Lionel Scaloni He did not stop receiving bad news at the gates of Peru vs Argentina. To the injury of Lionel Messi His sanction imposed by Conmebol was added to him. And the 46-year-old coach will not be able to lead his team in this last duel of Copa America 2024.
What happened is that the Argentine strategist left late at halftime of the victory against Chili and the highest football authority in South America sanctioned him with a matchday 1. In addition, they imposed a financial penalty of around 15 thousand dollars.
For this reason, Scaloni will be replaced on the bench by one of his assistants. In the first instance, there was talk of Pablo Aimarbut finally Walter Samuel He was registered as the main coach for the match valid for matchday 3 of Group A.
The coach of the Argentine national team was not only prevented from being in the technical area, he will have other restrictions during the match against the team from Jorge Fossati. First, he will have to live the 90 minutes in a box at the Hard Rock Stadium.
In addition, will not be able to communicate with his collaborators Aimar and Samuel during Peru vs Argentina, nor will he have access to the locker room of the ‘gauchos’. You will only be allowed to enter the dressing room when the match has come to an end.
“Lionel Scaloni is going to watch the game from a box in the stadium. Walter Samuel will appear as the coach of the Argentine team on the technical sheet. Scaloni will be able to enter the locker room in the post-match,” reported journalist Gastón Edul from TyC Sports.
Another of the punishments for the world champion coach is not to hold a press conferencewhether pre or post shock to the ‘Inca’. In that sense, Walter Samuel He replaced him at the last meeting with the media. The former centre-back revealed details of how his teammate took the sanction.
“Lionel is a little bitter about the situation. We consider ourselves a correct coaching staff. In these six years we hardly had these sanctions. He wanted to be with the team tomorrow. “We are going to abide by what Conmebol said,” declared the former defender.
The Argentine team had an incredible start to the 2024 Copa América, confirming its good moment under the command of Lionel Scaloni. Won 2-0 Canada and now last he did the same before Chili. In this way, they lead Group A and qualified for the quarter-finals with one match remaining.
That is why the coach of the ‘white and blue’ decided to keep some of its headlines, including Lionel Messito face their last match of the group stage, in which they will have as their rival Peru and will take place today Saturday June 29 at 7:00 p.m. at Hard Rock Stadium.
The alternative eleven that will play against the national team ‘bicolor’ would be the following: ‘Draw’ Martinez; Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Exequiel Palacios, Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes; Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez and Alejandro Garnacho.
The only unknown for Scaloni was the incorporation of The Celso either Valentin Carboni in the middle of the field. The 19-year-old who plays for Monza in Serie A generated a lot of expectations, however, the Tottenham player prevailed due to his hierarchy.
