Nahuel Lanzillotta
07/10/2020 - 16:38
Clarín.com
sports
"The Qualifiers are complicated ...".
Lionel Scaloni has everything ready in his head.
But he did not give clues in the virtual press conference for Zoom before the last training of the National Team for the debut this Thursday against Ecuador, at 9:30 p.m. in the Bombonera.
Beyond not offering confirmations about the goalkeeper who will start and the rest of the team, he made several issues clear, starting from the premise that the path that begins to reach the Qatar World Cup 2022
will be very complex,
and much more for this atypical start due to the context of the pandemic.
"Anyone who says that the Qualifiers are easy is wrong. Above all, we started in a strange environment, without an audience, and then we go up to it ...", warned the Argentina coach through the camera located in the conference room from the AFA property in Ezeiza.
And he added about the abnormal situation of having to avoid meetings within the concentration by health protocol: "From the group I do not like anything, because it is not good to have to separate the group. Everything is very strange and uncomfortable."
These days, the DT born in Pujato had an extensive talk with Lionel Messi, who returned to the country after the conflict with Barcelona.
"When all that happened we talked and I noticed it well, calm down. And now we were talking a lot and he is happy to be here. Also now he is well in his team. It is positive for us that he has stayed (in Barcelona) because he started playing , which was what we wanted. "
On the captain he elaborated: "We want with all our strength to reach the World Cup and one of the many reasons is so that Leo can play it."
Liones Scaloni and Matías Manna (collaborator) at the Selection site.
Photo: @Argentina
That the Rosario play nine in Spain modifies the plans in the Selection?
"No, he will always be a forward either in the center or as a midfielder. We always try to have three options up," replied Scaloni, who once again emphasized that "the idea is to make a team" and not for Messi to do everything.
"We have a good base. We are good and we believe that we are going to have a good game. Football takes a backseat because of everything that is happening and a result will not change, but we hope we can give people joy so that pass a little better in this situation ", completed the albiceleste coach.
Without mentioning who will give him the chance under the three suits, Scaloni referred to the big question:
the goalkeeper
.
"Our idea," he said, "is to have a starting goalkeeper who has continuity. For one thing or the other we could not have it at this time. The one who responds will keep the goal."
More: "We are looking for something specific in the goalkeepers and the three who are there, plus Jeremías Ledesma who is coming, have it. That he is a tackle is the basic thing."
There is something that worries the Argentine coach.
And it worries him more thinking about next year.
It is about the
lack of continuity
or minutes that several of their usual summoned suffer in their respective clubs.
"It is a very special call, very difficult. We have called players without minutes because we believe that it can be temporary. It is very difficult due to the stoppage, due to the lack of filming ... We decided to give the right to the players that we believe they can give us what we need in this context beyond the present. But in the future it is something that worries whether or not they play in their clubs, and we will see what happens from now on, "Scaloni explained to
Clarín
about this problem that is followed by close in the technical body of the Selection.
Scaloni, during the press conference in Ezeiza.
(Photo: AFA Press)
This pandemic context also made him change his logistics plans to go to Bolivia for the second commitment, on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in La Paz.
The delegation will go on Sunday, that is, two days before the duel, when it is generally stipulated to arrive in the city that is almost 4 thousand meters high on the same day as the game.
"Under normal conditions we would have opted for the option that was always made, but in this situation it would add more stress because the transfers are more complex," he said.
First there will be Gustavo Alfaro's Ecuador.
"We are going to shape our game," said Scaloni, who after completing the renewal of names in his first months and after finding the base of the team in the last Copa América, will seek to seal the identity of this new Argentina in the awakening of the Qualifiers .
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