Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about the World Cup draw and players being left out.

Lionel Scaloni has coached Argentina to a Copa America trophy and will want to coach them to World Cup glory. He is presently in Qatar for Friday’s World Cup draw. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, he commented on the draw itself. Here is what he had to say:

“Why should I be nervous? In the end, whoever is drawn is drawn, we can do a lot. After the draw, we look and see which rivals we got. Before, I used to take it differently, now I’m a little more calm and it will depend on what the person who draws has to say.

“We know how every one of them plays, we have analyzed them and saw them but not to pick. That never works out, thinking if I would like one team over the other.

“Whatever comes out of the draw and afterwards we will have to face it in the best way and I am convinced they will all be difficult.”

Scaloni also spoke about some players being left out of the team:

“We are open to players being able to join, it’s obvious in a team like ours. There’s a multitutde of players and between everyone, we have not been able to have the same list of 26 players.

“We have always had great players and some have already been left out in previous World Cups. That’s going to keep happening.

“It can happen that a player has a very good start to a season and gets our interest to give us a plus. Logically, the team and the group are fine and we will respect that’s happening so far. But we are open to what can happen.”

Manuel Lanzini of West Ham United was involved in a car crash on Wednesday.

Lanzini is back in the United Kingdom as he was involved in a car crash. Per the Daily Mail, Lanzini “miraculously” walked away unhurt.

He was being driven by a chauffeur back to the training ground after having arrived back in the United Kingdom from Argentina.

Argentina will play Mexico in a friendly match in Los Angeles, California in September.

Lionel Scaloni’s team will play against a team from CONMEBOL and it appears to be Mexico. According to Gastón Edul, the match will take place in Los Angeles, California.

This would be one of the final matches for the Argentina national team prior to the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

The pots have been announced for the 2022 Qatar World Cup draw.

Argentina will be on pot 1 as FIFA have announced the pots for Friday’s draw in Doha, Qatar. Lionel Scaloni’s team along with hosts Qatar, Brazil, Belgium, France, England, Spain and Portugal will be in the first pot.

In pot 2 it’s heavyweights Germany with Uruguay, Netherlands, Mexico, Denmark, Switzerland, United States and Croatia. Pot three has Senegal, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Serbia, Poland, Korea Republic and Tunisia.

Final pot four has Cameroon, Canada, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, European Playoff winners, Intercontinental Play-off 1 and Intercontinental Play-off 2 make up the final pot for Friday.

Pot 1:
Qatar
Brazil
Belgium
France
Argentina
England
Spain
Portugal

Pot 2:
Mexico
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Uruguay
Switzerland
USA
Croatia

Pot 3:
Senegal
Iran
Japan
Morocco
Serbia
Poland
Korea Republic
Tunisia

Pot 4:
Cameroon
Canada
Ecuador
Saudi Arabia
Ghana
European Play-Off
Intercontinental Play-Off
Intercontinental Play-Off 2

Mundo Albiceleste will be having a live post draw discussion on the Youtube channel following the draw. Make sure to like and subscribe to join in on the conversation!

Alfio “Coco” Basile spoke about the Argentina national team, Rodrigo De Paul and the World Cup draw.

Basile coached the Argentina national team twice. The first time was when they won the 1991 and 1993 Copa America titles. They would also go undefeated in 31 matches. The second time was after the 2006 World Cup.

Coco is also the only person to ever coach both Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. Speaking in an interview with TyC Sports, he was asked about the Argentina national team. Here is what he had to say:

“With Brazil, we are superior to the rest of South America. They always play better than the opponents, superior than everyone. I see them very well in every aspect. When the opponents have it, we pressure and when we have it, they all come together through MEssi in all areas of the pitch.

“The changes of speed, the changes of rhythm, they have everything.”

He was asked about Rodrigo De Paul:

“Colombatti brought me him in 2012. I asked to bring me one of the guys who stands out and among them were De Paul, (Jose Luis) Gomez and Centurion. They brought him to the first team when I had Teo Gutierrez. That week, I had just seen those guys and all three of them stood out.

“When De Paul first arrived to the Primera, he was a technical player, a playmaker and cold. Now, he’s totally different, he is a beast. He gets fouled, he speaks to the referee, the linesmen, he has an attitude. I love it.”

In regards to the World Cup draw and who he would like to play against:

“Avoid the good ones, obviously. Why are we going to risk it? Why are you going to pick Germany? Let’s play against them later.”

About Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni:

“I see him as very sane, very calm. He has a coaching staff that never talks. They are all very good people and all intelligent. He chose his staff very well.”

Regarding the team equalling his 31 match undefeated streak:

“I don’t know why they took two (wins) away from me. It was always 33 and now they are at 31, who knows. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that the Argentina national team wins.”