Mauricio Macri is confident in Argentina’s chances at the World Cup: “The two remaining games are very successful and we qualify”

After witnessing Argentina’s defeat by Saudi Arabia in their Qatar 2022 debut at the Lusail stadium, Mauricio Macri was extremely confident in the chances of the national team led by Lionel Scaloni to progress to the round of 16, despite that adverse result. “The two remaining parts they are very winnable and we rank”, condemned the former president.

“IS a game that can be lostin terms that if the next two win, nothing happens,” he analyzed in statements to Radio The Netafter the surprising 2-1 against the Asian team.

Then, he tried to quickly focus on Argentina’s remaining fixtures in Group C, against Mexico (Saturday 22nd November) and Poland (on the 26th): “It is a test of the courage, the conviction of the team and of the coach. We have 72 hours to think and reflect. Let’s take that as evidence.”

“It’s a personality test, because just as we had superiority over Saudi Arabia, we also have it over Poland and Mexico, but we need to be calm enough to translate it into goals on the pitch,” underlined the former president. , who is in Qatar as Executive Chairman of the FIFA Foundation.

In this sense, he added:Calm must be maintainedcontinue to believe in the players and in the human group that Scaloni has put together, and think about winning the last two games and qualifying”.

“After three years in which we have not lost, in which we have convinced ourselves that we are infallible, this leads us to a profound reflection. I continue to bet on this team and to be optimistic. If I’ve won games I didn’t deserve and lost games against Boca that I didn’t deserve either. In football it can happen: one team that always attacks and another that defends strong, well positioned, scraping all the shots,” he highlighted.

At the same time, on the progress of the match against Saudi Arabia, the former president of Boca indicated: “This is football. They kicked three shots and scored two goals. One bit him, went under “Cuti” Romero and entered an impossible place in the side net. And the second nailed him in the corner, apart from the fact that we had three failed rejections”.

“And then, fate. We lost conversion opportunities for a shoulder (due to Lautaro Martínez’s play canceled for offside which ended in goal), and then how many in the second half. I want to see the one where Licha kicked him again, I think he was and it bounces off Tagliafico and doesn’t go in,” he complained.

Mauricio Macri and the Arabs’ reaction to the stadium: “They came to take a selfie, as if they were making fun of you”

The former Buenos Aires head of government also recounted having experienced the match at the Lusail stadium surrounded by the Saudi authorities and underlined a particular situation experienced after Argentina’s defeat.

“Arabs don’t fall, they were all crazy”, he said in the interview released a few moments after the match. He added: “Many authorities came from Saudi Arabia and I was surrounded.”

Also, he stressed: “When he’s done They’ve all come wanting to take a selfie, almost to make fun of youbut you have to understand that, because for them it’s a historic match, beating Argentina with the respect they have for us.”

Finally, he said it is not in his plans to greet the players for the Argentine concentration in Doha. “You have to give them space. Go and bother yourself … ”, he expressed.

“One would die to go and chat for a minute, play a bit, we are all frustrated players but I don’t think one will go right now, we have to leave them alone,” he said.

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