According to Tasnim news agency, Lionel Scaloni, whose students lost to their guest Uruguay last night (Friday) in the fifth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the South American region with a score of 2-0, said after the game: despite the efforts made in this We had a game, we know that’s football and sometimes you lose. We have to get up and think about the next game (Wednesday morning game against Brazil in the same competition).
The head coach of Argentina’s national football team, who led Albi Celeste to the world championship in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after 36 years, continued his speech as follows: Being the world champion does not make us invincible. Uruguay was better than us in this game and we have to congratulate them for this win. None of us likes to lose, but we have to go through this game and think about the future and correct our mistakes.
Marcelo Bielsa, head coach of the Uruguay national football team, said after this match: “Argentina is the unforgettable champion of the world.” Defeating them does not give us any of their achievements. Such assessments are almost always exaggerated.
After accepting their first defeat in this competition, the Argentine national team remained with 12 points and is still the leader of this competition. Marcelo Bielsa’s students got 10 points with this win and climbed to the second place in the standings of this competition.