Lionel Scaloni is in Spain
and, from his home in Mallorca, he opened the doors to Cadena Cope to review everything that happened in the World Cup in Qatar:
Messi, the hot match with the Netherlands, why Leo is the best in the history, the emotional moment in the run-up to the final with France and more.
A final that, according to him, he has not yet seen again.
Next, the most outstanding phrases of the DT of the Selection.
Scaloni, DT of Argentina.
The best phrases of Scaloni
The worst moment in Qatar
: "The game with Mexico at half-time, we had to make the players understand the moment we were living. We were 0-0, maybe it was to say go on the charge Barracas to win the game no matter what and we lost it. You had to have the head to see that Mexico was offering us a close game and that if it ended tied, we had one more chance. As the coach of the National Team, it annoys me to say it, but we had to tell them that. The game opened with the goal Leo, we were convinced that it had to open up".
Messi vs. The Netherlands:
"It was a crazy game. I said it at the press conference. It was played as it had to be played. They provoked it. His coach said that Leo when he didn't have the ball was one less. That in 2014 he hadn't touched the ball. All of that turns you on. Messi if you poke him... After the game he was hot but not more than normal. Some made fun of us, ours and them. When they attack you, you have to respond. Now, attack for the sake of attacking or attack, no. Well if they attack you, we respond."
Messi is the best in history:
"It's easy to describe and talk about Leo. I lead him and I know him well. I was a teammate and I was the opponent. The best in history. Maradona was great for us. If I have to stay, it's logical They are both Argentines, with Leo I have something special. When I have to talk to him about something, I write to him. Not much. The relationship was always good."
The message that moved him the most after World Cup:
"I couldn't tell you how many messages, some I don't even know who. Because 20 days have passed, I deleted contacts, everything. I decided to have privacy and peace of mind. Always the one from the family that moved me the most The first thing I do is call someone in the family. Or make a video call. We have a group. The first thing I do, after every game, is always talk to them. Family is the first thing people think about. No I can think of something else."
The final:
"I didn't see it again, but I have it in my head. Until the 80th minute I knew that the game was spectacular. From then on it was different. I have the images and I have it in my head. I think it was a pity not having closed it in the 90's. I have it clear".
Dibu's save to Kolo Muani:
"I saw it in the images. They flash it to you anywhere on TV. It's a heavy image. If I see it again, it might come in, ha. It was a key play. It was It all ended there. It would have been very unfair."
The technical talk of the final:
"It was very emotional. It's been four years working for that moment. I could say little, but it was emotional. We prepared the game, telling them what we thought we had to do to win it. Thanks to the four years we've lived It stopped there because we couldn't continue. We called the coaching staff to help me, someone couldn't either. It was the final moment".
Dibu Martínez:
"He has a personality that has given us a lot, he has given us a lot. We needed a personality like that. I identified with him in some ways when he was in the National Team. I was a guy who united, he was great, he was always with good face. He is a bit like that and on top of that he is a great goalkeeper. There are attitudes, surely Emiliano will not be happy, but he is a spectacular boy. He is a boy, he is impressive and a good guy. Everything he gave us. It is a discovery of the many that we had going around. It gave us enormous joy".
Mateu Lahoz, the referee of Argentina vs. Netherlands
: "Look, he has my first shirt in a Málaga vs. Mallorca in the Copa del Rey. It was his first or second game. I gave him my shirt. From there a great relationship arose. For me he is a great referee, I have no doubts. The game was not easy for him. Everything that had happened in the previous days. He got hot. We didn't help him to take it easy. I said it at a press conference that he had played a good game and had no influence and he had no problems. The match was very hot, too much. He knew everything that had been set up. Unfortunately, everything that happened happened. We didn't help him".
Renewal:
"I am going to go to Buenos Aires to sit down with the president of AFA and we will see if we reach an agreement to renew. It is the idea. I do not know the idea that I am going to travel. When I go we will announce what it has to be".
More quotes from Scaloni
Repercussions:
"I thought my life was going to be calmer after the World Cup, going outside is not as easy as before. I thought my life was going to be calmer after the World Cup, going outside street is no longer as easy as before".
From a football point of view, he looks like...
"As a player, I was a lot of balls, heart, claw... I wouldn't have a place in this Argentine National Team. I look like De Paul, but he's much better"
Would you direct another Selection?
"Coach Spain one day? Why not? Spain gave me a lot and it's my second home. Luis de la Fuente taught me in the coaching course and he's a great guy."
