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MIAMI (special correspondent).- Lionel Scaloni He was suspended for one game Conmebol and will not be able to lead the Argentine team against Peru this Saturday, due to the last date of the group stage of the America Cup which is disputed in USA. The punishment is because the coach He came out late onto the field to play the second half of the match against Chile, for the second date.
Scaloni would have repeated the mistake, since in the debut match against Canada His coach claimed that the world champions They had returned to the court “four or five minutes” later. And he even demanded a fine for the Argentines, which is now official. In addition to not being able to go out on the field with their team, Conmebol also imposed a financial fine of US$ 15 thousand on the AFA.
The sanction also extends to contact with the media, which was scheduled for Friday afternoon. Scaloni will not be able to participate in the pre-match press conference, and his place will be taken by one of his collaborators, although it has not yet been decided who that will be. Likewise, on the pitch against Peru, there will be his three closest assistants: Pablo Aimar, Roberto Ayala and Wálter Samuel.
The same fate befell Ricardo GarecaArgentine coach of Chiliwho was also fined by the governing body and will also not be able to face his players in Saturday’s crucial match against Canada, which will seal the fate of the trans-Andean team in the tournament.
Conmebol notified the AFA this Friday with the ruling. “The sole judge of the Conmeblo Disciplinary Commission resolved: 1) impose a fine of $15,000 for violation of articles 104 and 145 of the regulations. (…) 2) Suspend official Lionel Scaloni for one match for violating article 145 of the Conmebol Copa América USA 2024 regulations. 3) Expressly warn the AFA and Scaloni that in the event of repeated violations of discipline sports of the same or similar nature to the one that gave rise to this procedure, the provisions of article 27 of the Conmebol Disciplinary Code and the consequences that may arise from them will apply.
The issue of the late start to the second half made noise after the debut match, against Canada, when in the subsequent press conference, the coach of the North Americans, Jesse Marsch, angrily complained about the attitude of the Argentine coaching staff in that game. sense. “Argentina should be fined, okay? “Write that, Olé, THE NATION!” demanded the DT. And he continued: “When they were waiting (to return to the field) they looked at the video images and analyzed how they wanted to play against us. Now, I want the referees to handle the issue. If we had left five minutes late, we would have had a fine and it would be a big problem. We will see what happens with Argentina.”
