There, in the laboratory of Lionel Scaloni and his technical staff, in the bowels of the Ezeiza estate, there is not much mystery or secret formulas. Not anymore. Everything is quite clear . Obtaining the Copa América at the Maracana was the accolade that the national team’s coach was missing to reaffirm the path and finish closing the squad. With just over a year to go for the World Cup in Qatar , the coach born in Pujato has almost resolved everything. Or so it seems.
About to face a triple date of Elimination that can leaving Argentina with a foot and a half in the maximum appointment, Scaloni has in his head the idea of keeping the names that they cut with the 28-year drought without titles facing the World Cup.
The base is, said an old football character. And boy is it. Of the 33 players that the 43-year-old coach mentioned in the preview of the Copa América in Brazil, he called again 30 for the September and October windows , which starts this Thursday at 8pm against Paraguay in Asunción. Quite a statement.
“We are fine, we have a base. Those summoned, 80 or 90 percent, are always the same. That gives you peace of mind even if you have little time to work. They know what you want and want as a coach. You can always improve, we are not invincible or much less. We know very well where we stand and that there are things to improve and try to enhance what was done. That is what we always believe ”, Scaloni said in statements to the official site of the AFA.
Qatar target. Scaloni aims to strengthen the team almost from memory to reach the consolidated World Cup. Photo: EFE
And his words have a coherence in the actions . What he says is what he has been doing, the albiceleste DT. Just José Luis Palomino, Lucas Ocampos and Sergio Agüero were not called again. And the thing about Kun is strictly due to the injury he suffered at Barcelona before being able to debut and from which he is in the last stage of his recovery. In fact, Scaloni imagined that he would be able to have it for these three games, but the striker’s set-up was stretched.
Otherwise, there are no surprises. Lionel Scaloni does not play hide-and-seek, apart from not confirming the teams in the preview of some commitments. All the basic work is done. The most complex part was successfully overcome and now has a group already established both on and off the pitch, with Lionel Messi as captain and tip of a spear that still needs to be sharper but has every intention of being as effective as possible.
Last month’s summons, in the which the classic with Brazil was truncated by the scandalous suspension at five minutes in São Paulo, it was not only a prize for the champions of America. Nothing of that. It was the first sign that something more than a new trophy had been achieved on Brazilian soil for the showcases of the Football Association Argentinian. The coronation in Rio de Janeiro put a lock on the squad. That ended up convincing the coach that this team is the one he should stay with to polish the game and look at the World Cup, which he should classify if there is not a soccer catastrophe .
In relation to the September list, Agustín Marchesín entered for Gerónimo Rulli and Lucas Alario took the place of Emiliano Buendía. Paulo Dybala was discharged due to injury , while Facundo Medina was added as a new face because Marcos Acuña has just recovered and the bustle of matches is important: three duels in one week, from Thursday to Thursday and with a trip to Paraguay included. The rest are the same names that the DT has been trusting.
And everything indicates that this will be the case again on the double date of November, in which the National Team will dismiss year. For that height, if everything goes perfectly, the national team could have the suitcases practically armed to go to Qatar. Today, Argentina is second in the table with 18 points, six behind the leader Brazil , with whom they have 85 minutes pending (expected due to the ruling of the FIFA ). His first pursuer is Uruguay (15) whom he must face this Sunday at the Monumental.
There are 28 units with which the World Cup passage is usually ensured. He is currently ten points away from that goal, with 27 in dispute (nine days). That is what the blue and white coaching staff aims at, to ensure the classification as soon as possible to continue working more calmly on the aspects that are still pending in the game, such as sustaining the intensity longer, generating less predictability in rivals and defensive adjustments.
In the rest , there is no longer an unsolved mystery; the base returns is.
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