The coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, said on Tuesday that by advancing the South American qualifying matches to the Qatar 2022 World Cup confidence in the classification was strengthened, reached after drawing with Brazil 0-0.
“As the matches progressed, the team was consolidating and we saw that he could qualify, “said the DT, whose squad made it to the World Cup after the match with the Brazilians, at the time when Ecuador defeated Chile 2-0.
Argentina now has 29 points, behind the leader Brazil, with 35. Chile and Uruguay are fifth with 16 units and can no longer reach it because there are 12 points in dispute.
“We knew this tie was tremendously difficult. The end result is a consequence of the fact that the players want to be there, that no one has a guaranteed position and that difficult moments were overcome, “said Scaloni, after the draw in San Juan (west of the country).
Coach managed to form a new set after the failure of Russia 2018 without depending so much on the star Lionel Messi.
“We know that we depend a lot on the people (the fans) so it is passed on to the players. It is that feeling that they are going to support the team beyond playing well or badly, “illustrated the coach.