Sampaoli should no longer be a coach – Sports News

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Buenos Aires (AP) – Final on Argentinian goal and final for Jorge Sampaoli: The time of the controversial 58 years as coach of the national team should now be over.

The country's reported media failed miserably at the World Cup coincidence weekend weekend that the badociation had agreed Saturday with Sampaoli on the dissolution of the joint contract.

"408 turbulent days", writes the sports newspaper "Olé". Only the signature should be missing. "The labyrinth's exit, rather late than late," wrote the TyC-Sports station on its home page. Sampaoli spends the last hours as a national coach.

The badociation has not confirmed the end of the short period of Samapoli during the last weekend of the World Cup in Russia. Not even a week after the head of the badociation Claudio Tapia and his deputy Daniel Angelici had a first discussion with Sampaoli after his return and had first reported his provisional whereabouts, both parties should now to agree. According to the newspaper "Clarin" and others, the badociation pays compensation of two million US dollars, the equivalent of about 1.7 million euros. According to "Clarin" Monday the agreement will be signed.

Sampaoli had signed a five-year contract when he left Spanish first division club Sevilla on June 1, 2017 for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. After four coaches in just six years, the badociation wanted to be consistent and then invest a lot in Sampaoli when they bought it out of his contract with Seville.

The World Cup, however, was the low point of cooperation. The players around Captain Lionel Messi seemed to have taken the lead, even though the boss of the Federation vehemently denied. Various conversations between Sampaoli and Messi or Sampaoli and ex-captain Javier Mascherano, 34, left doubt on the defense of Dubia

Sampaoli, the Argentine national team, lost the final of the World Cup in Germany. Eliminated the tournament in Russia with a 3: 4 defeat in France. Sampaoli had to be criticized mainly because of changing configurations and constantly other systems. He wanted to cut the team of superstar Messi, but completely failed. The team lacked identity.

The successors of Sampaoli are Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid and Mauricio Pochettino of Tottenham Hotspur. It is also difficult to know if Messi is available at the new start and continues his career in the national jersey of Albiceleste. The 31-year-old has still not commented after the World Cup.