The Argentina coach, Lionel Scalonistated this Thursday that the match against Venezuela “I did not meet the conditions to play today” due to the accumulation of water on the field, which hindered the flow of the match, after drawing as a visitor on the ninth day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. “You could not play. (… ) We did what we had to do (…), but the conditions of the playing field were not for a spectacle of two teams of the level of this,” Scaloni told reporters.
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Likewise, he stated that the match could have been played a day later than scheduled, after the heavy rains that delayed the start of the match for half an hour and left the field soaked. “When the game can’t be played, it can’t be played,” he said. Despite the tie, he confirmed that Argentina “is doing well” at a competitive level. “The team always competes. Then, logically, as we always say, you can play better or worse,” said the coach.
