Lionel Scaloni was sanctioned and Pablo Aimar will be the coach of the National Team

At the beginning of the Copa América 2024, after a very complicated first half against Canada, Lionel Scaloni considered that it was necessary to go beyond the regulation 15 minutes of halftime to accommodate some pieces of equipment. Give some more indication to the Argentine National Team. Reason for which he was warned.

A decision that ended up being quite expensive for the coach since, after repeating another offense against Chile, CONMEBOL made the decisive decision to transform the initial warning into a suspension. Reason for which Pablo Aimar will officially be the coach of the National Team against Peru.

As the Argentine team came out late to play the second forty-five minutes against Chile, the sanction was inevitable and The Clown is thus preparing to make his debut as coach of the Senior Team after having gone through the Under 17.

It is worth noting that, in addition to the suspension for Scaloni, CONMEBOL also took action against the AFA and decided to apply a financial fine to the governing body, considering it guilty of the coach’s decision. For this, The Argentine Football Association will have to pay 15 thousand dollars to the federation.

Pablo Aimar’s experience as a coach

While his most prominent role came as an aide-de-camp to Lionel ScaloniAt the beginning of the successful cycle that the National Team is going through, Pablo Aimar was the technical director of the team Under 17 until mid-2021 when it was in charge of Diego Placente. During this time his team was able to win the 2019 South American Championship with a great display of football..