The first big hit World Cup Qatar 2022 The Argentine team suffered it, after losing in the debut against Saudi Arabia. Despite quickly taking the lead, the national team missed the chances they had to increase the score and led to the recovery of the Asian team, which ended up turning the result around with a flurry of two goals at the start of the complement.
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The setback caused surprise and criticism quickly arose towards those led by Lionel Scaloni. Many questioned the pale performance of the team in the second half, while others put on cold cloths and were more optimistic to reverse the bad start. It was the case of Alexander Fantinowhich predicted that the Albiceleste will manage to overcome the group stage, although he pointed out that to advance further in the World Cup “we will have to improve a lot.”
“After the game I felt very bad, because I love Scaloni very much. I was sad. But when Mexico and Poland tied, I calmed down a bit more. Everything is in the hands of Argentina,” said the driver in a chat with radio with you and when analyzing what happened on the field of play, he highlighted the work of the Saudi team: “We don’t have to be proud like we always are, today the Arabs beat us well. They played better, they were more intelligent”.
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When trying to find explanations for the unforeseen defeat, Fantino pointed to the physical state of the Argentine players, as well as the rival’s tactical approach. “I didn’t see the team very quickly, I always saw the Arabs get to the ball first. I think our players they fell emotionally, that they put a little pressure on themselves and that the Arabs had a tactical system that canceled out the Argentine. We couldn’t turn it around because they were better than us, physically and tactically”.
However, he considered that the VAR interventions were key to invalidate, on three occasions, goals of Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez. “If they gave Argentina one of the three goals they disallowed, maybe they would win 4-0”, he speculated.
The journalist described the performance of the Argentine team at the premiere with “5 points” and expressed his confidence in starting to turn the page on Saturday, in the game against Mexico. “I think we are going to go to the round of 16. But You have to improve a lot to be able to get into the top four”.
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On the other hand, made a strong defense of Scaloni: “He left here as a boy. He lives a European family life, affluent middle class. He doesn’t live like a rich man, he lives in a small city with his daughters and his wife, he comes and goes everywhere by train. He is a type of simple tastes, country people. He is a kid who works as a technician, a human directing that he does not eat the verse that he is a demigod. He is simple and humble, he has personality and he formed a new team, he brought a lot of players to the National Team that we did not take into account. He made the generational change without him feeling or resenting it”.
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