Alpine<\/a>\u2019s Colapinto. He entered the paddock with a huge smile on his face, proudly donning an Argentinian football shirt with Messi\u2019s number 10 on the back, of course. And it\u2019s no wonder, after his national team came back from a goal down to win 2-1 against England in the final 10 minutes of Wednesday night\u2019s intense semi-final match.<\/p>\nDuring Thursday\u2019s media sessions, the Argentinian was eager to chat football \u2013 even when asked about his own race weekend! When asked by Sky Sports F1 about what he thought about the team coming from behind to win in the final minutes, the Alpine man took it as inspiration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Argentina we learn since we are young never to give up and to keep pushing, and in the tricky moments and situations, to keep going forward, and that’s exactly what they’ve done. That’s why I am so proud to be Argentinian, and I’m so proud to be supporting our country and the way that they defended the shirt.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this World Cup, they have not been playing great at times, but they always give their maximum until the very end. I really appreciate what they’ve done for us and the country. I’m proud to be supporting my country \u2013 they teach me to not give up in my sport, to keep trying until the very end as it’s never over until it’s over \u2013 that’s what they showed on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
It goes without saying, Colapinto\u2019s nerves won\u2019t fade when he crosses the chequered flag on Sunday afternoon \u2013 but after a victory four years ago for his nation, he has reason to be confident ahead of kick-off!<\/p>\n
French pain<\/p>\n
The French drivers are some of the biggest footballing enthusiasts on the grid, so it came as no surprise that they were distraught their national team didn\u2019t get the chance to better their runner-up position from the 2022 tournament.<\/p>\n
Despite looking like the team to beat throughout the majority of the group and knockout stages, France were overcome convincingly by Spain in their semi-final on Tuesday night, and will instead face England in the bronze medal match on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It won’t be coming home just yet for England<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been 60 years of hurt, and England fans will need to wait a few more years after a painful loss to Argentina in the closing stages of Wednesday night\u2019s semi-final. When asked about it on Media Day, it\u2019s no surprise the feeling was pretty mutual amongst the English drivers, including Hamilton.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Sky Sports F1, he admitted, “I watched in pain last night, but I’m so proud of the boys for getting us as far as they did. I can imagine how much work they put in, and how much time and effort, and of course they had all the support. But it was tough against Argentina. I just felt gutted for them, sitting there with my fingers, everything crossed, hoping that we would pull it off! We\u2019ll bounce back!”<\/p>\n
Although Lindblad is much younger than his compatriot Hamilton, it seems he’s already getting used to the tough losses that have plagued his national team throughout the years.<\/p>\n
“I did watch the game, but I wasn\u2019t enjoying it. I can understand it\u2019s an incredibly difficult team to play for, and I think for me, it was just sad as a fan. I felt like it was one of the first times in a while that I\u2019ve watched England, and they really had that grit. It felt like they really wanted to win.<\/p>\n
“They were playing against Argentina, and I believe we were the better team up to their goal. It\u2019s just a bit sad how the game changed, how they decided to play differently. I understand you want to secure the result but I think it was a bit too much. I think it\u2019s just a bit sad that we didn\u2019t get to go through because I think the team worked hard enough.”<\/p>\n
Despite the heartbreak, Bearman was able to draw positives from the tournament as a whole, which saw England make just their fourth-ever FIFA World Cup semi-final. “It was really nice to get into some football again, I enjoyed watching it. Although it wasn\u2019t the result we were looking for, it was still a great performance. I think as a Brit, I can be proud that we did a strong performance.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a big weekend in sport, with plenty of action wherever you look. It\u2019s one of the most…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-805986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}