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Lionel Scaloni told how it was the moment he broke down in tears after being world champion and the emotional hug with Paredes

2023-01-24T16:44:23.439Z


The Argentine coach referred to the moment after the final with France, when he meets the Juventus midfielder and gets emotional.


Gonzalo Montiel converted the penalty that consecrated the world champion to the Argentine team and did not celebrate, he began to cry.

There would be time for celebrations, but the first thing was to tear up the tension with which the albiceleste footballers carry during the World Cups.

That's how they live it.

The same could be seen with 

Lionel Scaloni, 

whom the cameras went to look for once the consecration was completed.

He tried to hold back his tears and,

seeing Leandro Paredes come running to give him a hug and thank him, he burst into tears.

One of the most emotional scenes of the World Cup. 

In an interview with 'Universo Valdano', the DT recalled that moment.

"At that moment you say... Ugh, it's over, what a relief. We got it, but what a relief," he 

said in the talk with 

Jorge Valdano, 

world champion in 1986, which is broadcast on the 

Movistar channel. 

The relief for what could have been lost on penalties, more than for what was won, filled the Argentine squad with tears that night in Doha.

Paredes was one of the first names that Scaloni chose to lead the generational change of the National Team and came to Qatar as a fixture in the starting team.

However, his physical problems, added to the good moment of Enzo Fernández, relegated him.

Likewise, he entered a lot from the bench and had an important presence (he converted the penalties against the Netherlands and France).

"That has something symbolic, that a player who starts the substitute final comes and says 'thank you,'" Valdano told him.

"Yes. Leandro had suffered. He had entered the team, left the team. He had just arrived, he had had an injury. Seeing him excited made me emotional too. It was a very nice hug."

"That's when I realized what we did. I had my head in the Maracana, when we won the Copa América. I sat on the bench, 20 or 30 seconds, and they were the best since I've been in the National Team, along with those of Maracana”

, he added.


Aimar's reaction after Messi's goal against Mexico.

TV capture.

If it's about special moments in Qatar 2022, Messi's goal against Mexico was one of them.

La Scaloneta came from the hard blow of the debut and played a bad first half against El Tri, showing a clear drop in confidence that Leo unlocked with an unattackable mid-range shot for goalkeeper Ochoa.

At that moment, the official transmission showed Scaloni talking with Aimar, who seemed to be suffering from the game.

The DT also recalled that moment:

"Pablo came with a family problem... the distance and the match that was tied. He came to celebrate the goal, excited and agitated. I just wanted to talk about the change we were going to make. I didn't realize He realized that he was crying. Then I realized."

About Messi, praise and more praise: "He's a leader, logically a footballer, but when he speaks I can guarantee that he says the right words.

And what he transmits to his teammate I have never seen, in any person. Not footballer, eh, in No person has seen all that it can convey".

He dreams of directing it in 2026​: "Knowing that he is happy inside a field and happy with the National Team shirt, I would leave him there. Later we'll see, but surely have him inside a group and have the '10' in a World Cup will generate something".


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Source: clarin

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