translated from Spanish: Mascherano, on Russia 2018: “Sampaoli never ceased to be the coach”

then the word of Lionel Messi, after more than 9 months of silence, players who were targeted by the low performance in the selection took to respond to criticism and the rumors about his handling of the national team, in what is one of the great myths that rodeo to this generation. Javier Mascherano left to talk about, and analyzed in depth to what happened in Russia 2018, where we experienced a very unusual situation, with the management of Jorge Sampaoli that did not end as expected by the fans or the players themselves, who are It brought together to achieve a consensus. Even so, “Jefecito” held together with other players.

“The coach never ceased to be so”, said Mascherano about Sampaoli in Russia World Cup. Photo: NA “in capable Russia that some were not at the level that required the selection.” But it is rare to know who it was. “” The responsible level we showed in the World Cup we are the players and we have it clear “, said in an interview to TyC Sports.” It took a lot of things. Not started well, we tied with Iceland (1-1) and then in Croatia, which was hit very hard. “Always maintained respect for the figure of the trainer, which was that commanded, but were in an extreme situation”, added Mascherano.Respecto to its management with the coach, he said: “come to an agreement with Sampaoli to resolve doubts we had in the field of play”.” The coach never ceased to be so. Was it who decided and arming team. He put the names. We consulted with the DT”, closed. In this note:

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