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The president of the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, said Monday that Lionel Scaloni “will continue to be the technical director of the team,” praised the leadership of Lionel Messi “who made the victory possible” and left the decision on whether to continue as president of the AFA in the hands “of the soccer leaders”.
He said it at a press conference offered at the Government House in San Juan, together with Governor Sergio Uñacwho declared him an illustrious citizen of the province, after visiting the sanctuary of the Difunta Correa in fulfillment of a promise he made to “Deolinda”, of whom he is very devoted.
Tapia indicated that winning the World Cup “was fulfill a dream like the one we all have sometime and that, with great care and struggle, we saw it on the horizon and worked until we were able to meet the objective”.
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– Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) December 26, 2022
Secondly, did not rule out having a match in Bangladesh, although he said that “when the coach (Scaloni) returns to the country we will talk about the friendlies” and that he would like the team to play in San Juan, “because we want these guys (players) to have the reception they deserve and that it be at the inside”.
Likewise, he commented that the world title, “was one of those dreams”, but that “the first of the biggest, was assuming as president of the AFA on March 29, 2012, which was very difficult, because we came from an AFA complicated, the AFA from 1938 to 1938, with elections suspended by the courts, a Normalizing Commission that took over football and created great evils for us…”
Governor Uñac and the president of the AFA.
“We set out to recover the home of soccer, recover credibility and make improvementsbecause the clubs did not get paid, they gave them 120-day checks, the management that was underfunding the institutions and when we took office there were 2 teams and today we have 16, including women’s, beach, youth, and large projects in development, which allow Argentina return to what it was,” said Tapia
With an emotional tone he recalled that “sometimes one makes decisions that others do not like, as it was putting the gringo (Lionel Scaloni) at the head of the technical team of the national team, 99 percent did not agree, but they did not dare to say anything and they thought he was crazy”.
“However – he added – time has shown that we were not wrong and that in 1 year and 8 months they have achieved three very important titles, which shows that all together we can do things better”.
On why he chose Scaloni as coach, Tapia said that “something good is always learned from the bad”, that he was able to “see how the gringo worked when he was part of Sampaoli’s team” and that when the previous coach resigns, I asked him to directed some parties that we had committed to and I was convincing myself that I could do it”.
He highlighted Scaloni that “little by little, with the FIFA dates and the friendlies, he was conceiving a true generational change in the national team, and formed a capable coaching staff, with players with a sense of belonging such as Placente, Mascherano, Samuel, Tocalli, Menoti Romeo, Aimar, with very strong representations” and that thanks to that, “Today we have a selection project for 8 or 10 years.”
Scaloni left the country surrounded by the love of the fans
The world champion coach took a flight to Madrid this afternoon after spending Christmas with his family in his native Pujato. Scaloni received the affection of the fans who sang the traditional “Give him champion” and with a smile he accepted the requests for photos.
One of the fans who proudly exhibited his “selfie” with the technical director of the “Albiceleste” was the pilot Juan Manuel “Pato” Silva, who was traveling to Saudi Arabia to participate in the Dakar.
Scaloni left the country amid rumors about the postponement of the signing of the renewal contract with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) after the conquest in Qatar 2022. Both parties have verbally agreed to continue until after the 2026 World Cup but the signature has not yet materialized.
The other world champions who left Argentina today were the defenders Nahuel Molina and Nicolás Otamendi. The man from Cordoba will return to AtlĂ©tico de Madrid’s practices, while the experienced defender could be in the game that Benfica will play next Friday in the Portuguese league.
For his part, he recalled that “with Mexico, out of 11 starters, 7 or 8 made their debut in a World Cup and it was the only team where all the outfield players played, except the substitute goalkeepers” and that “we did not play two games in a row with the same line-up and we came out world champions”, which “means that the coaching staff we have is the best in the world, because they have shown it”.
Regarding your contract, Tapia said that “Scaloni and I are men of our wordWe already talked about it and we said yes to each other and when he comes on a trip, we are going to finish it, so I have no doubt that he will continue to be the coach of the national team”.
When asked, the head of the AFA said that “since we arrived in Qatar, we knew that we would be the world champions” and reported that “we never called the charter company, which was AerolĂneas Argentinas, to prepare a plane to return us, because We knew we would play all seven games.”
As for Lionel Messi, Tapia said that “we have the best, mistreated, mistreated, and costing him a lot, he fought like no one to obtain the title that we owe to our captain.”
“Argentines have that thing of not recognizing how much others do for us – he said – and we owe a large part of this sporting achievement to Messi because he managed to unite a team together with the coaching staff with respect, work, a family and friends plan that obtained its results”.
Scaloni traveled to Spain since he has his residence in Mallorca.
“In the World Cup, the team we wanted to see appeared against Mexicowhen leader Messi appeared with a goal of his style and everything went back to working as we wanted and we didn’t stop until the end,” he continued.
Finally, Tapia recalled that “here as in all parts, there are many cabals and mine is to ask the deceased Correa to help us and the truth is that she has always been helping them in these years.”
Therefore, he stated that “I come to fulfill the promise I made to bring the cup if we win it”, after which the president of the AFA shared a popular celebration in the city’s Parque de Mayo, with the presentation of various artistic numbers.
