Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni leaves press conference in tears, casts doubt over future
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni breaks down in tears after the FIFA World Cup 2026 final loss to Spain and casts doubt over his future as national team manager.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni breaks down in tears after the FIFA World Cup 2026 final loss to Spain and casts doubt over his future as national team manager.
Lionel Scaloni says Argentina's experience in major tournaments will help the defending champions ahead of their FIFA World Cup semifinal against England.
Lionel Messi is set to return for Argentina's final FIFA World Cup 2026 warm-up match against Iceland, with head coach Lionel Scaloni confirming the captain will play while his minutes are carefully managed.
The letter said it expressed the position of its 10 members: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Following 2020's edition, Copa America will be held every four years with the tournament set to head to Ecuador in 2024.
Notably, Argentina will play their Copa America campaign opener against Chile at El Monumental on 12 June. The same was announced on Tuesday.
Albiceleste team director Cesar Menotti told reporters earlier this month that a verbal agreement had been reached with Scaloni to extend the terms of his contract, which had been due to expire in December.
Recently, under Scaloni, the Argentina football team made it to the semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America where they faced the eventual champions Brazil. But they suffered a 2-0 loss at the hands of Brazil and were knocked out of the race for the coveted trophy.
Aguero has scored just once in four matches in this tournament, prompting doubts about whether he would hold his place in the Albiceleste attack alongside Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez
Argentina set up a clash against the hosts at the Mineirao in Belo Horizonte by beating Venezuela 2-0 at the Maracana stadium on Friday.
