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KAZAN. The elimination this Saturday of Argentina in eighth of the World Cup in Russia certified the failure of the project of Jorge Sampaoli as coach of Albiceleste, in a process full of doubts, controversial and missing football.
The coach, who replaced Edgardo Bauza as savior, as a successful man who would bring glory to his country, eventually crushed, with rumors of discussions presumed with his players and with some fans. they whistled in their last games as coach.
Sampaoli became the coach of Argentina on June 1, 2017, with a five-year contract. He left Seville and arrived with the title of Copa America in 2015 as Chile coach under his arm.
From Marcelo Bielsa's school, with a revolutionary style of play and a matching track record, Sampaoli seemed the right one to give glory to a team that has not won a title since the Copa America in 1993. [19659003] After a tough start, and qualifying for the World Cup at the last date of South American qualifying with a hat-trick of Lionel Messi against Ecuador in Quito, Russia-2018 seemed like the perfect place to change the direction of 39, a team with little football, little ideas and too dependent on "The Flea".
But everything went wrong from the beginning.
"Say what you want"
After an atypical preparation, with a single friendly match before the tournament (4-0 against Haiti), Argentina came into play very early, with a draw 1-1 against Iceland in its debut in Group D. [19659003] Doubts were installed in the selection. Lionel Messi had missed a penalty in the second half, the team had not looked and his debut was not as expected.
"I think that playing well, Sampaoli can not return to Argentina, it's a pity (…) It's over the verse," said Diego Maradona in his program "De La Mano Del Diez ", for the Venezuelan channel Telesur.
Against Croatia came the hecatomb. The South Americans lost 0-3 and were about to be eliminated during the first exchange, which caused an earthquake in the bowels of a training accustomed to self-injury. combustion
"Say what you want". Aguero in the mixed zone after the contest, asked a sentence of Sampaoli in which he had badured that "the project failed", in reference to the party. The "Kun" interpreted it differently and exploded, leaving the area very angry.
From there, rumors of rebellion, an internal discussion between the players and the coaching staff and a meeting between Sampaoli and AFA President Claudio Tapia, to ratify him in the post between songs of dismissal.
Argentina won a few days later in Nigeria (2-1), advanced to the eighth with "the historic" field and the waters were temperate.
But the fans had already sentenced him. In front of the Africans they dedicated a thunderous whistle and his popularity was on the ground.
This Saturday, against France, the tragedy was consumed. At the last World Cup for many of its members and the question of what Lionel Messi will do at age 31, Argentina said goodbye to Russia in the round of 16 losing 4-3
With Sampaoli, the results did not arrive. And with four more years of contract and the most veteran team in the World Cup, all possibilities open up for the future.
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