Scaloni Hails Vivas: A Mentorship That Transcends Borders

Scaloni’s praise for Vivas

After the final whistle of the game, a special reunion took place in the mixed zone of the United Airlines Field at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Claudio Vivas, current sports director of the Costa Rican national teams, shared a warm hug with Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Argentine national team, whom he has known since his football beginnings at Newell’s. Then they also coincided in the youth and Major League of the Albiceleste.

“This is a great one, this one made me play since I was little at Newell’s. He is my soccer father and my brother, I appreciate him a lot,” the Pujato native bluntly stated after interrupting the interview to be able to greet one of his mentors in this sport.

During his presence, the Costa Rican journalists took the opportunity to ask the world champion coach in Qatar 2022 his opinion about Vivas at the head of Costa Rica, a team that seeks to take a leap in quality with the arrival of Gustavo Alfaro as coach to be able to fight him hand in hand. to Mexico and the United States, the two main powers in Concacaf. “You already saw it. They compete and it will give them joy. I love and appreciate him very much. His career supports it. “I don’t have many more words,” he outlined.

“He knows about football 10 times more than me, don’t doubt that. Don’t have any doubts, listen to me,” Scaloni concluded. The Ticos will also be present at the Copa América 2024. The draw placed them in Group D, where they will face Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay.

Claudio Vivas, during his time as Bielsa’s field assistant in the Argentine national team

Vivas was a goalkeeper in the Newell’s youth team, but he retired prematurely because he did not have the desired height and dedicated himself to training as a coach. He coached in the red and black youth teams, where he had brothers Mauro and Lionel Scaloni, before making the leap to the Primera to be a field assistant to Marcelo Bielsa, whom he also accompanied to Atlas de México, Vélez, Espanyol de Barcelona and the national team. Argentina. After a long break, Loco took him to work at Athletic Bilbao from 2011 to 2013.

The 55-year-old from Rosario, who arrived in Costa Rican soccer in 2023, also made his own career as a coach. In Argentina he directed Argentinos Juniors, Racing, Instituto de Córdoba and Banfield (two cycles). And he wandered through South America in Sporting Cristal (two cycles) and Cusco FC of Peru, the Under 20 National Team of Chile and Bolívar of Bolivia. He was also general coordinator of the lower divisions of Boca Juniors during the last management of Daniel Angelici.

· SCALONI’S REVIEW ON THE SELECTION TOUR

“We are satisfied with the tour, happy with how the games went. It was seen that they were not easy rivals and that everyone made things difficult. The second game helped us a lot, I saw a very mature team. We found ourselves with the game down and in the second half the team played a very good 20/25 minutes. Happy with that. We are going to encounter games like this, and it works for us,” the world champion coach in Qatar 2022 began his analysis.

In addition, he specified who are the only two footballers who have guaranteed their place in the Copa América in the United States: “Guarantee none, only the one who did not come (Lionel Messi). The rest pick and shovel. Well, we are also going to include Fide (Fideo Di María). He has it guaranteed.”

2024-03-27 13:19:44
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