Tapia was confident about the continuity of Scaloni in the Argentine National Team: “As soon as he comes, he will sign his contract”

A month before the consecration in the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Claudio Tapia, the president of the Argentine Football Association, was confident that Lionel Scaloni will renew his contract to continue at the head of the Argentine National Team. I know that as soon as he comes (to Buenos Aires) he will sign his contract and the coaching staff that gave us so much joy will continue because it is what we all want and what we committed ourselves to. Both the Gringo and I, to continue together and with this project, which is also that of the players,” said Chiqui during an interview with Radio La Red.And he added: “When Scaloni returns, who is now on vacation and enjoying his family, we will sit down and finish what needs to be finished. We are both men of our word and we gave it to each other. Sometimes there are minor issues that need to be talked about and that’s the only thing that’s missing.” In that sense, the leader stressed the importance of giving continuity to the project that began after the departure of Jorge Sampaoli. “We needed to start a project with a replacement that the National Team needed. That’s why you started the World Cup with eight players who had never played in the competition and ended up with a 21-year-old player like Enzo (Fernández) being the revelation and with almost all boys. There is a selection for eight and ten more years. The most important thing is the project,” he said. Days ago, the Argentine coach said in an interview with the Spanish sports radio Cope, that he has a very good relationship with Tapia but that they had to get together to close several issues: “I hope to sit down with the president when he returns to Buenos Aires. I have the best relationship with him and I thank him for the opportunity he gave me to have been in charge of the National Team. We will announce what has to be,” he said.

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