Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni wanted to play down the importance of the expectation and pressure that is generated around a football match, so after scoring, the feeling was one of relief on the Albiceleste bench.
After Lionel Messi‘s goal, images of Pablo Aimar went viral, showing him struggling to hold his nerves and in tears.
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“We should have a little more common sense. It’s a football match. I don’t share the feeling that you are playing something more than a football match,” Scaloni said.
“We have to correct it, I don’t share it because every time you have to play a match, it was a feeling of relief. It is difficult to make people understand that tomorrow the sun will come out.
“The sensations of joy. The match is over and that’s it. Tomorrow we have to get back to preparing for the match. The joy is very short-lived. You have to have a balance when you win and when you lose,” the coach insisted.
About Messi he added that “he has to enjoy the World Cup. Even the Mexican fans enjoy him. With the humility you have to have. We haven’t done anything yet. A slip-up like the one the other day can’t tarnish anything”.
Argentina beat Mexico in their second group game which means that they now have a good chance of progressing with a win over Poland in the final group game.
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