As it has become a habit, Lionel Scaloni did not want to confirm the starting eleven that he will put this Wednesday against Poland although he affirmed that what will not change is the “style of play” of the Argentine National Team and that repeating the eleven that came out to play against Mexico is a “concrete possibility”.
The team vs Poland
“In the match with Mexico we ended up defending with five but we started as always and it will be the same way tomorrow. We will start the game the way we have been playing and then we will see what decision we will have to make. Poland not only has players who are strong from above, but they also have very good, fast, technical players and they will have to be taken care of.”
Enzo Fernández starting?
“He has chances to play like the others. He has entered well in the two games that he has had the opportunity and it is an option that we have there. I think that the footballer today has to be prepared for both. Sometimes it is more important to enter from the outside. The players, one enters and another leaves. But game-wise there isn’t much variation.”
mood injection
“Two or three teams have qualified. The rest are risking their place in the next phase. When we talked about the group, that it was a difficult, complicated group… We took into account that this could happen, you always have to play something. We come with an important psychic injection after having won Mexico”
There is always room for laughter
A nice and relaxed passage from the press conference of the coach of the National Team was given before the first question in English. Scaloni put on the headset to hear the translation but it didn’t work. “I understood, I didn’t need to put this on, incredible, something left me from English,” joked the DT referring to the semester he spent in England as a footballer, in 2006 with West Ham.
The way of playing of the Argentine rivals
“It is true that most of the opponents change their way of playing against us. But Poland has a way of playing, they can play with a line of four, a line of five. It is not necessary to have the rival in front of them for them to change, in fact in the previous games they did. But it is true that with Argentina it happens to us, almost in one hundred percent of the games. We believe that they are going to adapt to our game, without it being that they don’t attack us.”.
the most important match
“The most important game is always the one you are about to play, because what happened, happened. And a clean slate. If we go to the round of 16, the next one will be important. That is our philosophy.”.
The emotion of Aimar vs. Mexico
“I was talking about the change we were going to make. I didn’t realize it at the time, he came from celebrating the goal and was drowned and excited at the same time. They are things that must be left in the beautiful memory.
The analysis of the World Cup
“As a coach we take time to watch the games and analyze. I think that what we all thought happened a bit in the group stage, teams that weren’t very well known a priori have struck a blow and honestly we are not surprised. The group stage is always difficult, treacherous. A selection superior to the others has not yet been seen. Spain showed against Costa Rica but then Germany committed them. Football is moments and it will be fundamental, in the next phase, be lucky too. The champion always needs her and, as I already said, the champion is not always the best or the one who kicked the most times on goal”.
happy for brazil
“I am South American and I am happy for Brazil. Anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. The Brazilian team is doing a good job and has won both matches and I congratulate them on that.”
About Lewandowski
“He is a great player, it is a privilege and a pleasure to be able to see him up close like any football fan or fan. The question is a bit tricky, you have to enjoy it, it’s so good, it’s no use comparing it with others”DT responded to a Polish journalist, who asked if Lewandowski was at Messi’s level.
