Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni reveals he didn’t expect to win the World Cup
Argentina ended a 36-year wait with a World Cup triumph when they beat France on penalties. Won the World Cup 2022 in Qatar On Sunday, December 18, the past
Lionel Scaloni, young coach of the Argentine national team Open your mind after leading the army “Blue White” to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by defeating France in a penalty shootout 4-2 after 120 minutes, 3-3 in the finals on Sunday, December 18th.
In this game, Argentina looked set to win the World Cup before 90 minutes were over, with them leading 2-0 until the 80th minute when Kylian Mbappe’s unrivaled skills netted two goals for France to equalize. 2-2 in extra time, Messi sent the ball to put Argentina in the lead again, but it was “President Pae” who scored to make it 3-3 and was a hat-trick of the French star in this game as well.
The result of the match ended in a draw. And it is necessary to make a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. And it’s Argentina who shoot sharper. Win the 2022 World Cup and win the third title after 36 years of waiting.
The 44-year-old said: “This match was crazy for me, as a coach, I knew we had a good game. We should have won in the first 90 minutes, but luck wasn’t good enough. I have the best feeling This wasn’t in my plans. I didn’t dream of becoming a World Cup champion. But now we are The most important thing is that we can be successful.”
“I’m very proud, maybe less excited than other days, but today I’m fully liberated. This team makes me the proudest. All this belongs to them. I want to tell everyone that because this is a historic moment.”
At the same time, Scaloni also hopes that Lionel Messi will remain in the national team until 2026, which will allow Messi to play, even at the age of 39. It is a competition jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. But it’s up to the player to decide how.
“If he wants to continue playing he will be with us I think he has the right to decide. Does he want to keep playing for Argentina or what is he going to do next in his career? It was a great pleasure for me to coach him.”
Scaloni is the third manager in history to win the World Cup (2022) and Copa America (2021), after Mario Zagallo (Brazil: World Cup 1970, Copa America 1997) with Carlos Alberto Pereira (Brazil: World Cup 1994, Copa America 2004)
