L'Argentina wins, the problems remain. For the'Italy, obviously, and for her, Selecciòn, forced to deal with a rather obvious paradox: being as much a favorite for the World Cup as little loved by her people. Perhaps Manchester's 2-0 (75' Banega, 85' Lanzini), in this sense, potrà help, certainly forò Sampaoli will have toà work hard to make sì that l'Albiceleste returns to being the national team of the people, thus surpassingì envies, jealousies and political intrigues that little c'they come in with football.
The words with which the coach, on the eve, effectively denied Icardi and Dybala the World Cup, open up a front of controversy that is difficult to ignore, especiallyù for those who, like us, know the aforementioned very well, so much so that they have been defined as top players in all sorts of ways. Let's start from the facts: l'the interista scored 22 goals in 26 seasonal appearances, the juventus 21 in 35. Very important numbers, moreover in a championship like the Italian one which, net of criticisms and controversies, still remains on the podium of the best ever. Yet Sampaoli has not only excluded them, it has even humiliated them. "Paulo either we didn't know how to value him or he didn't è able to adapt to our idea of football, Mauro didn't discard him but something didn't work in the football relationship with his companionsi", here are the sentences with which the coach explained the exclusions of the two, obviously arousing a sea of controversy. whyé here we are not referring to the technical skills of the two (God forbid!) but to something that is moreù near the locker room benches and the green lawn of the field.
What are we talking about? The Argentines, for obvious reasons, have to be careful, but we can say the opposite "truthto": Sampaoli, officially technical manager, is actuallyà l'last wheel of a gigantic bandwagon, in which everyone is in charge except him. THE "capital" they are Maradona and Messi, one for being the mostù all-time great, l'more to be now. They are the ones who establish the hierarchies of a very strong national team, yet unable to oversee something important for many years. The rumors speak of a Leo (yesterday in the stands for a small muscle discomfort) against Dybala, so much so that Sampaoli is forced not to even bring him to the bench, while on Icardi it's quicker to say who supports him, who è against. In fact, no one seems interested in Maurito's numbers, indeed moreù mark and moreù the Selecciòn seems forbidden: the 4 goals from Genoa didn't help to change Sampaoli's mind and all his team "haters". Among these stands out Maradona (the war between the two has been going on for years) but not è sure the'unique: to the long list (it all stems from the well-known Wanda Nara-Maxi Lopez affair) s'is also added Batistuta, who did not compliment in defining Higuain "much moreù stronger than him".
Now, the technical judgment canò also stay, stay forò the feeling that choices are made according to political and certainly not technical reasons. whyé define the two as "not ready" it at least makes you smile and goes far beyondà of legitimate gaming criticism. L'Argentina beat us, moreover by pushing the engine to idle, testifying to our technical and ideological collapse (alas, we talked about it extensively after Italy-Sweden and things, unfortunately, have not changed one iota) but we doubt that the success can reassure moreù so much Sampaoli. For him, in fact, the problems have just begun and, at this rate, they can only increase dramatically.
