The technical director of the Argentine National Team spoke at a press conference prior to the crossing against Venezuela and referred to what will be Lionel Messi’s last official match in the country.
The technical director of the ARGENTINE SELECTION, Lionel Scalonihe referred to this Thursday’s game against Venezuelawhich will be the last officer of Lionel Messi in the country, and acknowledged that “It will be emotional, special and cute.”
In addition, he recognized during the press conference prior to the meeting corresponding to date 17 of the South American qualifiers that “I am the first to enjoy it to be able to train it. It is a pleasure to have it and hope that people and he enjoy it.”
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When asked about the possibility that Messi No travel to Ecuador For the last date, Scaloni He stressed that “In principle, everyone will travel to Ecuador”and referred to the state in which he found the goalkeeper Emiliano “Draw” Martínez for its frustrated transfer to Manchester United: “Okay, in the end he did not make his pass, but yesterday he was on birthday, cheerful and well. Logically he will have illustrated to play at Manchester United, but he is a positive boy who is already thinking about us. I saw him well in general.”
On the other hand, he said that Messi He will start against Venezuela and gave details about other players: “Otamendi did not train because he had a small problem, but in principle it will be available. Alexis (Mac Allister) arrived late and could not train yet so that it is most likely not to start.”. And added: “On Tuesday we trained with half of players because many had played on Sunday, but today is already 100%.”
“Maybe we give some chance to a boy so he can play. Luckily we are in a position to be able to do it.”he continued Scaloni.
Scaloni questioned the finalissima against Spain
Another of the songs played Scaloni It was that of the Finalissimathat match against Spain left at a very uncomfortable moment of the calendar to the ARGENTINE SELECTION: “It is not certain that you play, you have to wait to see what happens. For us it is still uncomfortable because we do not have the security of what will happen”. He also acknowledged that “Before the World Cup we have to look for rivals who want to come to play here, which is not easy.”
Regarding the performance of the ARGENTINE SELECTION in the current ones South American qualifierswhere the first position is already insured, Scaloni analyzed: “Not long ago we were first, but knowing that everything was squeezed if we did not get positive results. By beating Uruguay and Brazil, the gap opened, but this tie was more complicated than the previous one, it cost us more.”
Finally, he did not rule out renewing his contract with the Argentine National Team after World Cup 2026: “But we don’t talk about the subject yet. The head is elsewhere and so it’s fine. Here I am very good and comfortable.”
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