Scaloni bemoans lack of rest, leaves doubt for final against Spain | OneFootball

Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference ahead of the final against Spain and raised a concern: the little training time the Argentina national team had and the physical condition of some players. The coach said that several footballers “are not at 100%” and revealed that he will only decide the lineup for Sunday’s match this Saturday.

“They forced us to train at a time we didn’t want, very strange and rushed, so we’re focused on resting. We’ll see how they arrive. There are players who are not at 100%. We’ll see what team we put out on Sunday,” Scaloni explained.

Speaking about Spain, he highlighted the opponent’s style of play and said that both teams have a similar idea: “Everything is based around the ball; in that sense we’re quite similar. Spain grew into the tournament, and the last match was surely their best of all.”

Scaloni also spoke about the possibility of Argentina having an advantage from having played in the 2022 Qatar World Cup final. However, he felt that experience will not be decisive: “I don’t think it’s essential that we’ve already played in a final.”

Argentina will face Spain this Sunday at 4 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in the 2026 World Cup final. The referee will be Slovenian Slavko Vinčić. Ahead of the decisive match, Gonzalo Montiel and Nicolás González appear as options to come into the starting lineup, while Rodrigo De Paul is also pushing to return to the starting eleven.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.