Cesar Luis Menotti: "I have no doubt about the fact that Lionel Messi will be in the national team" – 25/01/2019

César Luis Menotti, former Argentine coach and new director of the national teams, said Friday that he did not doubt that Lionel Messi will participate in a new cycle of the albiceleste teamagainst the Copa America of Brazil.

"I do not doubt that Messi will be, but I do not want to reinforce this idea to believe that if Messi came we would be saved, if you see the selection of 86, you will see that there was a team behind Maradona. Trying to play better than the other is an obligationhe stressed.

Menotti, with 80 years but the enthusiasm of the one who badumes his first major responsibilities, gave a long press conference in the premises of AFA in Ezeiza and said that he was dreaming "with a selection of people"

In addition, and true to his style, he talked about the present of Argentine football. He warned that it "would be futile for me, because of my participation, to try to solve the problems of Argentine football".

"I answer for the national team and I hope that Argentine football will find a serious debate and a thorough badysis, and that is what prepare the president, the executive committee and the president of the club" , he insisted.

Menotti explained very clearly his role in the structure of the Argentine national team: "The figure of the coach of Argentina is above all, I will be there to accompany him (Lionel Scaloni ).

In case there is any doubt, he stressed: "I will never intervene in the coach's decisions, I will be there to help, advise."

Menotti knows that his figure is very important in the history of Argentinian football and maybe that's why he pointed out that Scaloni will always have the last word.

Among his wishes, in addition to the one selected present in different parts of the country, as he did when he was coach, Menotti considers that the addition of training is essential.

I want a selection that trains. We will evaluate the schedule, I want to strengthen the selection of football players who play in Argentina, so that the coach can work, "he insisted.

Earlier, AFA President Claudio Tapia was enthusiastic about Menotti's arrival at the selection structure and predicted that "begins a phase of growth and professionalism with Caesar".