In the last few hours, a sanction has been issued indicating that Argentina’s coach, Lionel Scaloni, will not lead the team in the match against Peru this Saturday.
The reason is a sanction that the coach faces for delaying the team’s return after halftime. In addition, he must pay a financial fine.
The Argentine coach will probably not give the press conference scheduled for this Friday either. Credit: Reuters
Conmebol was strict with sanctions in recent editions of the Copa América, even when what was judged did not happen on the field of play. For example, in 2019, Messi was sanctioned for talking about refereeing.
A similar situation to the one Scaloni is going through, which will leave him off the bench against Peru, also affects “El Tigre” Gareca, Chile’s coach.
The former coach of Peru and Vélez, among others, must meet a sanction date for the delay of one of his players when returning from halftime, a reason that delayed the resumption of the match.
Canada’s coach had said at a press conference that Argentina took longer than the 15 minutes required to return to the field after halftime in the first Copa America match.
Another shortcoming of this Copa América could be mentioned, that in some stadiums, the changing rooms are quite far from the playing field, so the journey there and back takes away time for the players to rest and time for the coach to talk.
