Scaloni and his emotion at Wembley, when asked about his family. Photo: TV capture.
Lionel Scaloni is having a dream moment at the helm of the Argentine national team. His team has a record of 32 unbeaten games; he toured in Brazil after winning the Copa América and adding another official title to none other than Wembley, against Italy: the so-called “Final”.
He is mounted on top and warns – he repeats this as many times as he can – that at some point the team will lose, but that he is prepared for when things “falter”. He does not let himself be carried away by the (good) numbers, nor by the popular consensus that (now) trusts in his leadership. He misses the point only if he refers to his family.
“The family has changed a lot in the past year. I hope my old man and my old woman see it, as they can… I am everything I am thanks to them, they passed on values to me, “he said on the verge of tears, after the game. Before his consecration in Copa América, his parents were hospitalized and have since a delicate picture of Health.
Beyond the sensitivity of the coach, the team’s present and proximity to the World Cup warns him: the unbeatenability and strength with which he beat Italy have put Argentina in genuine effervescence.
Trust and measure for Scaloni
“If you push me I would say that there is too much enthusiasm. In football when you think that everything is done they lower you with a sling. But they will not let us lie, we will compete to the end with any team, but the one that thinks we have gained something, has completely wrong, “he remarked.
With a group of players larger than the traditional 23 participating in the World Cup, Scaloni will have to leave a player who has participated in his path, but not who will go to Qatar.
“Let’s hope they are 26 (in the final list) … that’s what it is. I lived it in 2006: I went to the World Cup (in Germany) and I had friends who were left out, I was there also at that moment they received the call from José (Pekerman, the then coach of the selected team) to give him the news that they were not on the list “, he remarked.
Lionel Scaloni added his second title as a TD of the Argentina national team. Photo: REUTERS / Peter Cziborra.
With the victory against Italy, Scaloneta went through 32 games without defeat, the longest series of the Argentine team, one more game than that set up by Alfio Basile before the 1994 World Cup in the United States. it is prudent.
“You can lose. It can be in a World Cup or as it happened to Italy, which was left out. If you lose, do you have to throw everything overboard? No, you have to save the whole process. At some point the streak of consecutive victories. it can be biased and we have to be prepared, we are, “he warned.
The latest conquest began to be celebrated on the substitutes’ bench and before the end of the match. “I asked them to shut up: it did not correspond, there were two minutes plus the discount”, he distinguished.
The victory against Italy
Source: Clarin
