A story to repeat: the path chosen by Chiqui Tapia to use Jorge Sampaoli – 07/03/2018

Spend the same day, but a few hours apart. First, the German federation announces the continuity of Joachim Löw despite the elimination in the first round of the World Cup for the first time in history, with the opportunity to round to his position 16 uninterrupted years if he fills the link until the end of Qatar 2022 … A little later, the national team leaves Russia without knowing how the leaders of the "New-old" AFA will do to get rid of Jorge Sampaoli, that technician they hired a little over a year and until the end of the next World Cup, promising a revolutionary project … Nothing is a coincidence. The difference of conduct and conviction that exists between Germany and Argentina is so powerful that it hurts and worries.

The change proposed by Claudio Tapia and Daniel Angelici with the national teams, in a way, was exciting because it also included the young, with Sebastián Beccacece in the Sub 20 accompanied by Nicolás Diez, a former Pekerman Boys who joined other heirs Jose like Diego Placente and Pablo Aimar.

However, now nothing else can be believed. Sampaoli walks along the ledge and Beccacece is increasingly coming back to Defensa y Justicia, where perhaps he would come back with Nico Ten. And the project 2022 with Sampaoli as head?

Tapia chose a silence that endorses the words of those around her. Logic: they replicate your message. Enough of Sampaoli. The "Operational Wear" at its best. Ultra eloquent. The idea is that the Casildense are fed up and leave so as not to pay the millionaire rescission clause.

The president of the AFA had sent a press release to ease the time that day of shelling audios and videos, between the parties against Croatia and Nigeria. A few hours later, without asking any questions, Tapia sat in front of the reporters to tell their truth and give lessons on how to communicate. Now Chiqui changed his strategy: he did not want to clarify anything of what is said about his idea of ​​ending the Sampaoli cycle. A similar course had been chosen to close the story of Edgardo Bauza

Tapia is the direct face of AFA with the national team. He lived in concentration, a custom that, for example, did not distinguish Julio Grondona. Chiqui great letter to strengthen, knowing that with the Superleague the direction of football was broken and that is not the president who falls best in the government. However, in this unsuccessful movement with Sampaoli, Angelici was also responsible, which paved the way for Casildense, who could not convince Boca to lead Guillermo Barros Schelotto.

Tapia and Angelici, looking to free themselves from Sampaoli, they show that never fully believed in him and that they do not claim to bring humor to him. Public opinion that the DT punishes with total cruelty. This is the most comfortable exit. We will have to see if it is also the most expensive.

Sampaoli defends him only a lot of what he did before the national team and what he imagines can be built in a new context, with room to work, in time to convince and players who can not expose at any time to another double command like that after Croatia. These could be arguments of the leaders to hold against everything. But the easiest thing is to let go of your hand. Take off Do not support. The silence. Porter And if it does not relax, they rely on the AFA for that they play other pressure cards

Here, in Russia, the national team is no longer there. He left. We do not know if Lionel Messi will come back or who will be the next coach or how new players will respond or what other bad surprise leaders can deliver. The national team is much worse than before the World Cup . No doubts. And it's worrying.

Bielsa, Pekerman, Basil, Maradona, Batista, Sabella, Martino, Bauza, Sampaoli and his successor … Argentina is about to crown a round number: 10 technicians over the course of 15 last years, the same amount as Germany in all its history. There are no cases. You do not learn.

MOSCOW. Special Envoy

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