this Thursday, lionel scaloni came to his match number 60 in charge of the Argentine National Team with a 2-0 win against Australia in Beijing, within the framework of the Asian tour that will conclude on Monday the 19th against Indonesia.
in the first 14 games the DT in the albiceleste, had accumulated 4 lossesthe last of which was against Brazil, 2-0, in the 2019 Copa América semifinal. began a streak that today reached 46 games with 32 successes, 13 draws and a single loss.
That setback occurred in the debut of the World Cup in Qatar 2022: 1-2 against Saudi Arabia, with which a record of 36 unbeaten games was cut.
Throughout his great campaign, Scaloni won 3 titles: America’s Cup in 2021 obtained in Brazil against the local team, the very final against Italy a year later and the Qatar World Cup 2022 that awarded the third star to Argentina.
Lionel Scaloni’s statements after the win against Australia
After the triumph of the Argentine national team 2-0 against Australia, in the first game of the friendly tour of Asia, lionel scaloni analyzed the meeting: “We carried out a very difficult game. The conditions were not ideal, some players came on vacation, with up to ten days stopped, deservedly clear. A complicated FIFA date. And they come competing, on Sunday they played. We knew it was going to be a difficult match, but we pulled it off,” analyzed the DT of the Albiceleste cast.
On the other hand, he added: “Not having Lautaro and with Julián coming from the celebration, we opted to put Nico González wide open, trying to make it nine at some point. Sometimes it could be done, sometimes not. We didn’t have much time to test it because Nico also missed his plane on the last day and arrived later. But we got through a difficult game, Australia is a good team, from the World Cup. His coach knows what he wants“.
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