Argentina coach goes crazy over leaking confidential information before big match with Netherlands
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was extremely angry when confidential information from the team's dressing room was leaked before the 2022 World Cup quarter-final match with the Netherlands.
At 02:00 on December 10, Argentina will face the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.World Cup 2022After struggling to beat Australia, Lionel Messi and his teammates face a much bigger challenge.
Since the beginning of the tournament, the Dutch team of coach Louis van Gaal has used pragmatic and extremely annoying tactics. Therefore, coach Lionel Scaloni prepared very carefully for this match and he mainly let the Argentine team practice behind closed doors to hide information. However, a series of internal information of the Argentine team, including the injury of De Paul and Di Maria, still appeared in the media of this country and that made Lionel Scaloni mad.
When asked about the condition of De Paul and Di Maria, coach Lionel Scaloni angrily said: “In principle, the recent training sessions took place behind closed doors, only we knew each other. I don’t know how they (Argentine reporters) knew about De Paul’s condition. This is really strange, and they know what I mean.”
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Coach Scaloni is angry because information from closed training sessions was leaked. |
“Basically, De Paul and Di Maria are fine. Today we will train together in public. Before that, we trained completely behind closed doors and I don’t know where this information came from. In fact, after every game, there are always players who train separately or only train half the time compared to the rest. That’s normal. We will choose the most suitable team according to the way we want to approach the game, that’s the most important thing.”
Afterwards, coach Lionel Scaloni publicly criticized the Argentine reporters for leaking confidential information of the team. He said bluntly: “If you tell me who leaked the information, I will tell you exactly what De Paul's condition is. The training sessions were conducted in the most secretive way possible. I am really upset about this. I don't understand what you want, I don't know if you support Argentina or the Netherlands”./.