Argentina world champion: Lionel Scaloni’s tears after beating France on penalties

The coach of the Argentine national team, lionel scaloniwas moved to tears by the world championship he won in Qatar 2022.

The Argentine team of scaloni2022 World Cup champion, celebrated her third title, concentrated in the last year, five months and seven days, from the 2021 Copa América against Brazil in Maracana (1-0) and the Finalissima at Wembley against Italy (3-0) until the success achieved this Sunday in Qatar 2022 against France.

Debuting on September 8, 2018 as the head coach of the Albiceleste, are the three trophies that appear in his record, inaugurated on July 11, 2021 in a setting as mythical as the Maracanã stadium against Brazil, in the Copa América final (Argentina hadn’t won it since 1993) that they won 1-0 with a goal from Ángel Di María in the 22nd minute.

The goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez; defenders Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi and Marcos Acuña; midfielders Ángel Di María, Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Paredes and Giovanni Lo Celso; and forwards Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez formed Scaloni’s starting eleven in that clash.

Less than a year later, on June 1, 2022, Argentina won the ‘Finalissima’ against the Italian team, European champions, at Wembley Stadium in London (3-0). Lautaro Martínez, in minute 28; Ángel Di María, at 45; and Paulo Dybala, in 94, signed the winning goals for the Albiceleste, with many of the players who won the World Cup this Sunday.

In that clash, Scaloni lined up Emiliano Martínez from the start; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo de Paul, Guido Rodriguez, Giovanni Lo Celso; Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez and Angel Di Maria.