On December 18, Lionel Scaloni wrote his name in golden letters in Argentina's football history. He became the third coach in the country's history to win the World Cup title. Scaloni became the third coach after Cesare Luis Menotti in the 1978 World Cup and Carlos Bilardo in the 1986 World Cup.
Scaloni, who came from Pozato, Argentina, took over as coach in 2018. The World Cup winning coach's contract with the Argentina team will expire at the end of this year. However, the president of the Argentine Football Association, Claudio Tapia, said that the contract with Scaloni is going to be renewed soon.
Although criticized at the beginning of taking over, Scaloni is now considered one of the heroes of Argentina's World Cup victory. Scaloni even received a warm welcome at the Ibiza airport when he left the country and returned to his family in Mallorca. There is also talk of extending his contract as the coach of the Argentina team. However, Tapia has no doubts about Scaloni's coach.
In addition to praising the coaching staff, Tapia also specially remembered the captain Lionel Messi, 'Argentina team has the best coaching staff in the world. We have the best players in the world in our team, who were treated badly. Sometimes the pettiness of others does not allow us to recognize what we have and why. A big part of our success has come because of the captain.
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