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Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference before the World Cup final.
Lionel Scaloni held a press conference before Argentina’s match against Spain in the World Cup final where he spoke about the team. Here is what he had to say:
“We prepare just like in every match, with a lot of desire for things to go well for us, with a willingness to analyze the opponent. We need to bring out our best version to try to win.
“I think we are good, beyond the things that we can improve on, like always. We are a team that’s already well known by our opponents and that’s why it has double merit to have reached where we have. We’ll try to win that final.
“Just resting after the trip. They made us train on a schedule we didn’t want. Pretty rushed without trying anything. We are focused on resting. We’ll see how we arrive. There are players who are not 100%, we’ll see how we are doing for Sunday. The one tomorrow will be an important training but in principle, every player is well.
“It’s impossible to see everything that happens to our people not touch our hearts. We play for them and we have recovered something that’s very valuable, which is that people stand in front of the television and give a hug to a fan from another club.
“It’s good to show emotions, it’s part of life and of who we are. It makes us more human.
“Eternally grateful from the coaching staff to these players. It’s not easy to compete at this level for so many years, it’s something wonderful. Hopefully we win but the journey has been incredible and an example for everyone.”
Scaloni also spoke about his hug with Lionel Messi after the match against England and if the World Cup final is Messi’s last match with Argentina:
“He told me “we are pure history” but pure history is him, a legend. For me, hearing him say that fills me with pride, that the greatest footballer the world has ever seen thinks about this group is something wonderful.
“Having been able to reach a final the way Leo has, at the moment he’s in, at 39 years old, is incredible. We have to value what he does and the story and the legend that he is and this group of players that have led us to wonderful years.
“I have no idea, it’s a question for him. I don’t know because he never stops surprising.”
He also spoke about the match against Spain:
“We are two national teams that base everything on the ball. The patterns of play, it’s clear, revolve around the ball with some nuances but we think similarly in that regard.
“We have been analyzing the possible World Cup opponents since December, it’s not that we have analyze Spain more than any other. Over analysis isn’t good either. We are a national team that know each other.
“Spain went from less to more, the last match was the best against a great opponent like France.”
“This achievement belongs to the whole team, it’s hard to put into words what we have managed to do.
“First, we have to win, I only focus on that. Sometimes I cry just thinking about it. We have to savour the moment. My message to my team mates is to enjoy it and prepare with a sense of joy, these are moments we will remember for the rest of our lives.
“The goalkeeper is more than just making saves and nothing else. Staying calm, the posture in goal, these are things in football that influence my team mates. The guys are so good at playing football that I must convey security and tranquility to them.
“It’s nice to see so many kids wanting to be goalkeepers.
“I was always just another fan of the national team. It was always in my head to be the goalkeeper of the senior Argentina national team because I would come train at the AFA headquarters since I was 15 years old. For me, it’s a life in the national team.
“We feel identified with the people, with how we manage the pitch, with how to feel. We come from working families and we have a big union in the group. I would like them to remember us like this, like any Argentine, hardworking.
“For me, it’s important that my team mates and the coach trust in me. For me, that has more merit than saving 10 penalty kicks and being on the cover of newspapers.”
He also spoke about this World Cup and the one in Qatar:
“I am enjoying this World Cup, much more than the previous one. My decision making is better, I am better with my feet. I am eternally grateful to the Argentine people and my team mates. On Sunday, I’ll step onto the pitch with a smile.”
“I am confident in goal, I am the same Dibu that played in the garden in Mar del Plata.
His injury:
“My hand still hurts, every day. I knew that but I put off the surgery.
“All the specialists to me I needed surgery. It bothers me because I love training but since the Round of 16, I have been training as normal and I feel so much better.”
Emiliano Martínez spoke about the Argentina national team and the comments from people talking about Argentina’s opponents at the World Cup.
Martínez commented at a press conference about playing against England and Spain. In the same press conference, he spoke about playing at this World Cup with the Argentina national team. Here is what he had to say:
“I’m obviously proud to be in the 2022 World Cup final, you know what it means to my country just to reach there and the one we won and we experienced Argentina like I have never seen before. The fans, they’re absolutely crazy, different to other countries. And seeing the other day, the people at 2:00 in the morning, celebrating in the cold, Argentinian weather in the moment. Proud for my family, pride for my country and we got a group of players, a group of coaches that they working incredibly hard every single day to try to bring happiness to my country. And we going to give absolutely our best, with Leo, with the team that we have to bring back to back World Cups into my country and celebrate with our people. “
The Argentine also spoke about the comments from people talking about Argentina’s opponents at the World Cup:
“People had opinions about the opponents we were up against but we didn’t choose our opponents.
“For example, Colombia dominated against Portugal, then Switzerland beat Colombia and we ended up playing Switzerland. It was tough. All the matches are tough. You just have to play and adapt.”
Martínez commented on Argentina at this World Cup. Speaking to the media at a press conference, here is what he had to say:
“It’s destiny to play against them. We were prepared to play them in Qatar, we enjoy our people. Be it Spain or any opponent, playing another final is immense pride.”
He also commented on the match against England:
“I think the other day when we played against England, it was the second match I enjoyed the most in my career. Winning it once is very difficult and bringing home the fourth star, I imagine the celebrations. Enjoying it with the people and I’m visualizing and imagining it…”
On the match against Spain:
“Spain are a great national team, I know a lot of them that play in the Premier League and I follow La Liga. They have a great national team that knows our coach well. It’s not only Lamine. They are a great group, that’s why they reached the final. We have our own weapons. I hope it’s a match that the fans can remember for a long time.”
Lionel Messi spoke about the Argentina national team, the World Cup and Spain.
Messi was at the World Cup final Fanatics Fanfest and was asked by tennis player Novak Djokovic about the Argentina national team and the World Cup final. Here is what he had to say:
“We grew up playing football, wanting to have fun. We have a great desire to enter the match and enjoy it, as if we were returning to the place where we started in this sport when we were children.”
When asked about playing against Spain in the World Cup:
“It’s hard to play against Spain, you can’t always win. We will also try to stop Spain because it’s not just about Lamine, they have great players and a distinctive playing style and we also have our own weapons.”
