“The decision was totally his. We were surprised and we don’t have any kind of alternative plan. We are going to wait for the president of the AFA to return from his trip to Paris”recounted the same director, close to “Chiqui” Tapia and with an important position in the selected one.
mascheranowithout previous tour and owner of a soccer academy in the Buenos Aires town of lincolntook office in December 2021 but “he never had a good relationship” with lionel scaloni and his work team.
“They always blamed him for cutting himself. When he appeared in Qatar his presence did not go down very well but he has Tapia’s bench”pointed out the leader in the story to Télam.
The “Jefecito” spoke as soon as the game finished with Colombiain which he was eliminated Argentinaand said: “There’s not much to think about, obviously thank everyone, the president for the opportunity, the clubs because they have always given us a hand, the players have given us.”
“We have bothered the boys a lot throughout the year and in this preparation, and they have always given us the players. There are no excuses, the one who failed is me and I have to take charge”held.
“The best thing now is to be able to return to Argentina, be calm and very grateful for the opportunity, it is not easy to have it, especially to lead the Argentine National Team and this type of footballer. I have failed and I have to admit it”continued the coach at that press conference.
in the way of South American, Argentina was left out in the first round of the tie and barely collected three points out of 12 possible, with a solitary victory over Peru (1-0) and falls against Paraguayan (2-1), Brazil (3-1) and the last one before Colombia (1-0).
However, upon returning to the country along with the campus, Wall waited for him on the property AFA and in a meeting he put cold cloths on the coach’s decision.
“Today I was in Ezeiza to receive our Under 20 team headed by their coach Javier Mascherano. The National Teams project, beyond the results, is the path we have chosen and the path we all want to take. We will continue sowing to reap”then published the president of the AFA in your account Twitter.
That is why it was not surprising that the resignation came when the leader is traveling in Europeafter the awards gala The Best in ParisThey won scaloni -best DT in the world-, Emiliano Martinez -best goalkeeper-, the Argentine fans in Qatarand Lionel Messibest player of the world.
Undoubtedly it is a hard blow for the project of the Selectionwhere the leadership of AFA has been doing planned and fruitful work with scaloni in charge of the largest -he renewed his bond until 2026 last Monday- and Pablo Aimar in the Under-17. It is possible that the successor of mascherano leave the environment of the first coach, as he wanted from day one of his management.
Source: Ambito
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