Cesare Menottiformer coach of the Argentine national team and world champion at the 1978 World Cup, he was optimistic about the presentation of Lionel Scaloni’s team in Qatar 2022.
In the statements a radio machine gun“El César” claimed that Argentina “comes well” And he didn’t hide his optimism.
“I am optimistic because everything necessary to arrive has been done, hoping that luck does not betray us, in the best way,” he said.
Later, when asked about the candidates to win the title, he reflected that it no longer happens as before, when “in Europe the candidates were Italy and Germany and, in South America, Argentina and Brazil. Italy has disappeared and Germany is gone bad. “
In this sense he added: “There is no candidate, but when the World Cup arrives there are very competitive teams like Belgium, France and Germany”.
Then, returning to the blue and white he managed between 1974 and 1982, he stated that “opponents are afraid” to face Argentina and that no team wants a confrontation with it.
Analyzing in depth Lionel Scaloni’s cycle, Menotti stated: “The objectives have been set and those that have been achieved. They have fortified a solid group of athletes, coach and president of the AFA who agree on possible times in football time.
“I think Argentina was right in the times when they proposed. Sometimes the teams are better off in another way, they try in many ways, and we have suffered a lot. Argentina will fulfill its history, with the personality to compete, but in the World Cup you never know. Peace of mind comes when goals are met, “he added.
Later in the interview he was asked what a manager should do when the team wins and you see a consolidated group.
“They have been together for a long time, the relationship is very solid and you don’t need too much psychology in football. They know well how they play, what they play and then you have to be on the pitch. This Selection met all the objectives they had developed ”, he replied.
In addition, he was asked for a confrontation between Lionel Messi and Diego Armando Maradona.
“Messi had a hard time feeling the figure which is because it has a different character. Diego arrived with a lot of neighborhood, a lot of corner. They are two different personalities, even if from a footballing point of view they are very similar. Diego did everything well, he sang well, he danced well. After Barcelona, in Naples he started doing other things and everything he did he did well ”.
In another interview that Menotti gave to Télam, he declared: “Messi, who is also a kid even though he is the captain and is 35 years old, you have to help him in the same way”.
“Messi and all his teammates will have a great World Cup in Qatar, because the relationship between them is strengthened and this is part of my role, as much as defending the management of the coach (Lionel) Scaloni”, concluded those who work as coordinator of the national teams.
Argentina, who have just won the Copa América in 2021 after 28 years and the Grand Final at Wembley against Italy, will be part of Group C of the World Cup along with Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland.
It is expected that on Monday 14 November, the deadline for the presentation of the final lists, the Argentine coach will present his.
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Source: Clarin
