2023-10-13 03:08:22
After the 1-0 victory over Paraguay, in a match with many chances and little effectiveness, the Argentine technical director Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference, highlighted his team’s performance and explained the reasons why Messi was not a starter tonight.
In dialogue with the media, the coach considered that the team left the “feeling of a great game» this Thursday, but clarified that, for the level exhibited, The result seemed “short” to him.
«The first half was one of the best that this team has been doing, with aggressiveness, situations, recovery… The feeling is that the team played a great game«, evaluated Scaloni after the meeting.
He admitted, however, that in the complement «the team could have done more“, although he indicated that the claim “to be vertical carries a risk that must be managed.”
“We thought that Paraguay was going to go a little further in the second half, we tried to get them to come… In general the team was good, calm, they won without problems,” he analyzed.
The consultation for Lionel Messi and the start from the bench
Asked about the return of Lionel Messi and his trip to the bank, he explained that it was “prudent” that he played the number of minutes in which he participated, since otherwise «there was a risk and it was not the case«.
«We will talk to him these days to see how to continue, he has two more training sessions to gain minutes. It is not discounted that he plays or does not play the next game. “I think that today it was risky for him to have more minutes, we agreed on that and I think it was prudent,” he said.
About the coexistence in attack between Lautaro Martínez y Julian AlvrezScaloni relativized the idea of ”double 9″ that the press uses and insisted that it is “two totally different forwards«.
In this regard, he stressed that “Julián contributes a lot, sometimes even from the side.s» and that Lautaro “does it more centrally«. “They complement each other very well, they played a great game, of course they can play together,” he highlighted.
Finally, the coach was happy for the unbeaten record achieved by Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, whose last goal for the national team was received in the final against France at the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“I’m not a big fan of statistics but it makes me very happy for him,” admitted the Argentine coach.
Source: Télam
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