Gustavo López, harsh on Scaloni for Valentini’s call to the national team: “It’s a shame”

THE Argentina national team is preparing for the FIFA match window, in which it will play in the United States The Saviour AND Costa Rica the 22nd and 27th of the current month respectively. Last Friday, Lionel Scaloni He gave the list of players called up but this Tuesday he had to make a change due to force majeure and there was a surprise.

The former San Lorenzo, Marco Senesihe injured himself at the weekend playing for Bournemouth in the Premier League, so Scaloni had to remove him from the tour and appoint a replacement: this is Nicola Valentinithe young Boca defender who started with the Albiceleste in the South American Under 23 team that qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The name of Viking22 years old, It surprised everyone, and it has something to do with Scaloni’s idea of ​​giving some preparation and preparation to the youngsters, to be considered for the future, in little-demanded events, such as these friendlies against third and fourth tier teams. in global consideration: El Salvador occupies 81st place in the FIFA ranking, while Costa Rica is 54th. For the boy the challenge will be to train alongside Messi, Di María and his teammates, and try on the Major League jersey for the first time… once in his life.

However, Scaloni’s call to Valentini did not go unnoticed in football debate programmes. And one of those who expressed his surprise at the DT’s decision was Gustavo López, host of López 910 in the morning on Radio La Red: “We need to give him a push to get called up”, the journalist joked, referring to the last match . of the footballer who plays for Boca.

The 1.84 meter tall blonde had an uneven match against Belgrano at the Bombonera, and it was difficult for him to score Luca Passerini, also the big striker (1.89 meters) of the Córdoba team. In one action he gave his all from behind, banging his elbow against the back of the attacker’s neck, playing to the limit of the regulation.

“Scaloni dear… (Gastón) Hernández, from San Lorenzo, plays ten times better than Valentini. It’s a shame, really”, complained López without filters.

He then said that the coach is dazzled by the flashes of the biggest teams in Argentine football. “How River and Boca motivate them, how they manage to make everything easy, (Valentini) is Boca’s fourth defender, behind Rojo, Figal and Lema,” the journalist said. And he continues, even more bashing Pujato’s coach: “Scaloni, come on… Being world champion doesn’t allow you anything. How will you bring Valentini into the senior national team? Why does he play for Boca? Watch the matches? From San Lorenzo, Scaloni? Or do you watch Liverpool? Hernández rocks everything.”

“He was lucky they didn’t send him off. They should have sent him off in the Libertadores final when he headed it, the other day he elbowed him. I was already surprised that he was in the Under 23s, now in the National Major League? ” he finished by asking López, also recalling an action from the Maracaná match, when Valentini could have been sent off at the start of the match against Fluminense.

“Valentini seems like a divine boy to me, I have nothing against him, he is a great person and if he plays for Boca it is because he is good”, concluded the driver, who had the support of his table mates. dispute.

The gaze of Mariano Closs

Some time later, on Mariano Closs’ program, ESPN F12, there was also talk of Valentini’s call to the national team. “It’s a surprise,” they commented in the television series broadcast at noon on the sports signal.

“It makes me think of Gastón Hernández,” said Esteban Edul, agreeing with Gustavo López on the merits of the San Lorenzo center in receiving a call from Scaloni.

Meanwhile, the action in which Valentini was able to see the red card during the match against Belgrano was shown on the screen. “I can’t believe it…” Closs insisted on comedy, tongue in cheek.

“Valentini is 22 years old, he has projection. He won’t be a starter, he’s up to the work of the technical staff. They saw him in the Under 23s and it’s clear that he liked him”, explained the former footballer Mariano Juan, in defense of Scaloni . “This guy played in a Libertadores final and didn’t seem out of place,” added Martín Costa in this sense.