The coach Lionel Scaloni He assured last night that “the result was fair” and stressed that the Argentine national team won “good” after beating at home by 3 to 0 Chilifor the seventh date of the Eliminatory rounds South Americans for the World Cup 2026.
“The night was very good and gave us great joy”held Scaloniwho left satisfied with the performance of his players.
The Albiceleste coach considered that his team “was quite superior in the first 30 minutes”although he admitted that the end of the first half was not good.
“The team came out with more play at the beginning of the second half” and the result ended up being fair, in his opinion, since The team played well in the opponent’s half and recovered the ball quickly.”he assessed.
On the midfielder’s farewell Angel Di Mariawho retired from the Argentine team in the last final of the Copa America 2024 and this Thursday he was fired by the people, Scaloni clarified that the player “the doors are open for the National Team” as long as he and his coaching staff remain in charge.
Another important issue was the use of the number 10 shirt, which was taken over by the playmaker Paulo Dybala due to the absence of the attacker due to injury Lionel Messi.
In this regard, the coach said that the decision was his, but it was the players who convinced the Cordovan.
Furthermore, since Dybala He had not been called up to the last America’s Cup, Scaloni He commented that it was “an ugly feeling” not having called him up but that it only remains to thank him “a player with his attitude and clarity.”
The coach also clarified that all the footballers know that they are competing for their position and emphasized the importance of not relaxing, since the Argentine national team It has a large number of high-level variants.
Proof of these changes is the defender Nicolas Otamendiwho had not been a starter during the America’s Cup and this time it was, the central Lisandro Martinezwhich in front of Chili He played as a left back, and the income from the forwards Valentin Castellanos and Alejandro Garnachowho believes that we must take it slowly and that in this game “did everything right.”
On the good moment of his team, Scaloni He clarified that he does not believe “that there is so much superiority with the rest”since he considers that football is very even and that, despite being in a good moment, “Everything can change because football is very strange.”
Source: Ambito
