Argentina men’s national football team head coach Lionel Scaloni once again highlighted his team’s heart at his press conference after the Albiceleste came back from 2-0 down to beat Egypt 3-2 in the World Cup 2026 round of 16.
“Football is this, not just tactics and strategies,” said Scaloni, who recovered his speech after having to pass on the post-match interview because he was too overcome with emotion.
“Those things are important, no doubt, but if we hadn’t had the heart we had, we would’ve been out,” he added.
Scaloni said the team “believed they could win” after tying the game 2-2, and that it was his players who decided to push under that “positive inertia” to wrap up the game before the extra time.
“We became a team that wasn’t looking for who was marking who or who was going where; we simply pushed forward,” he said.
