He only blurted out one name. Lionel Scaloni spoke at the press conference after the 4-1 win of the Argentine National Team versus Guatemalain the last friendly prior to the dispute of the America Cup in United States. The journalists insisted on the coach to confirm the list of 26 players, having to disaffect three, but The coach only announced one young man who will go to the big event, since the list will announce it this Saturday, after first communicating the news to the footballers themselves..
Valentín Carboni stood out in his first game as a starter in the Argentine National Team, but Scaloni did not confirm it at the request of the press. The coach did recognize that Alejandro Garnacho will be part of the list of players who will compete in the Copa Américastarting next Thursday on American soil.
“I already have the three that are left off the list, but I haven’t told them yet. I will tell the players first and then the journalists will know.“said Scaloni at the conference, after the victory over Guatemala.
“It is evident that we make decisions based on what we see in the games, in training, the feelings we have, and what we may need for the matches. We look for the best for the team. There are kids outside who may have been. Now they are all fine and we decided based on what we saw,” she said.
“The attitude is non-negotiable; in the first 25 minutes we were not good, then we improved. Everything serves to analyze. In the second half we saw another version of the team, we were safer, better,” Scaloni remarked.
And the direct consultation came about the actions of Carboni and whether it will be on the final list or not. “I expected what he did, he is young, he has played good games. It was a good game, because of the context, the tough rival. We’ll see if he goes to the end or not.“said the coach.
“They insist on asking, they want to know the list (laughs). You have to be very careful with this. Now they are in the locker room, anything they say, wrong or not, could perhaps be taken the wrong way. Garnacho will be there, but don’t ask me about anyone else, because I won’t say more. “He didn’t play today, since the game didn’t happen,” he added.
“They have the same mentality as always, they are motivated. There are things to improve and correct, that always happens. The imprint is clear, they are all good players. We are grateful for the environment, everything has helped since we became world champions. Luckily the team is still doing well,” he admitted.
And they asked him about what Guatemala, the current rival, did. “It’s a good team, they played well, they closed the spaces. I see it well, as in my debut as coach of Argentina in 2018, against this rival,” said Scaloni, without giving more details about the three players he will cut from the current squad to define the 26 for the Copa América. This Saturday is the deadline to give the official list and the coach will meet that deadline.
