The conversation between Messi and Scaloni, which changed history

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Scaloni and Messi (Reuters)

Scaloni and Messi (Reuters)

Argentina’s victory in the World Cup moved the whole world. After the 2:4 penalty shootout over France in the final (3:3 to Pantheon in 120 minutes), Albiceleste coach Lionel Scaloni revealed his conversation with Leo Messi before the tournament, which was defined in the world media as “a conversation that changed the history of Argentina”, in which the flea Gave him motivation for what was to come.

After a match against Brazil in San Juan in November last year in the qualifiers, Scaloni expressed concern to the captain about the expectations of the people in the country and that they are increasing: “I spoke to Leo long before the tournament, after Brazil in San Juan when we qualified for the World Cup, I called him before he returned to Paris because I felt that What is to come will be very difficult”, he revealed Scalone.

The coach continued: “We caused very strong expectations for the citizens of the country and I was very afraid that the disappointments would also be strong. I told him that people are excited about the possibility of winning and he said to me ‘what does it matter? We continue because we will definitely go for it, and if it doesn’t go well, then nothing happened if you try,'” said the flea to his surprised coach.

The Argentina coach pointed to this star’s reaction as his turning point: “It gave me a crazy boost, because at that moment I realized that people were expecting us because we gave them tremendous satisfaction. I had to have that conversation with him and tell him how I felt, and with his reaction I realized we were doing something good. I wanted everyone to know that.”

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