisting of a manager, utility staff, and a goalkeeper coach.

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One thing for sure is, 3 of the known loser teams have something to be blamed for. Lauti blamed Foyth, Lea called for the injustice, and then Cuti and Licha joined forces in slandering Molina's truco skill right under his Insta post.

I hope the upcoming docu will reveal the real winner of the 2022 Truco Torneo.

==END OF THREAD==

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