Yesterday he sold cookies on the street to support his family, today he wears the Argentine national team jersey and will play in the World Cup.

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Lautaro Rivero

Argentina will play two friendlies against Venezuela and Puerto Rico in the coming days with a big change in their ranks. Coach Lionel Scaloni has called up some familiar names for these matches, but also a special debutant, defender Lautaro Rivero.

A dream come true for the 21-year-old who, to support his family, while playing as part of the River Plate academy, also worked as a street vendor on the streets of Buenos Aires.

Rivero had excelled in the club's academy and River Plate sent him on loan to Central Cordoba this year, where the centre-back became a protagonist, winning the Argentine Cup. This led to him immediately returning to the ranks of River Plate, ending the loan prematurely and has already received appreciation from Scaloni with an invitation to the national team.

A radical change for the player's life, who has not hesitated to show it on social networks. "A year ago, I couldn't believe all this," he wrote in a recent post where he appeared selling cookies on the street.

"Not only cookies, but also flowers. I used to go to the main market in the city to sell notepads. When I was in the youth team of River Plate, I spent my free time selling on the street," revealed the defender in an interview, who will now share the same dressing room with Lionel Messi and the names that made the dream of the Argentines by winning the World Cup a reality.

Yesterday he sold cookies on the street to support his family, today he wears


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