𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈 & 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 🥹❤️
In 2018, after Argentina's disappointing World Cup campaign in Russia, Lionel Scaloni was appointed as the new Argentina head coach.
Few could have imagined what he would go on to achieve with Argentina...
He rebuilt the entire system around Lionel Messi. Not to make Argentina dependent on Messi, but to allow him to finally play with freedom instead of carrying the entire team.
The achievements speak for themselves:
🥉 2019 Copa América
🏆 2021 Copa América
🏆 2022 Finalissima
🏆 2022 World Cup
🏆 2024 Copa América
🏆/🥈 2026 World Cup
🏟️ 103 games
✔️ 80 wins
🤝 14 draws
❌ Only 9 losses 🤯
What he has done with an Argentina side that was struggling is incredible and deserves nothing but respect 👏
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“LAMINE, PLEASE BEAT ARGENTINA… SAVE ME! If Messi wins the World Cup, I won’t have anything left to say as a Ronaldo fan.” 😭😭😭
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This Spain–France game makes everyone understand one thing, elite midfield will always beat elite attack.
People are obsessed with front threes, goals and individual brilliance, but football has never stopped being a game controlled from the middle of the pitch. An elite attack can only be as dangerous as the platform behind it. If your midfield cannot progress the ball consistently, escape pressure, control transitions or dictate the tempo, then even the world’s best forwards will spend most of the game isolated, feeding on scraps. That’s exactly what happened today.
This is why history keeps repeating itself. The teams that dominate eras are almost always the teams with the strongest midfield, not necessarily the strongest attack.
Spain had Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets. Real Madrid’s three-peat was built on Kroos, Modric and Casemiro. Manchester City became the best team in Europe because they controlled games through Rodri, De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva. Even Barcelona’s MSN only reached their highest level because Iniesta, Busquets and Rakitic gave them complete control of matches.
People often think football is won in the boxes, but before the ball reaches either box, there’s a battle for territory, possession and control. That battle is fought in midfield.
An elite midfield doesn’t just create chances. It decides the rhythm of the game. It decides whether the game is chaotic or calm. It decides where the ball is played, when attacks begin, how quickly transitions are stopped, and whether the opposition’s stars even get enough touches to influence the match.
That’s why you’ll often see world-class attackers disappear in big games. It isn’t always because they had a poor performance; it’s because the midfield behind them lost control. No striker, winger or No. 10 can consistently dominate when every touch comes under pressure, every pass arrives late, and every attack starts 60 metres from goal.
People say goals win games, but midfields create the conditions for goals to happen.
You can have Mbappe, Haaland, Vinicius, Salah or any elite attacker. If the opposition controls possession, wins second balls, dominates the centre, and dictates the tempo, those attackers become passengers for large parts of the game.
That’s why, if I were building a team from scratch, my biggest investment would always be in midfield first. Elite attacks win moments. Elite midfields win matches. Over the course of a season or an entire tournament the team that consistently controls midfield usually ends up lifting the trophy.