The role that Kun Agüero will have in the Argentine team and what his first mission will be

One of the boxes of the candy box is reserved for him. He will probably watch the game against Venezuela together with the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia. Sergio Aguero, the Kun Aguero, will premiere on Friday the 25th of this month its status as “ambassador” of the Argentine national teama position that is not official but that from this month will make him very close to the team that in Qatar 2022 will seek to be world champion again after 36 years. That day, the set that leads Lionel Scaloni will receive “The Red Wine” in which today would be his last match in the country before the World Cup that will be played from November 21 to December 18 of this year.

Recently withdrawn from the courts due to a heart problem, Agüero will maintain telephone contacts with Tapia and Scaloni in the coming days to define if he will travel to Guayaquil on Monday 28 to accompany the squad in the match against Ecuador that will be played the next day, for the last date of the World Cup Qualifiers. What is confirmed is that Kun will travel to Doha on the 30th for the World Cup draw together with Tapia, Scaloni, field assistants Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala; the physical trainer Luis Martín; Wall; and a delegation of at least six more people from the AFA.

The draw will take place on April 1 at 1:00 p.m., Argentine time, in the capital of Qatar and Agüero will be there as part of the delegation that will travel from the AFA. In the meeting he held with Tapia at the AFA site in Ezeiza on February 21, Agüero agreed with the top Argentine soccer leader that he will be close to the team on the way to Qatar and also during the World Cup. This is for the very good relationship he has with the entire coaching staff and also because of his closeness to the squad, of which he was part even during the 2021 Copa América in Brazil, which ended the 28-year streak without titles at a higher level.

Plus: Agüero is one of Messi’s best friends, the captain and the great figure of the albiceleste team, and he was also always recognized for the good atmosphere he transmitted in concentrations. What remains to be defined is if he will live with the squad in Qatar or if he will visit them frequently looking to liven up the stay of the footballers in Qatari lands. This lack of definition is due to the fact that, in reality, Agüero was not assigned any specific position in the structure of the National Team. “It will be to be next to the boys and relax”, Agüero expressed days ago about his presence in the World Cup.

The former striker for Independiente, Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​who announced his retirement on December 15, is in Barcelona evaluating where he will live in the coming months. He has not yet decided if he will stay in Spain, if he will return to Manchester or if he will go to Miami, a city in which he always said that he would like to settle, at least for a while. For now, he ruled out the possibility of living in Buenos Aires. Here, his son Benjamín, 13 years old, plays in the 2009 category of Tigre. During his recent visit to Argentina, Kun was seen playing paddle tennis more than once at the Ranch Sports complex in Benavídez.

On the other hand, Scaloni and his collaborators await with expectation the announcement that FIFA could make on the 31st of this month, one day before the draw for the World Cup group stage. What would FIFA communicate? That the bona fide lists would go from 23 to 26 soccer players due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which would be very good news for all the coaches and for many soccer players who are fighting to go to the World Cup.

Scaloni and company also expect FIFA to confirm as soon as possible when and where the clash against Brazil suspended on September 5, in São Paulo, due to the irruption on the playing field of Brazilian health authorities. In the AFA they believe that the classic will be played in the FIFA window of the month of June, after the final of the Euro-American Cup that Argentina will play against Italy on June 1, in London. Will it be in some other European headquarters or in Qatar? In the AFA they are waiting for that confirmation from FIFA, as well as waiting for the completion of a friendly for that international window. If these two issues are confirmed, Argentina will play three games in June.

Then, in September, he will play another two friendlies in preparation for the World Cup with rivals to be confirmed. Scaloni wants to play against European opponents since the last match against a team from that continent was 2-2 against Germany on October 9, 2019, in Dortmund. And then the AFA will have to define if the selected one can say goodbye to the Argentine public with a friendly in November in the country, a possibility that for now seems difficult due to the lack of dates.

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