The two personalities in Argentinian football who have done the unimaginable also bear same first names. Both are leaders in their respective departments so they compliment each other for greater results but anchored on mutual respect.
Lionel Scaloni the manager of the Argentinian National team and Lionel Messi the captain and talisman.They succeeded in getting a third World Cup triumph in Qatar against all odds even after losing their first group match to Saudi Arabia.
Lionel Scaloni aged 44, and has been with the team since 2017 when his former boss Jorge Sampaoli was appointed as manager of Argentine national team as Sampaoli took him along.
.When Sampaoli left after the disappointment of Russia 2018 World Cup, Scaloni was asked to take charge of the team, and today he has successfully led his country to World cup victory, what other more illustrious managers couldn't do.
Lionel Messi also threw in the towel by quitting the national but was recalled by Scaloni who built the team around him and the results is a first world cup trophy since Maradona days, also finally entrenching his immortality in football folklore.
Story by ibrozano Adams.
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