Being part of the Argentina side that finished third at the 2007 World Cup was no doubt the highlight of my career.
I was the youngest player in the squad and suddenly I was sharing a dressing room with people I’d grown up idolising.
Some of those players had been involved in the 1999 World Cup, when Argentina reached the quarter-finals, and I remember watching them as a boy thinking how incredible it would be to represent my country.
Eight years later, I was playing alongside them.
Historic moment

We beat France in the opening game and that gave us enormous belief. As the tournament pro...