The DT of the DT: Pekerman suffered and enjoyed Scaloni’s crowning in the World Cup final from the stands

The image was captured by TYC Sports and social networks are responsible for the viralization. Jose Nestor Pekerman He is the man who suffers in the stands even if the result admits no suffering, as Argentina beat France 2-0 in a rousing first half of the Qatar 2022 World Final. But that grey-haired man with a long history of albiceleste is pending because On the bench, in the position he held for so long, there is one of his pupils about to consecrate himself.

Between 1994 and 2001, Pékerman directed the under 20 team, with which he won three editions of the category world championships. He had his time in the Major, although it didn’t go so well as he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany by the local team. However, what he did was much more than conquering a title: he marked a generation that made up Lionel Scaloni.

The union between the two begins at the end of the 90s. Is that the current Albiceleste coach captured Pékerman for his performance in Estudiantes during the 1996-97 season and earned his call up to the 1997 World Cup in Malaysia. – 0 to Hungary and scored a great goal, after a pass from Riquelme, which opened the 2-0 victory over Brazil, the candidate, in the quarter-finals. Then the story is known: that team repeated the 1995 Qatar title.

The following year, Pékerman and Scaloni met again to win the Toulon Hopes Tournament, beating in the final 2-1 against… Yes, France, like this Sunday December 18theven if in a much less painful game than this 3-3 drawn on penalties, despite Argentina having started 2-2 and in extra time they had won 3-2 until conceding, again, the draw.

Pékerman, who had Scaloni once again in the South American Under-23 Olympic qualifiers of 2000 and when he moved to the major leagues in September 2004 despite the fact that it coincided with a bad moment for the player at Depor, found himself in Doha with the leader of this team who broke the streak of 28 years without a title and 36 without a World Cup.