There is no time to mourn.
The Argentine team arrived in Qatar with a huge bag of expectations on its back, but already today (Tuesday) in its opening game against Saudi Arabia, it suffered a serious blow to its winning dreams, with a sensational 2:1 loss to the Saudis.
"It's a sad day but we have to raise our heads and continue," said the disappointed coach Lionel Scoloni at the end.
"The first half was all ours. Only if every offside was a goal... it was a strange game."
The coach added: "We couldn't have come into the game any better, but these tournaments don't give you time to make mistakes. It came at the worst moment for us, but we'll recover from it. I think we played well."
"Losing is never good, but you have to give the feeling that nothing escapes us. Luckily, we have two more games ahead of us and we are going to do everything to come away with a victory.
Scalone.
Despite everything, nothing is over yet, photo: Reuters
Leotro Martins, who saw two of his goals disallowed because of a foul, reacted to the loss and said at the end: "We lost because of mistakes. They are the ones who decided the game and we have to fix it. We should have scored more in the first half, but this is the World Cup and now we have two finals left."
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