Lionel Scaloni has his feet on the ground: “Here the important thing is not to believe yourself invincible”

The coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, proved once again that he has his feet on the ground and that he does not get carried away by the unbeaten length of his team, assuring that “the important thing here is not to believe that you are invincible.”

“We are a team that left champions, but the road continues for us”, warned the DT at a press conference before the Grand Final against Italy, which will be played this Wednesday, from 16, at Wembley.

Scaloni, who did not confirm the team that will take the field to face the team led by Roberto Mancini, added: “Tomorrow I hope we play as we always have. We have no doubt that we will compete. It is always important to compete with the best “.

On the other hand, he assured that the tribute before the Grand Final on Wednesday is “right” and that it will never end, because in all stadiums in the world “there will always be a tribute to Maradona”.

Other quotes from Scaloni

Win the final. “We would like to win because it is a title, but the most important thing is to continue with the line of play between now and November. In addition to being a title, playing with this shirt always means competing to the maximum. This is what we will do tomorrow”.

Win Grand Final II. “I have no doubts that we will compete, the importance of the game does not lie in our position, but in measuring ourselves against the best. Italy is one of the best.”

Italy. “Italy knows very well what they want, they are one of the best teams. Think a lot about the opposite objective. It will be a match with two teams that will do what they have done and we hope the people have fun.”

The performance. “This team has shown that other players have played in some positions and behaved in the same way. I’m not worried, what worries me is that whoever starts tomorrow will be 100%, because some have not been able to recover completely well” .

Marco Senesi. “Senesi has been in many prelists, it’s not that he was alone in this one. In the previous ones he didn’t come because we thought the team was covered. On this occasion there were players who couldn’t be there. The idea is that he has minutes.” .

The concentration in Bilbao. “We trained like never before. Because the last time we had a long week to prepare was before the Copa Amércia. It was the most training time we’ve had since I’ve been to the national team. We fixed it. something, repeating the things we have I’m doing well. I enjoyed having these days. “

Italy. “Undeservedly they were excluded from the World Cup, we are talking about the winner of the European Championship. It is a team of the highest level in the world. They have been excluded for aspects of football as sometimes the ball does not enter. Mancini gave an identity to the team that I haven’t had it in years, “he said.

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