Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about people wanting Argentina to lose.
Lionel Scaloni held a press conference before Argentina’s quarter final match against Switzerland. Speaking at the press conference, Scaloni spoke about people wanting Argentina to lose at the World Cup. Here is what he had to say:
“It’s been a long time, 40 years as you just said, since 1986, right? They were saying we were favored back then too. So it’s not something new. As far back as I can remember, Argentina has always been one of the teams that stirs up the tournament, always.
“And in a way, as you rightfully pointed out, it’s used to show the players that there are people who don’t want Argentina to win. But that’s normal, just like there will be people who don’t want another national team to win.
“The thing is, we might have a lot more people who don’t want us to win because we won the last one and well, we take that into account. And yeah, it gets to the players.
“We use the criticism or the comments that are made to rebel. To stage a rebellion and make the players play even better.
“I think with VAR and all these things, it’s very hard for them to help you. Very hard, very hard. There’s no double interpretation with VAR.
“Plus, they made it crystal clear to us in that course they give us before the World Cup starts. They showed us all the footage. This is how it’s going to be, it’s going to be like this, like that. And it’s been followed to the letter.”
There would always be such people. Our opponents would always want us to lose. This is true for any foortball club or nation. Similarly there are millions of people worldwide who want us to win too. Why there is a need for Scaloni to speak the obvious?