Emiliano Martínez commented on Argentina’s 2-1 win against Mauritania.

Martínez allowed one goal in the match against Mauritania but had a lot to say about the team. Speaking to the media after the match, here is what he had to say:

“It was one of the worst matches that we have played. We have to have a little bit more heart. Thank God we didn’t play the Finalissima. If we played like that, we would lose…

“When we put on the national team jersey, we have to put more. We need more heart. We lacked intensity.

“Before the last World Cup, we were tested against Italy and we showed that we can do it. Now, we don’t know if we have are at a top 10 World class level to compete.

“This serves us to show that we need a bit more blood.

“Yesterday, we lost Panichelli to a torn ACL, maybe today people played with less intensity out of fear of injury or something. But when we put on the Argentina national team jersey, we have to do much better.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about Argentina’s 2-1 win against Mauritania.

Enzo Fernández and Nico Paz scored for Argentina in their 2-1 win but the team’s performance was wasn’t the best. Speaking to the media after the match, here is what Lionel Scaloni had to say:

“We did not play a good game. We were not at our level. We have to admit that and we have to improve.

“It’s obvious that we can play a lot better, we have done it All the guys we have been able to see have contributed their part but when a match becomes complicated, it’s harder.

“We are talking individually with each player to discuss what we expect and what we see. This is what these two matches are all about. These days also serve us to make it clear that there is no easy opponent, although we do know that when we are in good form, we can compete against any team.

“Sometimes it can happen that when we try something different, the performance might suffer, especially if there’s not much time.

“Now is the time to analyze and we believe we have more or less a clear idea of why today’s performance was what it was. We know that if this team plays well, the chances of winning well go up a lot.”

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his starting eleven for the match against Mauritania and Thiago Almada starts.

Lionel Scaloni’s team will play Mauritania and Scaloni has made some changes to the team. Lionel Messi starts the match on the bench and Thiago Almada starts. Here is the starting eleven:

Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Senesi, Acuña; Enzo, Mac Allister, Nico Paz, Nicolás González; Almada and Julián Álvarez