Lionel Scaloni dropped an unexpected bombshell after the historic victory of the Argentine National Team over Brazil at the Maracaná on the sixth date of the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup: he hinted that he could leave his position as coach of the Albiceleste.
When the press conference was ending, the man from Pujato released a statement that completely paralyzed the football world. “One important thing I wanted to say is to stop the ball, start thinking, I have a lot of things to think about at this time. These players have given me a lot, they have given a lot to the entire Coaching Staff and I need to think. I need to think a lot what I’m going to do,” he commented.
“It’s not a goodbye or much, but I need to think, because the bar is very high and it’s difficult to continue and it’s difficult to continue winning and these guys make it difficult. It’s time to think this time, I’ll tell the president, I’ll tell the players later because this National Team needs a coach who has all the energy possible and who is well,” Scaloni explained before suddenly leaving the press room without answering another question about it.
If it were the end, Scaloni would put an end to an illustrious cycle of 66 games that first began on an interim basis after the 2018 World Cup in Russia: he won 48 games, drew 12, lost 6.
As if that were not enough, he broke the 28-year drought without titles for the absolute national team with three more than memorable conquests: the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the 2021 Copa América, the 2022 Finalissima with the addition that on a personal level he was chosen as the best coach in the world by FIFA’s The Best awards.
A no less minor detail was that Scaloni asked his coaching staff to return to the Maracaná playing field after the end of the match to take a photo together, with the addition that it rarely happens that coaches carry out such an action except at the moment. transcendental as after each title.
The photo of Scaloni with the coaching staff after beating Brazil
2023-11-22 12:08:38
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