The journalist who surprised Scaloni with a hug in the middle of an interview: "Let me give you..."

The emotion of lionel scaloni is that of all the Argentine people. The coach of the Argentine National Team, world champion in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, generated the empathy of the fans for his genuine personality, his character when it came to declaring and his emotional face at each celebration, at each victory. In Pujato, his hometown in Santa Fe, the Argentine coach received a well-deserved tribute, but a particular moment surprised when a journalist asked him for a hug.

This is Alexis Szewczyk, C5N chronicler, who interviewed him shortly after the celebration in Pujato and, after the note, asked him: "Let me give you a hug." A phrase that not only explains the happiness generated by the victory in the World Cup, but also the affection that Scaloni aroused in the rest of the soccer fans.

The Argentine coach hugged his primary school teacher, Chichita, and received a plaque from the community chief Daniel Quacquarini, who announced that they will name a local street after the coach.

The coach explained to Szewczyk why he understands that this Argentine National Team empathizes so much with the people: "I think it's because we are genuine. The players are also genuine. We were once on that side, it's the reality. Or are we now on that side It's not that now because we're... In this case I'm a coach, but I never stopped knowing what football is for Argentina and I think people have caught it. I think the result... Everything gives a back more".

Scaloni referred to his family and in particular to his father Ángel, who was unable to travel to Qatar due to a health problem, and recounted in his tribute: "He was born for football, he was my first coach, that sums up everything that it's for me. Unfortunately he couldn't come [to Qatar], but I was able to be with him today and share moments."

Then, he gave way to a story about how optimistic his father was, long before the final against France: "For a month and a half he had been raising the cup, with the only hand he could raise, he was pretending to raise his drink. And I told him 'dad put your arms down. Put your arm down, put your arm down.' And he laughed."

“He was always very optimistic, since I can remember he was always optimistic. He was confident that it was going to happen, and it happened. The truth is that I was not for that work, I am more from game to game, "added Scaloni, the third Argentine to be world champion as DT.

Finally, the coach spoke about the moments in which he was emotional during the World Cup: "It's my way of being, I've always been the same and I'm not one to hide things a lot, I'm close. In the end, when you see all the things, the emotions that were in Argentina, the support, that makes you value what you are doing much more. Emotion is part of all this".

Scaloni referred to his family and in particular to his father Ángel, who was unable to travel to Qatar due to a health problem, and recounted in his tribute: "He was born for football, he was my first coach, that sums up everything that it's for me.