gianfelici spoke with the AFP in the “Middle Bar”a traditional brewery in front of the main square of this town of 3,700 inhabitants located in the rich agricultural zone of Argentina, 350 km north of Buenos Aires.
“When Lionel was a boy he was a tinderbox in every way, playing, protesting, it was terrible. Nothing to do with what he is now. That temperance he has, it is seen that he took it from his international years. But temperament and blood have”it states gianfelici.
Born May 16, 1978, scaloni He left at the age of 16, 40 km from his home, to rosary beadscradle of the stars Lionel Messi Y angel di mariato try on Newell’s Old Boysclub in which he debuted in First division in 1995.
A year later he went to students of La Plata before leaving for Europe to play in Deportivo La Corunathen he West Ham United, Santander Racing and the italians lazio Y Atalantateam from which he retired in 2015.
His arrival as DT of the selection
Long before leading the “Albiceleste”, scaloni wore the Argentine jacket with which she emerged as the U-20 world champion in Malaysia 1997conducted by Jose Pekerman, the coach who inspires him the most, according to “Beto”. In the Selection older played in the World Cup in Germany 2006also directed by Pekerman.
In 2018, amid questions about his little experience as a DT, he took over the Argentine national team of Messi hit by the fall in the round of 16 in the World Cup in Russia and the departure of his predecessor, Jorge Sampaoli.
“I was not surprised that he accepted. He always had plenty of courage, since he was a child. He was never afraid of challenges, so it did not surprise me. But the sometimes ruthless criticism did hurt me, without having yet let him work. He told me one day : ‘With work it will be solved’. Well, he was not wrong”launched ‘Beto’.
Three years later, thestaggered‘, the new nickname for the team that was won by DT, put an end to a 28-year title drought and raised the America’s Cup 2021 in Brazil. Now he will go for all the glory in the Qatar World Cup 2022.
His bond with his native Pujato
whenever you can scaloni He returns to his town to visit his parents with health problems. There, where everything closes at siesta time, his hobby is riding a bicycle. He lends himself to photos and autographs. He supports the family club from his childhood.
The club Matienzo is no more than 200 meters from the school N. 227 Bernardino Rivadavia, where scaloni He attended his primary school and today his nephew attends. In September 2021, after the America CupHe came over to chat with the students.
“He was excited. He told the boys to never forget that the most important thing is the attitude towards what they do: be it play, sport, work or life itself”evokes Maria del Carmen D’Allevathe school principal.
“He has that humility that geniuses have, the wise”gets excited as he guides the AFP to the San Martín classroom where the boy attended class lionel.
In the window of the house next to the school peeps out Maria Cristina Fossarolithe ‘Seño Chichita’, who was a language teacher for several generations of people from Puja, including the DT.
‘Chichita’ remembers his most famous student as a “naughty boy” whom “If he liked something, he would do the impossible to get it”.
At 81 years old, the teacher dreams that her lionel raise the world Cup in Qatar: “Imagine what a plus for a son from our town to win. Pujato is a great family, when someone is happy, we are all happy, when something happens to someone, we are all sad.”
Source: Ambito
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