On September 7, 2018, Lionel Scaloni coached the Argentina national team for the first time in a 3-0 win against Guatemala.
In 2018, Lionel Scaloni was hired by the AFA as interim coach of the Argentina national team. His first match in charge was against Guatemala at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
This was the starting eleven:
Gerónimo Rulli; Renzo Saravia, Germán Pezzella, Ramiro Funes Mori, Nicolás Tagliafico; Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes, Exequiel Palacios; Cristian Pavón, Giovanni Simeone and Gonzalo Martínez
Alan Franco, Walter Kannemann, Santiago Ascacíbar, Franco Vázquez, Matías Vargas and Franco Cervi were substituted into the match.
Franco Armani, Sergio Romero, Marcos Acuña, Fabricio Bustos, Leonel Di Plácido, Rodrigo Battaglia, Ángel Correa, Maximiliano Meza, Paulo Dybala and Mauro Icardi were on the bench.
Gonzalo Martínez scored the first goal of the match, a penalty kick to give Argentina the 1-0 lead. Giovani Lo Celso scored from the edge of the penalty area and Giovanni Simeone scored Argentina’s last goal of the match.
Five of the eleven players in the starting eleven won the World Cup with Giovani Lo Celso still part of the team. From the players called-up, seven are still part of the Argentina national team.
Lionel Scaloni would go on to win the World Cup, a Finalissima and two Copa America titles.
Boy did he come a looooooooooong way!!! I mean his first 11 matches, up to and including the first awful games in copa 19 were a total disaster! But then Armani saved that penalty and De Paul joined the midfield and the rest is trophy infested history!!!
Leo balerdi is a complete defender tall , fast ,strong good on the ball his weakness is mistake prone now and again even though he matured a bit now
Argentina midfielder depth is ridiculously good
Leo paredes, de Paul, lo celso
Enzo, MacAllister, palacios, almada, paz
Barrenechea, Equi valera, Perrone Carboni, Echeverri
Scaloni showed balls of steals by accepting this job offer from AFA. Messi had retired and other senior members were also hanging up their boots! Yes, it took him almost 2 years to finally get the team going but after that he hasn’t looked back!
New offside rule
From now on, an attacker will only be offside if their entire body is ahead of the defender.
Remember, Otamendi is starter for Argentina. With this new rule he will have zero chance protecting speedy strikers. It’s almost over for him, IMO. Balerdi or Licha should take that spot ASAP.
LOL completely fake news, absurd, this is just mad Arsene Wenger dream. Never will happen.
I think its fake news circulating in tiktok! If they actually implement this crazy rule, we will not see too many low scoring matches !
If this Happens the Ninja Turtle will score 1500 official goals in his career.