Hervé Renard highlighted having made “soccer history”situation that “will stay forever”after the surprise victory of Saudi Arabia over Argentina in the debut of the World Cup in Qatar.
Twenty-four hours ago, the charismatic DT -who also knew how to direct the representative of Morocco and qualified for the previous World Cup in Russia 2018- had anticipated that an event of these characteristics “it’s full of surprises”.
The Frenchman drew attention with his forecast in the mixed zone after the bombing against Scaloni’s team. “Argentina is going to move from the group and will be world champion”Renard sentence.
The prognosis on Argentina of the French Hervé Renard.
“Anything can happen in football. You have to believe in yourself”said the coach of the Arab formation, which added to its history its first success against a selected world champion.
“We have shown that we are competitive. We did not come to a World Cup to have fun”said the technical director, who began his cycle in Saudi Arabia three seasons ago.
Renard, who was a modest footballer who served as a defender at Cannes in his home country, led two teams that qualified as winners of the African Cup of Nations: Zambia 2012 and Ivory Coast 2015.
Saudi Arabia will assume its second match in zone C this Saturday, starting at 10:00 a.m. in Argentina, when it faces the Polish team.
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