Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has said that it would have been crazy for his team to lose his 100th match in charge. This comes after the Albiceleste survived a huge scare against Cape Verde, and fans have been reacting.
Praising his players’ resilience after a gruelling match, Scaloni revealed that the match had to be won because it carried extra significance as his 100th game in charge.
Admitting that Argentina came close to a shock elimination, the World Cup winner added that his players deserve praise for not giving up.
His words, “This team never gives up. It would’ve been crazy to lose in my 100th game, but this is football.
It was a very tough match. You always have to take the positives, this team never gives up. I congratulate our opponents, when you say there are no easy opponents… today they showed they are a great team.
I’m a bit skeptical, and I never see ourselves as qualified. Experience has taught me that. But it’s true the game was ugly, it could have gone the other way, even though we were the ones controlling the play.
They told me we were on the easier side of the bracket. Now they realize there are no easy games. We knew it was going to be tough.
We suffered too much, we deserved to win, but the opponent made it difficult for us. I’ll discuss the negatives with the lads, but I’ll focus on the positives: the team keeps attacking, we absorbed the blow, and we came away with the victory.”
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