The Argentine National Team prepares for their last match in the group stage of the Copa America 2024, knowing that is already in the quarterfinals of the tournament. However, unexpected news surprised the Argentine team today: Lionel Scaloni has been given a one-match ban by Conmebol and nor he could be on the bench tomorrow against Peru.
This Friday at noon the news reached the Argentine Football Association, notifying that Scaloni cannot lead a game and cannot speak at a press conference prior to the match.in addition to having to pay a fine of $15,000.
The motive is the departure after 15 minutes of halftime of the Argentine National Team to play the second half of the match against Chile. In this situation, Pablo Aimar will be the coach of the Argentine National Team this Saturday against Peru.
This situation It specifically happened at halftime in the debut with a 2-0 victory against Canada. Likewise, it He repeated it again in the second match against Chile, where too Scaloneta won but by 1-0.
He request from Jesse Marsch, Canadian coachat the subsequent press conference it became true: the DT of the rival had asked that the team managed by Scaloni be sanctioned.
The Canadian coach’s complaint against Scaloni and the Argentine National Team
With obvious discomfort the attitude of the Albiceleste team, Marsch declared that “Argentina should be fined,” he said, and demanded: «Write that down. “They should have a fine for leaving twenty minutes late in the second half.”.
«When they were late, I knew they were watching the video and analyzing how they wanted to play against us. I wish the referees could manage that. “If we arrived five minutes late, we would have a fine and there would be a big problem,” he added to his complaint.
Visibly upset, he continued: «How long did it take them? Twenty minutes? Thirty minutes? They had time to prepare how they would play against us in the second half. If we had known we had ten more minutes, we would have prepared better.. Beyond that, I made sure my players knew they were going to come up with a new plan.
The Official explanation from Conmebol the thing is Scaloni’s punishment has to do with leaving the field two minutes late (17 and not 15, as the rules indicate) for the match against Chile at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
While is true that They had already received a warning and a fine before Canada, Behind closed doors, they believe that it was actually because they raised their voices when they judged the terrible state of the playing fields.
