"We do not trust you anymore"

The World Cup did not go well with the Argentine national team. In fact, things were not going well for a few months, but the tournament worsened the situation. The team only qualified in the last game for Russia and though many still believed that Messi and company would be able to reverse a worst case scenario, the truth is that this is not enough. is not produced. The team, two-time world champion in the past and finalist in 2014, has not passed the knockout phase in Russia and left a bad image. Lionel Messi could not shine in a team that could never be found. The coach Jorge Sampaoli canceled with the Argentine federation at the end of the World Cup, but during the race things were very complicated, as revealed now Ariel Senosiain reporter Argentinian of TyC Sports and columnist Olé, in his book "Mundial es Historias."

Burning meeting between players and coaches

Everything was rushed after the second meeting of the tournament.

Argentina lost 3-0 to Croatia after scoring a goal against Iceland. At that time, the team was almost out of the evidence and confusion settled, according to the reporter. The day after the match, the players wanted to talk to Sampaoli. The meeting was attended by 23 players, Sampaoli, two of their assistants, Sebastián Beccacece and Lionel Scaloni, and the president of the federation, Claudio Tapia. There, it would have been proven that no one understood each other and that the players could not trust the coach.

According to the reporter, the players completely criticized the coach, face to face. Led by Mascherano and Messi the captains of the team, the players showed that they did not agree with his choices, with the way he s & # 39; 39, is trained, trained the team, and not with the more emotional and uncertain side was showing

Who would be the most out of control, according to the reporter, was really Messi .

Messi puts an end to the rumor

The star of the selection is often accused of "command in the selection" and has too much power in the formation of the teams and the choices of the player. To prove that this rumor is false, the star of Barcelona has confronted Sampaoli, in front of everyone, to clarify this question. "You've asked me ten times what players I wanted you to play and what else, and I've never said a single name, tell me in front of everyone if I ever t & rsquo; "Called," said Messi in the book ""

After that, and without the coach being able to deny it, the players were still asking for the right to be heard. Mundial es Historias . "We do not trust you anymore, we want to have an opinion," said the team. Sampaoli would have been surprised by this request from his players, and asked them what they meant by that: "Opinion on what?" And received a categorical answer: "in everything."

Coach yielded at the request of the players

The president of the federation, Claudio Tapia has all looked without saying until then.

At the request of the 23 players who were in Russia, and on the eve of a decisive match against Nigeria, Tapia went to Sampaoli: "You have to yield. And, according to the reporter, that's exactly what happened, thus ending the meeting.

The truth is that after this meeting, Argentina appeared with a completely different team in the field. . There were five direct changes, and the result was the most desired. They won 2-1 in Nigeria and qualified for the knockout round. In the next match, the team changed again, but a 4-3 defeat against France, who would become world champion, ended with the dream of the Argentines, who left early.

After that, Jorge Sampaoli arrived according to the selection for your departure. The coach should receive nearly 2 million euros, but Argentina has not yet announced the new coach.