With the date of the Argentine national team’s first appearance in the World Cup approaching, against Saudi Arabia, some details are being clarified about the team that Lionel Scaloni will stop on Tuesday. Right now, nine names are already guaranteed, but there are still two uncertainties. The first concerns the physical condition of Marcos Acuña, who has a sore groin, and if he is fit he will start, but otherwise Nicolas Tagliafico will take his place. The second is more tactical: the coach evaluates the options of keeping Alexis McAllister in the eleven, as he did against the United Arab Emirates in Wednesday’s friendly, maintaining the usual 4-3-3 scheme, or giving entry to Julian Alvarez, with an impressive gift, and stopping four Attackers.
In addition to Infantino’s earlier statements, the Secretary-General of the World Cup Organizing Committee, Hassan Al-Thawadi, also launched harsh responses to Qatar’s critics: “This World Cup is perhaps the most written and commented on, even before the ball is thrown. It is unfortunate that much of this comment has been He veered toward embracing misinformation, rejecting nuance and depth, and often relying on racist tropes based on stereotypes and preconceived notions about the Middle East and the Arab world.”
In addition, the executive was responsible for classifying the campaign as a success based on ticket sales in the stadiums: “Although it is believed that Qatar and the Arab world are unsuitable or unworthy to be hosts, the facts indicate that people disagree: 97% of tickets sold out. The UK is among the top five markets for those sales.”
It has already been hours before the curtain opens on the World Cup, which begins on Sunday, when the teams of Qatar and Ecuador will face each other from 1:00 pm. And at the previous press conference, the champions of the game could not hide their excitement to take part in the event: “It was very special to play the opening match because the eyes of the world will be on that match,” said Moises Caicedo. Triple digit. We know Qatar is a strong team. It will be a tough match and we will fight until the end.”
For his part, coach Gustavo Alfaro shares his coach’s expectation of playing in his first tournament: “Being in this select list of coaches who coach in the World Cup is a privilege,” he said, then proceeded to analyze his rival: “Qatar” is the champion of Asia, this is no coincidence. In addition, the former DT of Arsenal, Huracán and Boca did not avoid the topic of Byron Castillo, who was finally removed from the call due to the controversy surrounding his nationality, and gave him solid support: “Tomorrow Byron Castillo will be out on the field with us. You should be here for me.”
The latest Ballon d’Or winner had joined the French national team with some precautions regarding his physical condition, due to his start to the season with some injuries at Real Madrid, but it was initially expected that he would arrive with chances to resume his place at Real Madrid. The core team of coach Didier Deschamps. However, this morning’s newspaper L’Equipe The British newspaper The Guardian reported, at the moment, that the chances of the Real Madrid striker from the start to make his team’s debut in the World Cup, on Tuesday against Australia, are very few, so it will depend on the arrival of Olivier Giroud also in favorable circumstances.
The FIFA President gave a press conference before the start of the Qatar World Cup in Qatar, in which he strongly defended the organization of the tournament, which was characterized by intense controversy from the first moment of his appointment, and had unusual justifications: “Today I feel that I am Qatari, Arab, African, gay, disabled, and a migrant workerThe Swiss began. “I feel like them and I know what it was like to be bullied as a kid. I was a redhead and suffered from bullying. I cried and tried to part with them. If I read the press I will get depressed. I am the son of migrant workers, in very difficult conditions in Switzerland, how they lived and what rights they had. He saw how those who tried to enter the country were dealt with. Switzerland has become an example of tolerance. Qatar advanced And we’ll talk about it, as I wish we could talk about football, if you’re not tired. FIFA is proud to be here. It tires me reading comments about people and decisions from twelve years ago. It will be the best World Cup. What people want is football.”
After receiving the unexpected news that they will have to replace the injured Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa, ‘substitutes’ Thiago Almada and Ángel Correa have already arrived in Qatar to join the rest of their Argentine team-mates at Qatar University Stadium. Before the start of the World Cup on Tuesday against Saudi Arabia.
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