07/11/2021 12:54 AM
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Updated 07/11/2021 12:54 AM
It is true that Scaloni had left his face exposed enough for the blows to enter.
He was not one of those who got into the ring with a strong guard and with a back to withstand the blows.
His - he knew better than anyone - was to receive and endure.
And in the meantime build.
Because he had arrived detached from the painful cycle of Jorge Sampaoli.
Because he did not have a single item in the Curriculum that gave him the record to lead to a Selection.
Because it seemed to be one more patch of the leadership
, the slap grabbing the one who was there, available, who was not going to say no while so many others hid and preferred to huddle in their scrolls until the context was more comfortable.
And it is also worth underlining it from the outset:
Scaloni took many false steps.
He stumbled over his contradictions and had to surf against the current.
Against the constant distrust of analysts.
And in the meantime build.
For a moment we will have to look beyond the name.
And the title that breaks the heavy inheritance will be the best shortcut to weed and discover everything that was happening in the blue and white bubble.
As is often the case in these latitudes, the path is reversed.
From the triumph backwards.
And there yes, the complete movie.
Was a renewal requested?
Was it insisted that a team had to be formed to better accompany Messi and not depend so much on his genius?
Was it needed internal strength of a group to prop up the hinge sporting moments?
Was it necessary a leadership that did not kick against?
Did you have to try youngsters by setting the Qatar World Cup as your goal?
And there is Scaloni giving the title to his mother who is having a bad time.
He laughs when he hears them sing for
“La Scaloneta”
, he says naturally that he had never thought of a moment like the one he is living.
He is calm, much more than when the ball rolls.
"The group understood what it is to play with this shirt (...) Commitment and unity take you forward.
I am happier for the boys than for me,
" he says.
The championship will shine a light behind the scenes.
And there will appear the call to Draw Martínez or the ownership to Cuti Romero.
But beyond the surnames, the style.
Because the 5th of the team is Leandro Paredes even in a final against Brazil at Maracanã.
And Rodrigo De Paul offers you the best reward at the most valuable moment with a 10-point match.
Scaloni during the final at the Maracana.
(AFP)
They say that for Scaloni, exRacing is the second undisputed starter, after which no one would ever draw.
There are also the times he managed with Di María, from his anger at not being cited to the ownership and the goal in the consecration.
And if Agüero has to wait at the bank, he does so with a smile.
And Tagliafico, who was a sub-captain, became a spare wheel.
And on the right side he retouched all the times he deemed necessary.
And so much more. Beyond the names is the merit.
If Scaloni were European,
the first thing that would have been praised is that his arrival recovered a spirit of the youth teams in which he had consecrated himself.
And that his leadership was underpinned by other figures of his litter such as
Walter Samuel, Pablo Aimar or Roberto Ayala
.
Lionel and Lionel.
Scaloni and Messi, DT and captain of the National Team.
(AFP)
If Scaloni were European, it would have been thought that his team should patiently offer him a long-term path out of the hysteria that has dominated the team in recent years.
Isn't that what is praised for example of Gareth Southgate in England, who this Sunday will also seek to end an adverse streak and shout for the first time champion of a European Championship?
How many lines have been written about the renewal of the Italian national team, which has been left out of the last World Cup and shuffled again with the style of Roberto Mancini?
Will everything be so different?
That he is a good coach but a bad coach.
That the team starts with everything but then deflates.
That does not shine.
That does not convince.
That errs the changes.
That it is unstable.
That he gets very nervous off the court ...
Meanwhile, a certain Nicolás González enters and fulfills him in various roles.
And Nahuel Molina enters from the right lane.
And the memes of social networks are mutating.
It is no longer so funny not to know the face of the players of the selection that keep appearing and continue to comply.
The journalists who used to do minutes of silence in a television studio now put on the piluso hat.
And vice versa.
"With some touches and some players that were already there, the team was renewed and that climate was not as it was thought, of the backpack and all that. It was outside, of the press," warns the DT.
Meanwhile, the group got stronger going to and from Ezeiza to Brazil.
Playing in a foreign land a Cup that seemed to be received at home.
And the group gave rise to the team.
And there were several more than 11
.
Guido Rodríguez enters, another who could be doing a combination in the subway and few would recognize him.
Scaloni flies through the air, the players hold him up.
(AP)
Did the reverse path Scaloni.
It started with a negative balance.
He passed through the mockery.
With the photo of the face bruised by the bicycle crash as a symbol of his image for the Argentine soccer environment, always eager to dictate premature sentences.
Now he flies through the air, propelled by his players.
He feels supported by them.
And it is not little.
"I feel enormous joy and pride for these 28 warriors who have come to play this America's Cup
,
" he
says with the medal on his chest.
With the title, a new film will begin in your history of driver of the Selection.
It has already entered history.
His greatest merit was building on mistrust.
Something was there.
That which is looked upon with envy when it happens far from these latitudes, was happening indoors.
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