“Leo was not there to play, yesterday (for Monday) “He tried to recover and he didn’t feel comfortable, so we didn’t risk it.”he explained Scaloni at a press conference after being consulted about the situation of Messi, who was left off the squad list on the second date of the South American Qualifiers heading to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Regarding the victory, he considered: “The virtue of the team is wanting to play, not being afraid to do it with the ball. From there we established our attack with the different positions of the players. I think it was a complete game”.
“Bolivia has a good team, but Argentina played very well. We analyzed it well, they have two important forwards and we knew that in the middle they were going to lack people. There we put together four or even five players and it was difficult for them to steal the ball from us”continued the albiceleste coach.
Asked about the height of La Paz, he indicated: “We are not the first to win, many have done so here and many others have also lost. It has its complexity but I don’t want to talk about that topic”.
“These Qualifiers are the most difficult and I always said it. Winning here or elsewhere has the same importance, everyone will have to come. We are happy because it was a very complicated stop and we pulled it off”remarked Scaloni.
Finally, he stated: “There is no formula, they are the players who play football very well. Without them it would be impossible. It is their credit. We appeal to what we have been doing and this team knows how to suffer in the moments when it is time to suffer”.
Alejandro Garnacho, armored by the light blue and white
The Spanish-Argentine footballer Alejandro Garnacho had his official debut with the National Team in the 3-0 win over Bolivia, in La Paz.and by adding his third match, he was forever armored in the Albiceleste team.
The striker who plays for Manchester United, born in Madrid 19 years ago, the product of the relationship between Alex -Spanish- and Patricia -Argentine-, confirmed with his entry the choice of the world champion team for life.
At 39 minutes into the second half, when the game was already 3-0, coach Lionel Scaloni decided to take Nicolas Gonzalez and sent to the playing field Grenache, who last Thursday against Ecuador had waited on the substitutes’ bench and could not enter the match that was played at the Monumental stadium.
Although he had already made his debut in the March friendlies against Australia and Indonesia, there was great expectation to see him play for points and thus complete compliance with FIFA regulations, which impose a minimum of three matches with the same country to “block” the nationality in players under 21 years of age.
Grenache He had a correct performance during the nine minutes he played in the difficult Hernando Siles stadium: he touched the ball five times, made four passes and lost the ball only once.
Although in the past he assured that he “needed to play three games” to seal his election, the truth is that now he will no longer be able to receive any more temptations from Spain, who tried to call him up for an Under-18 team, and finally could not bow down. your decision.
Source: Ambito
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