These days last year we were in a rhythm world Cup And everyone who supported it ArgentinaMore than anything else in the world, we wanted to capture it Lionel Messi And his company. The biggest shock came at first with the defeat from…nowhere at the hands of Saudi Arabia, but after that everything went as it should and the dream came true! Smiles and tears of happiness and Bulga achieved his big dream! And everyone who loved him was happy!
But behind all this, he also put his little hand Lionel Scaloni. The coach of each team is usually the unsung hero who, when the lights go out, will be the last to receive the plaudits. So, in the final in Qatar, when the entire Argentina team was a mess on the pitch, Scaloni sat on the bench, emotional, just looking at his players. All it takes is a hug from Paredes for him to turn his back, look at the field again and burst into tears.
An image engraved in everyone’s minds and will never be forgotten. He will not forget him, because without wanting to belittle the Argentine technician, he did not enjoy the glory of great coaches like him. Carlo Ancelottil Pep Guardiolaor from Jose Mourinho. Despite this, he managed to become a world champion with his country!
This is all good, but it’s just the beginning Lionel Scaloni Joining the national team was not easy, nor was he the first choice for Al-Ittihad. The Argentine was an emergency solution when he left Jorge Sampaoli By the technical leadership. But Scaloni stayed, never left, worked with the team and knew how difficult it was to be a coach for Messi and other stars. But he managed to manage this entire situation and emerge victorious.
So let’s go to 2018, when S a step by Aymar They took over the ‘Albiceleste’ and slowly with work, patience and passion he started to resemble the old team again. The whole team relied on Messi and Pulga was the leader on and off the field. They all had a common dream, which was to win the World Cup, for Messi and for themselves and they succeeded.
But first he came America’s CupBut also Very final So we ordinary mortals can get a taste of what’s to come. The Copa America Championship was the culmination of the hard work and great effort made by everyone, under the arms of Scaloni and his crew. The Argentines had to be patient for 28 years to be able to lift the title. A period that seemed to them like… a century, but the cup was sweet and a kind of atonement for the old series: Messi, Di Maria, Otamendi and other players!
Months later, the big dream came, the World Cup in Qatar, where we all know what happened. A football miracle, a thrilling final in which Argentina led 2-0, France drew 2-2, then 3-3, and Kolo Mwani lost to Martinez in the biggest chance of all the finals, before the match finally went to the finals. Penalties.
There, Albiceleste made him his guardian angel Debo MartinsBut he is too Gonzalo Montiel Who took the last penalty kick and in addition to scoring, put a smile on the faces of millions of people! A night we will remember for a long time. Come last night for Maracanã. Argentina faced Brazil in the World Cup qualifiers, and the Albiceleste won 1-0 Otamendi. In a historic result, the great rival was forced to suffer its first home defeat in its history in World Cup qualifiers.
Two years after the team won the final America’s Cup Who wrote in the same field. Then and now, from an old cleaning series. the Di Maria In 2021, Otamendi In 2023. Those who are with him Messi Others were slandered by their fellow countrymen. They were told that they were “few”, that they could not carry the weight of Argentina’s historic shirt on their backs, and were urged to leave. For him to come a step To pick up this wreckage of… a broken team.
A team that lost one final match after another, and knew that the years were passing and that the countdown to the end of its career was approaching. Without a title on the international scene! Until magic appeared… Coach. the “Scalonetta” Guided by it Lionel ScaloniHis driving assistant Pablo Aymar And there next to him Walter Samuel And some other well-known people in Argentine football. They had the character and the way to make this broken team believe in themselves again.
After the exhibition match with Brazil in the early hours of Wednesday, o Lionel Scaloni Be sure to surprise everyone. His players, the world, perhaps less than the leadership of the federation. The Argentine coach revealed his thoughts about leaving the team, and a tear almost fell. Maybe it dropped…
“The important thing I wanted to say is that I have to stop the ball and start thinking. I have a lot to think about now
These players have given me a lot, they have given a lot to the entire coaching staff, and it’s time for me to reflect. I have to think a lot about what I’m going to do.
It’s not a farewell, but I have to think, because the level is so high and it’s hard to keep going and it’s hard to keep winning and these guys make it hard.
“It’s time to think this time. I will tell the president. I will tell the players later because this national team needs a coach who has all the energy and is good.”
the Lionel MessiBut then the rest of the players also mentioned that they would try to convince him. I wish everyone to stay and continue his work from where he left off. I hope he continues to be the person who accidentally sat on the bench for Albiceleste, made it a team, made it a family, made it a company that we loved so much!
If he finally decides to leave the team leadership, so be it. Because of Argentina Hit her Brazil Inside the Maracana Stadium for the first time in history at qualifying level and it will be the most happy ending… and we will all never forget Scalonetta Who took Argentina, but also its friends, to the top of the world and made us experience absolute football happiness!
The journey was magical, with thousands of waves and many difficulties, but it was worth it. If his stop is Maracanã, ok…
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