Every time the World Cup comes around, there’s always a bunch of young stars at the tournament who may not be known by the common fan. Most recently, we saw this in 2014 from James Rodriguez, who guided Colombia to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Argentina’s Cristian Pavon may still be playing in his homeland but he has kept out experinced European league featuring Argentines such as Inter’s Mauro Icardi.
The 22-year-old winger plays for Boca Juniors Winger is an incredibly talented speedstar. A surprise inclusion in Jorge Sampoali’s squad considering he didn’t participate much in qualifying, he’s meshed really well with the national team and has developed quite the chemistry on the pitch with Lionel Messi. He set up one of Messi’s goals in the friendly versus Haiti.
Russia is his chance to showcase his talents to the World.