Surprise in the Argentine team: Lionel Scaloni received a one-match suspension for leaving the field late at half-time of the match with a 1-0 victory over Chile in the Metlife Stadium for the second date of Group A of the Copa América and will not be able to be on the substitute bench for this Saturday’s match from 9 p.m. (Argentine time) against Peru.
Given this situation, his replacement will be Pablo Aimar, who will take the reins of the team ahead of the match at the Hard Rock Stadium of Miami against the Inca team, which will play its last chance to reach the quarterfinals of the continental competition. He will be accompanied by Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala.
According to what Infobae was told, the South American Football Confederation had already issued a warning to the Argentine delegation, because something similar had happened in the debut of the world champion team against Canada. On the other hand, the body in charge of regulating football in the region also imposed a financial penalty on the Argentine Football Association for this incident. The fine is 15 thousand dollars. From what this media was able to find out, Ricardo Gareca, strategist of the Chilean national team, will also be suspended for one match.
Conmebol, through a statement, explained the decision of the President of the Disciplinary Commission, Eduardo Gross Brown. “Suspend official Lionel Sebastián Scaloni for one (1) match, for violating article 145 of the Conmebol Copa América USA 2024 Regulations, in accordance with article 27 of the Conmebol Disciplinary Code.”
On the other hand, they clarified: “Expressly warn the Argentine Football Association and the official Lionel Sebastián Scaloni that in the event of repetition of any infraction of the sporting discipline of the same or similar nature to the one that has caused this procedure, the following will apply. provided in Art. 2 of the Conmebol Disciplinary Code, and the consequences that may arise from them.”
In this way, the Albiceleste will not have its “brain” sitting on the substitute bench. It is worth noting that Lionel Scaloni’s idea for this match against Peru is to protect several of his main figures, beyond the alerts raised by the possible muscle injury of captain Lionel Messi. Argentina, as a result of its two victories in the same number of appearances, has already secured a ticket to the quarterfinals, where it will face the second in Group B (this zone is made up of Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico and Jamaica).
“In the next one it is fair and I think that the boys who have not played these two games will play like this, because I also need to see them and they deserve it,” warned the Pujato coach in a press conference. So far, the eight players who have not played any minutes so far in the tournament are goalkeepers Gerónimo Rulli and Franco Armani, defenders Germán Pezzella and Lucas Martínez Quarta, midfielders Guido Rodríguez, Exequiel Palacios and Valentín Carboni and forward Alejandro Garnacho.
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