Confirmed: Lionel Scaloni will renew his contract with the Argentine National Team

end of uncertainty Lionel Scaloni will renew his contract as technical director of the Argentine National Team until the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexicoas reported by TyC Sports this Wednesday.

The world champion coach in Qatar 2022 will stay for a while longer with his family in Mallorca, where they reside and recently He will return to the country in March for the two friendlies scheduled on the FIFA date, from 20 to 28. before the matches, Scaloni will sign the new link until 2026 with the Argentine Football Associationwho trusted him from 2018 to carry out the process crowned with the Copa América, the Finalissima and the dreamed last World Cup.

Although the extension of the contract had been announced by Claudio Tapia, the president of the AFA, after the tour of the United States before Qatar 2022, not yet formalized and after the historic consecration some doubts arose, which have now been cleared up.

Lionel Scaloni’s numbers in the Argentine National Team

Lionel Scaloni was the youngest coach of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and won the third World Cup for Argentina, something that only César Luis Menotti had achieved in 1978 and Carlos Salvador Bilardo in 1986, that is, he cut a 36-year streak without reaching the most precious Cup in the World.

Since his tenure began in September 2018, Scaloni has led the National Team 57 times, where he reaped 37 wins, 15 draws and only 5 losses, with 113 goals for and 35 against. In addition to the World Cup He won the 2021 Copa América and the Finalísima.