Argentina men’s national football team head coach Lionel Scaloni said “playing with your heart makes up for a lot of things”, after the Albiceleste had to fight tooth and nail against Cape Verde for its ticket to the Round of 16.
“We knew it was going to be a tough match,” said Scaloni. “Despite how much we suffered for it, we deserved the win, but they made things hard for us.”
The Argentina head coach highlighted the team’s never-say-never attitude, and how it “never shrank away” in the game. He insisted the Albiceleste “showed its character” while acknowledging that he’ll have to work with the team on the things that went wrong.
“We rose to the challenge in this match, which many thought was going to be a walk in the park, but we knew it wouldn’t,” he added.
Scaloni said that Cape Verde is a “great team” and that the effort they put into the duel with Argentina can “overcome a lot of factors” in today’s game, particularly as it went into extra time.
