Lionel Scaloni will have a street in Pujato, his hometown

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Argentina’s soccer coach Lionel Scalonithis Wednesday received the love of the residents of bida quiet town in the province of Santa Fe with less than 4,000 inhabitants where he was born in 1978 and where he will soon have a street named after him.

A day after the massive action in which the ‘Scaloneta’ was greeted in Buenos Aires by approximately five million followers for the world title achieved in Qatar 2022, the coach was honored in this town that lived in the last days of the tournament that torn between pride for his popular son and grief over the death of a neighbor in a traffic accident.

“I thought I had cried everything, but I still have emotions. I see people from the town and from the surrounding area. This is everyone’s victory. Not for one club or another, but for whole country. This team played for the people. It was very exciting and enjoyable”, said a moved Scaloni.

The former player of the Spanish Deportivo de La Coruña, Racing Santander and Mallorca, the Italians Atalanta and Lazio, the Argentines Newell’s Old Boys and Estudiantes de La Plata and the English West Ham United was recognized by a plaque by the authorities.

In addition, the municipal president (mayor), Daniel Quacquarini, announced that Lionel Scaloni will name a street in a town that already has a mural of him, that of Club Atlético Sportivo Matienzo, where he took his first steps in football.

The Albiceleste coach emphasized that this team entered the hearts of the fans because its members are “genuine”. “Sometimes we’re on that edge and it’s contagious,” he explained.

The former international, who became the under-20 world champion in 1997, made his debut in charge of the Argentine team on September 8, 2018 and was ratified in the position two months later, amid criticism of his lack of experience in banks.

Over time, the coach from Santa Fe established himself as one of the greatest in the history of the national team, winning the Copa América (2021), the “Finalissima” against Italy (2022) and the World Cup (2022) ). , with a balance of 37 wins, 15 draws and 5 losses.

Source: La Verdad

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