Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Argentine national team, complained about the state of the grass at the Mercedes Benz stadium in Atlanta, which changed artificially “two days ago” and, in his opinion, was not “appropriate”
“With all due respect, thank goodness we won, because if not, it’s just an excuse. We have known for 7 months that we have to play here and they changed the grass two days ago. The stadium is beautiful and with the synthetic. it’s grass has to be fantastic, but it’s not suitable for these players,” he said at the press conference after the 2-0 victory over Canada.
Scaloni emphasized that, although it looked good from above, the pace of the centre-backs and the impossibility of filtering passes, both due to the rival defense and the insecurity created by the field of playing, made him change his original plan. “Nothing more can be done, depending on the field conditions”
“The important thing is, whatever it is, the team always reacts in one way or another and that calms you down. Regarding the negative, I want to study carefully the (goal) situations that they had to make of decisions. In reality, we made a match according to how the pitch was and what the opponent left us.” projection.
Source: La Verdad
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