The backstage of the day in which Scaloni gave the list of players for the World Cup has been revealed: “How do you see it there?”

He Qatar World Cup concluded on Sunday 18 December, with the final between Argentina AND France and the consecration of the team Lionel Messi. But in the history of the Selection of Lionel Scaloni there was a key date, November 11th. At noon that Friday, the AFA released a very austere and formal production video, with DT announcing the 26 players called up for the Middle Eastern adventure. Today, almost three months later, another video was released with the backstage of that day and a completely different climate.

Scaloni appears alongside in the new material Robert Ayala, one of his collaborators, putting the names one by one on the blackboard that appeared in the background of the official communication. The Rat, blue fiber in hand, obeys the orders of the DT, who with his Santa Fe melody (and little attachment to the esses, depending on the case) sings the players and their respective position on the field.

He is a natural Scaloni, with the time even to complain because “the water in the mate is cold”, without knowing yet that he is close to the title of world champion. The camera turn focused on Walter Samuel and the “master” Luis Martín after DT’s affirmation seems cinematic.

“How do you see it there?” he ends up asking for Scaloni, shortly before settling down in his chair in front of a desk to make room for the other Scaloni, who has registered the announcement with the official list of the Selection that everyone has seen.

It is worth mentioning that those 26 were not the ones who ultimately ended up playing in the World Cup as DT had to make a couple of changes, forced by injuries and discomfort he encountered in a friendly prior to the competition.

Nico González and Joaquín Correa made way for Angel Correa and Thiago Almada, who traveled to Qatar at the last minute. Then came Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland, Australia, Holland, Croatia and the last small step against France. World champions. And an eternal joy.