The moved memory of Lionel Scaloni two years after the death of Alejandro Sabella: “The loss was immense”

The technical director of the Argentina national team, Lionel Scaloni, rRemembered this Thursday Alejandro Sabella, two years after his death at a press conference before the World Cup quarter-final match in Qatar.

“I came with the idea of ​​remembering the two years since the death of Alejandro Sabella. I think today is a sad day, because his loss for us was immense, especially for what surrounds the Argentina national team and everything that has given and transmitted values ​​to this selection, I want to remember him and his family two years after his death” said the coach.

A few minutes later, in front of a group of journalists, the coach recalled Sabella again, recording an intimate chat and showing his feelings towards the missing coach.

​In February 2020, shortly before his death, Sabella visited Scaloni and had a speech that the current coach of the selected team would later recall on social media, after learning of his death. from “Pachorra”.

“You have to make decisions with your head, not with your heart,” said the man who led Argentina to play the 2014 World Cup final against Germany at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Sabella led 41 matches for the Argentina national team, with 26 wins, 10 draws and only 5 losses. He achieved solid pace and ranking in the South American qualifier for Brazil 2014 and finished second in the Cita Máxima.

On December 8, 2020, Sabella died at the age of 66 from an in-hospital virus that complicated acute heart disease. His body His body was veiled in the premises of the Argentine Football Federation (AFA), in Ezeiza.

This Tuesday, before the quarter-final match against Louis Van Gaal’s team, Scaloni decided to remember the former Estudiantes de la Plata player and former coach of the Argentine soccer team.

“The last few times I’ve been able to talk to Sabella, I’ve asked her many things. I would like to have more talks, but he is no longer with us” he told the press.

Finally, he highlighted the lessons left by the deceased coach, regarding the management of the human group. “What prevails are the values, the way in which if it doesn’t go well you too face it. We are clear that this is a process, it is a path and that it does not end tomorrow”, concluded Scaloni.