Scaloni: “We must take advantage of Argentine soccer players” | The coach spoke in Miami before the trip to Venezuela

Scaloni: “We must take advantage of Argentine soccer players” | The coach spoke in Miami before the trip to Venezuela
Scaloni: “We must take advantage of Argentine soccer players” | The coach spoke in Miami before the trip to Venezuela

Lionel Scaloni, technical director of the Argentine National Team, gave a press conference in Miamiin the prior to the duel against Venezuelaas a visitor in Maturín this thursday the ninth date of the Qualifiers heading to the 2026 Cup.

The coach spoke with the press before the last training session in Florida: He referred to the return of Lionel Messi to the team (he missed the last double date due to an injury), to Julio Soler and the casualties that he had for these meetings (Emiliano Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho, Paulo Dybala, Marcos Acuña and Nicolás González).

When talking about the captain, Scaloni confirmed that he will have his presence in Maturín. “Leo is fine, He has played several games before coming to us and that is what I needed: add minutes. In the previous call we had talked and the decision was not to come. Now it’s in good condition, it’s fine. “He will be part of the team.”

However, he did not avoid delving into the problems that the list had due to these numerous casualties. “This call-up is a very difficult date. Many imponderables such as the trip, transfer, how the player came, we managed to get Buonanotte to arrive due to Garnacho’s injury quickly, Bringing players from Europe is difficult. The clubs are out of regulations and it is difficult to bring them in to play.”

“We have to take advantage of the players in Argentine football, who are valid, like Soler, that we had been following him and he had a good Olympic Game. Then watch Depending on what happens in the first game, For now we are fine, numerically we are finewe don’t need more. We have two or three headdresses, we have to see to recover them for the first game and, if not, for the second,” he concluded.

The Argentine coach also announced the logistical complications due to Hurricane Milton and to enter Venezuela due to diplomatic obstacles. “I had asked to travel today and it was not possible, They denied us the trip. We will travel tomorrow (Wednesday) weather permitting. We wait to train and then we leave. In the afternoon we leave“We have no more information than that.”

“It cannot be cleared, it will be difficult to arrive the next day because You cannot go directly to Maturín. We have to make a stopover because they do not allow landing from American soil directly to Venezuela. These are things that do not depend on us, we have had bad luck with this. The most important thing is the health of the people and of all of us who are here too,” he explained.

Scaloni spoke in particular of the absence of Emiliano “Dibu” Martínezwhich cannot be for the suspension of two dates that FIFA applied to himand confirmed that he has not yet defined his replacement: “Emiliano has always been important, it is a weight loss.”

“We, beyond the fact that we would like to count on everyone, We know that whoever it is his turn to play – which we still don’t know because there are two days left until the game – will do his best. and has the level to be. They are Selection level archersimportant football. We would like to have Emilianoit is logical, but the one who stopped will be well received and “He is here on his own merit.”he delved.

The coach also went into depth about how important it is that his players can be available, and that if they are suspended it is for something that is “worth it.” “He has already expressed himself and it has been goodvery fair what you said. I think that are things thathe already said it, Let’s hope they don’t happen again. Especially because The team cannot afford not to have Dibu, (‘Cuti’) Romero. They are important players and the team can’t afford it.”

“Beyond that We can agree or not with the sanction, in my case I do not agree. Logically as a coach I don’t like losing players and we have to emphasize that. “If a player is cautioned or sent off, let it be worth it, let it be for something in the game itself.”complete.

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