The Argentine technicians who will be said to be present in Qatar 2022.
As in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Argentina The country will distribute more coaches among the 32 teams: Lionel Scalloni (Argentina), Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador) e Gerardo Martino (Mexico) will say he will be present in Qatar 2022 and will try to repeat what has been achieved by César Luis Menotti and Carlos Bilardo, the only Argentine coaches to know how much the World Cup weighs.
Of the three Argentine representatives, Gerardo Martino is the only one with experience in the World Cup: he led the Paraguayan national team in South Africa 2010, where he reached the quarter-finals, a record for the Paraguayans in World Cups.
Like Argentina, Spain will also have three coaches present at the tournament: Luis Enrico he will manage the world champion team in 2010, while Roberto Martínez will be in charge of Belgium and Félix Sánchez Bas of Qatar, the host of the competition.
Scaloni remains unbeaten in 33 games at the helm of the Argentine national team
Similar was the case in Russia 2018, where Argentina was also the country with the largest number of coaches. In this competition there were 5 Argentine representatives: giorgio sampaoli (Argentina), Joseph Pekerman (Colombia), Ricardo Gareca (Peru), Ettore Cuper (Egypt) e Juan Antonio Pizzi (Saudi Arabia).
Colombia fell to England on penalties after drawing 1-1 in regular time for the round of 16. Similar was the case of Sampaoli with Argentina, who lost to France – then they will win the tournament – 4-3. For their part, Peru, Egypt and Saudi Arabia did not manage to get through the group stage.
However, the record for coaches of the same nationality in a World Cup is held by Brazil in Germany 2006, with six representatives in total: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazilian DT), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portugal), Zico (Japan), Alexander Guimaraes (Costa Rica) and Marcos Paquetá (Saudi Arabia).
How did Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) get to the World Cup?
It will be the debut in the World Cup for the man born in Pujato, Santa Fe, at the helm of a team, since he was present at Russia 2018, where he was part of the technical staff of sampaoli together with Sebastián Beccacece and other collaborators.
In addition, he was part of the squad of the Argentine national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, which he had Peterman like his coach. There he only had a few minutes in the match against Mexico, a rival that he will have to face as a manager Qatar 2022.
After Sampaoli’s resignation for elimination in Russia, Lionel Scalloni He decided to remain in his position as Under 20 coach, but also had to take charge of the major due to the lack of confirmation of a new technical director.
Scaloni adds two titles with the national team: the 2021 Copa América and the 2022 Grand Final.
During its interim spell, Argentina played four friendlies, of which four won four (against Guatemala, Iraq and Mexico), one draw (Colombia) and another lost (Brazil). This led Claudio Tapia to ratify him as the coach of the senior team for the South American qualifiers.
The Argentina national team she finished second with 39 points, only six behind Brazil (45) and secured her place in Qatar four dates before the end of qualifying. In total, the Albiceleste recorded 11 wins, six draws and no losses.
In turn, the “Scaloneta” he is also unbeaten in 33 games and surpassed the record held by Alfio Basile, who remained unbeaten in 31 games between 1991 and 1993.
Lionel Scaloni was part of Jorge Sampaoli’s technical staff at Russia 2018.
The record began with a 2-1 victory over Chile for third and fourth place in the Copa América 2019 and lasted for all the South American Qualifiers, the Copa América won in Brazil, the 2022 Grand Final won against Italy and some international friendlies.
Subsequently, the 33 unbeaten matches in the Argentina national team:
- 2-1 against kilos
- 0-0 against kilos
- 4-0 against Mexico
- 2-2 against Germany
- 6-1 against Ecuador
- 1-0 against Brazil
- 2-2 against Uruguay
- 1-0 against Ecuador
- 2-1 against Bolivia
- 1-1 against Paraguay
- 2-0 against Peru
- 1-1 against kilos
- 2-2 against Colombia
- 1-1 against kilos
- 1-0 against Uruguay
- 1-0 against Paraguay
- 4-1 against Bolivia
- 3-0 against Ecuador
- 1-1 (3-2) against Colombia
- 1-0 against Brazil
- 3-1 against Venezuela
- 3-0 against Bolivia
- 0-0 against Paraguay
- 3-0 against Uruguay
- 1-0 against Peru
- 1-0 against Uruguay
- 0-0 against Brazil
- 2-1 against kilos
- 1-0 against Colombia
- 3-0 against Venezuela
- 1-1 against Ecuador
- 3-0 against Italy
- 5-0 against Estonia
in Qatar, Staircases he will debut on Tuesday 22 November against Saudi Arabia in Group B, which he also shares with Mexico and Poland.
How did Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador) get to the World Cup?
After his time as Boca coach, Gustavo Alfaro took over the National of Ecuador National of Ecuador in mid-2020 with a single goal: to enter the Qatar 2022 World Cup after the absence of the Ecuadorians in Russia 2018.
With seven wins, five draws and six losses, Ecuador he finished 4th in the Qualifiers, behind only Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Despite Chile’s complaint to FIFA for the alleged lack of inclusion of Byron Moreno, accused of being Colombian and not Ecuadorian, those led by alfaro they will say present in Qatar.
This will be the first World Cup challenge alfaro, who will play the opening match of the World Cup against Senegal in Group A on Monday 21 November. Qatar, host and rookie in the tournament, and Holland complete the group.
The presentation that Ecuador made to Gustavo Alfaro.
“It is the beginning of something very important. The challenge is 17 million people. We will carry on the will and dreams of a country. We will fight to make them happy. And if we fail to achieve it, we are giving our lives so that they feel the dignity of a group that feels identified with a flag, a shield and a national anthem, “he said. alfaro during the celebrations for the entrance to the World Cup.
This will be the fourth time that the National of Ecuador plays the most important tournament in the world at national level. It had previously done so in Korea-Japan 2022, Germany 2006 and Brazil 2014.
How did Tata Martino (Mexico) get to the World Cup?
Being the only one of the three Argentines with World Cup experience, the Nanny Martino will be in front National of Mexico after finishing second in the Concacaf Qualifiers.
In total, the team recorded eight wins, four draws and only two losses in their 14 games. Despite having achieved the same points as the leader of the table (Canada), the goal difference has put the Mexicans in second place.
The draw for the World Cup placed Mexico in Group B together with Argentina, Saudi Arabia and Poland, a rival with which he will debut on Tuesday 22 November starting at 13:00.
Source: Clarin
