It would undoubtedly be a mistake for the world champion strategist to step aside in the Argentine team after the great enthusiasm he gave to all the Argentine people who came to receive the title winners in Buenos Aires. Millions of people supported Lionel Scaloni who, before all the previous World Cup, did not have much support from the press or public opinion.
But, since 2019 when that sweet story of Lionel Scaloni began and the Argentina team reaping an undefeated 36-game match before the surprise loss against Saudi Arabia, all the criticism against the youngest strategist who participated in the World Cup changed. for messages of illusion and joy in search of achieving what has been accomplished: the title in Qatar 2022.
For this reason, it would be more than curious, unusual and surprising if Lionel Scaloni did not continue as technical director of the Argentina team, but it is a possibility since there is absolutely nothing assured in the future of the former player of the national team. All those people who criticized the decision to put a strategist with little experience found a technical director who led the third championship in the history of the albiceleste.
There is still the possibility that nobody wants to hear and it is the departure of Lionel Scaloni from the national team. Spending his holidays with his family in Mallorca, Spain, the technical director decided to return to Argentina in order to sit down and talk with Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to negotiate his continuity in the benches of his country. Without a doubt, as world champion it would be a boost for his future in the national team, but nothing is written.
Although in recent days Claudio Tapia stated that there would be no problem to seal the continuity of Lionel Scaloni, the strategist did sow doubts in dialogue with the Partidazo of the Spanish Cadena COPE, “I am traveling to Buenos Aires these days. I hope to sit down with the president and meet with him and then see if we reach the agreement we want. That’s the idea. I don’t know what day I’m going to travel because I’m fine with my family here (Mallorca) and enjoying these days.”
But what generated the most expectation was how the interview on Cadena COPE ended. Perhaps there will be no problems as Claudio Tapia said to renew his contract, but nothing is written and Lionel Scaloni concluded, “when I go we will announce what has to be.” The world champion should continue, although everything would be subject to the conditions with which they arrive when they sit down to talk.
