The Argentine coach, Lionel Scaloni, criticized in the last hours the date of the finalissima, the party that the albiceleste must play against Spain and that it is highly likely to be played in March, considering that it is very close to the 2026 World Cup.
“I would have preferred not to play it before the World Cup, because it seems to me that there was time to play it before,” Scaloni said in an interview with the TNT Sports channel.
A complicated duel to fit
“Spain could not because it had the Nations League, which they have already invented as we have killed us, because we cannot compete against Europeans because they made their own tournament,” The coach added.
Scaloni thus showed his disagreement with the proximity of the beginning of the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, for which Argentina has already obtained its classification months ago, with the duel that will face the current champions of America and Europe, initially planned for March if Spain achieves the direct pass to the World Cup.
In the event that the Red is second in its group, it must face a playful duel that would overlap with the finalissima.
“Everything is very in the air”
“Now that we can not because they play the World Cup classification. And a match of such importance, play it two months after the World Cup, I sincerely thought I was going to play,” The albiceleste coach added.
Scaloni, who already won the 2022 final in front of Italy after having proclaimed champion of the Copa América 2021 -prepared the title in the 2022 World Cup -expressed his doubts about the dispute of the match, because, he said, he said, “Everything is very in the air” And, as a coach, he says “concrete things.”
The danger of injuries
Argentina’s coach also justified his disagreement in sports terms: “Winning is difficult and doing it with selections of that level is complex. You don’t have to make mistakes. The important thing is to feel able to fight the World Cup and be fortunate that there are no injuries.”
Scaloni added that his biggest concern is that players do not arrive with injuries to the June World Cup event: “The most important thing for us is that they arrive healthy, this year will be very hard. Most play in great teams and reach the end of the season with 60 games.”
Thursday Special Party for Messi
This Thursday, September 4, Argentina will be local in Buenos Aires against Venezuela, in the meeting that will be the goodbye of Lionel Messi to the World Cup qualifiers at home, and on Tuesday, September 9, as a visitor to Ecuador In Guayaquil, in the last two days of the Liguilla.
Argentina arrives as an undisputed leader of the classification, with 35 points after playing 16 days, in which it reaped 11 wins, two draws and three losses and scored a total of 28 goals. Stop at ten points to Ecuador and Brazil, The other two South American teams classified so far.
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In addition, the Scaloni team will play friendly matches in the United States against Venezuela and Puerto Rico On the double FIFA date next October, as announced on August 28, the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
According to EFE sources from the AFA, the first of the two duels will be on October 10 and the second on the 13th of the same month, at the Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago.
