In the five years he spent at the head of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni Without a doubt, he positioned himself as one of the best coaches in the history of the country.
These three championships left Scaloni in the third most winning coach of the National Teambelow Guillermo Stábile with seven titles -Copa América 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1955 and 1957 and Pan American Championship 1960- and Alfio Basile with four -Copa América 1991 and 1993, Confederations Cup 1992 and Artemio Franchi Cup 1993-.
Another of the Argentine coach’s achievements is that of the 61 matches coached for the National Team, 36 are what make up the longest streak of undefeated matches with 25 wins and 11 draws, which ended in the first match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup with the defeat against Saudi Arabia.
This number of meetings was positively reflected in the effectiveness percentage with 75.41 percentbeing the fifth coach most effective in history behind Carlos Colacero 100% in two gamesNéstor Rossi 100% in one match, the trio of Spinetto – Della Torre – Barreiro with 88.89% in six matches, and Jim López 76.19% in seven matches.
Scaloni’s five years at the head of the national team
The Argentine coach arrived at the national team on September 7, 2018 and since then He consolidated a team that came from years of disappointments and that he sought to break a long streak of title drought.
In 2019 he faced his first big challenge in the Copa América in Brazil. Although the team failed to make it past the semi-finals after losing against the local teamthe idea began to consolidate and a first team that would change little in the following years.
In any case, the poor performance of some footballers and the Scaloni’s little experience as DT they generated criticism and their position began to be questioned.
However, two years later, “the rebirth” of the Argentine coach which led the team to have an excellent tournament in the Copa América 2021. They finished undefeated and suffered only two draws: against Chile on the first date and against Colombia who would later win on penalties in the semifinals. The 1-0 defeat of Brazil in the final began the legacy of the man born in Pujato in the Argentine National Team.
The next two trophies were almost simultaneous: first the Finalissima 2021 -which will be played in June 2022- at Wembley Stadium. Argentina beat the Eurocup champion, Italy, 3-0showing high-level football and in this way arrived with enormous confidence at the 2022 World Cup.
In December the glorious year closed with the most important title of all, the World Cup in Qatar against France. A defeat against Saudi Arabia tested him, but From there he won everything except the penalties against the Netherlands and Francewhich he was able to overcome with epic and nervousness.
Source: Ambito
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