He sArgentine elector, Lionel Scaloni, He spoke at a press conference prior to Argentina’s third game, this time against Jordan in the same city, Dallas, in which they beat Austria (2-0). The first thing he did, responding to the legendary journalist Macaya Márquez (18 World Cups), It was to say whether Messi would start or come out in the second half.
Messi ownership: “Leo will go to the starting bench, he will start there. I already know the eleven but I can’t reveal it to him here.”
Ways to play. We are seeing different ways of playing and everyone has results, those who attack with the ball, those who play on the counter and the team that becomes strong defensively. It is very difficult for a team like ours to radically change its way of playing because it is not our essence. What is important is to take care of what the rival has. There is no one way to win. At the end there will be the powerful selections.
Play with substitutes. Those who are going to play deserve to do so, they are part of the squad and great merit for everything that has been done is for that reason, for those kids who, when they don’t play, are the first to play the next day. The desire as a coach is for the team to play the same way.
Does not celebrate goals or goals. I enter with my right foot and make the sign of the Cross. There are ways in celebrations, inside I am happy but I always say that they are the moments that one thinks about. In Bolivia I crossed the entire field to greet Lautaro. There are times when you see things that are not normal like the team’s goals, Leo’s, and sometimes I am left thinking ‘This can’t be happening.’ Yes I celebrate them in my own way.
Objectives already achieved before this match. Playing with this shirt means trying to win every game and do well. We are in the same way as we were on the first day. A good panorama opens up to see the boys who have not had minutes to see the conditions they are in and if they can be counted on. The way to prepare for matches is always the same.
Rivals. The decision of who plays tomorrow is not related to who we play in the next game. I would prefer that the World Cup ends tomorrow and that we become champions. We are not in a position to choose or prefer.
100 games as a coach. I didn’t stop to think and I say it with respect, I’m not worried about what is going to be said about me, what interests me is that people feel identified with the team’s proposal, with the feeling that we were a National Team that represented its people. That would be fine. I never thought I would reach 100 games and more with this shirt.
Everything invented in football. I don’t remember the Netherlands in ’74, but what seems incredible to me is that people still talk about that team without having been World Champion. I don’t know if everything is invented but I do believe that there are things that have had their names changed. It is very difficult to invent something that no one has made. One can propose something to you but you have a way of doing harm. Soccer is a game of chess.
Tactical System. If it happens, it could be that we play a little differently. Jordan plays with five defenders. What we are open to is if we are in difficulty we could move differently and be prepared for the difficulty that the rival proposes to us.
Jordan. It is a good team that has lost to Algeria in the last minutes. He is a good rival and we don’t trust each other at all, we have our weapons. We want to subdue the opponent through the ball, with the three players up front they are fast.
