The coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloniwas concerned this Tuesday about the difficulties of the world champion team’s trip from Miami to Venezuela, which he must face on Thursday at South American Qualifiers to the World Cup 2026.
Scaloni asked to travel by air to Venezuela this Tuesday, but the United States authorities canceled that possibility due to the passage of Hurricane Milton near Miami, where the Albiceleste is training, which cannot travel from Argentina to Venezuela due to a diplomatic conflict.
“We had asked to travel today but we couldn’t do it. We will try to do it tomorrow if the weather permits, we have no more information than that. We are worried about the weather situation. Hopefully we can leave tomorrow afternoon”Scaloni warned at a press conference.
The DT considered that “It will be difficult to arrive on Thursday because you cannot go directly to Maturín. We have to make a stopover because they do not allow landing from American soil directly to Venezuela. These are things that do not depend on us, we have had bad luck with this”.
Regarding the rival, who is undefeated at home in the Qualifiers and under the leadership of the Argentine Fernando BatistaScaloni pointed out that “Venezuela is a very good rival, physically and football-wise. They are a rival to take into account, respected. We are going to approach the match as it deserves”.
For this double date, in which the National Team will visit Venezuela and then host Bolivia next Tuesday at the Monumental, the world champion suffered seven casualties, including injuries and suspensions, including goalkeeper Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, Marcos Acuña, Paulo Dybala, Alejandro Garnacho and Nicolás González.
“It is a very difficult date for us in the call. We had many imponderables. Bringing players from Europe is very difficult now, so we have to take advantage of the Argentine soccer players”said the coach, who at the last minute added Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester, England) and the young Julio Soler (Lanús) as replacements.
Another possible drop would be Alexis Mac Allisterand Scaloni said that “he is training differently. It is difficult for him to make it to the first match. We hope not to lose any more players”, so the Liverpool midfielder is virtually highlighted for the first match.
Messi’s return to the National Team
This series will include the return of Lionel Messiabsent in the last double day due to injury, and in this regard the coach explained that “He’s fine, he’s played several games before coming and that’s what he needed, adding minutes. Before the other call we had talked and the decision was for him not to come because he needed to play”.
Finally, Scaloni spoke about the suspension that Dibu Martínez received from FIFA, and in this sense he commented that “he expressed himself in a very respectful and correct way. These are things that cannot happen again, especially because the team does not can afford not to have Dibu or Cuti (Cristian Romero, also suspended).
“In my case I do not agree with the sanction, because much worse things happen and they are not sanctioned. As a coach I do not like to lose players. We have to emphasize that, when a player is sanctioned, reprimanded or sent off, he has to be worth it. the penalty and being something of the party”he finished.
Source: Ambito
