The Argentine coach of Costa Rica referred to tonight’s match against the world champion and also lamented the absence of the best, Lionel Messi.
The coach of Costa Rica, Gustavo Alfarotonight’s friendly match throbbed with the Argentine national team and assured that “There is no more beautiful experience” to face the world champion, while remarking that he would have liked the captain to play Lionel Messi.
“When the possibility of playing against Argentina arose, which in reality the rival was going to be Nigeria at first, they asked me if I wanted to play and I immediately said yes, because they are the world champion and there is no more beautiful experience than that. There is “We have to be competitive and do it against the best. Facing the best is always very good.”he stated Alfaro at a press conference.
And he added: “We would have liked Lionel Messi to be there, but, unfortunately, Costa Rica had bad luck with him, because the last time they played against Argentina he wasn’t there either.”
However, he maintained: “Argentina showed that they can play without him, that is one of the virtues that Lionel Scaloni had. He built a team with Messi, surrounded him, found a way for him and that presence gives him the brilliance that transforms him into the best in the world. Each “Every time I faced it, I suffered it.”
As for his team, he confirmed that he will make changes in relation to the group that was measured with Honduras and achieved classification America Cup.
“I received the physical reports the other day and a very high intensity effort was made. We have one less day of recovery, the game is very fast and the boys still feel the wear and tear of the match with Honduras. There are issues of necessity, others to test “But I’m going to take the opportunity to see some footballers. We have to freshen up because Argentina puts a lot of intensity into that sector,” Alfaro concluded.
The match will be played at the Memorial Coliseum in The Angels from the 23:50 of the Argentina and will be broadcast by the sports signal TyC Sports.
Source: Ambito
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