Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has had his say within the Messi vs Maradona debate. Recent off of accumulating the 2022 World Cup trophy, the nation’s third, Scaloni has chosen Lionel Messi over Diego Maradona.
“If I’ve to decide on one I select Leo, I’ve one thing particular with him. He’s the very best of all time, though Maradona was additionally nice,” Scaloni advised Spanish radio station Cope.
Like Messi, Maradona additionally introduced residence a World Cup title to Argentina. Similarities between Maradona’s triumph in 1986 and Messi’s 2022 event are pretty attention-grabbing. Each gamers guided Argentina to the title, gained the Golden Ball trophy for greatest participant on the competitors, and completed with the second-most objectives on the event.
Scaloni first known as Messi when employed as Argentina boss
In the course of the radio interview, Scaloni additionally spoke about eager to get on the identical web page with Messi when he was appointed head coach in 2018. The coach arrived to the Argentina nationwide crew at a contentious time. In spite of everything, they simply suffered a disappointing 2018 World Cup in Russia and Messi was taking time away from the crew.
“The very first thing we did was have a video name with Messi. He stated he was honored and the very first thing we stated to him was ‘Come again. We’ll look forward to you’. That’s what we did and eight months later he got here and located an unimaginable group,” Scaloni said.
Scaloni collects 2 main trophies with Messi in 17 months
Scaloni has now collected a World Cup and Copa America titles with the South American nation. He gained the Copa America trophy in 2021 as they beat their biter rivals Brazil within the last.
The 44-year-old coach is now in contract negotiations with Argentina to stay as head coach. Regardless of latest stories claiming that he’s set to re-sign with the crew, Scaloni additionally opened the door to teach Spain within the close to future. The coach replied with “why not?” when requested in regards to the chance to modify to the European nation.
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