Scaloni’s record speaks for itself: four major trophies. 75 wins, 18 draws and only nine losses recorded in a little over 100 matches.
Lionel Scaloni has spent most of his managerial career being underestimated. When he was handed Argentina in 2018, Diego Maradona scoffed: “Leo cannot even manage traffic on the road — how can you give him the national team?”
Eight years later, Scaloni’s record speaks for itself. Four major trophies. 75 wins, 18 draws and only nine losses recorded in a little over 100 matches. Five consecutive semi-finals at major tournaments. And a chance to become the first coach since Brazil’s Aymore Moreira in 1962 to win back-to-back World Cups.
Yet he remains football’s most unassuming dynast.
“I was never one of the big players,” he once reflected. “I was a support player. I was a nice guy”, the 48-year-old said.
