Welcome to Tate Sports

Tate Sports

Gomez: Scaloni has formed a team around Messi well, and they will fight for him

12:51pm, 12 September 2025Football

September 12 News Recently, former Argentine international Alejandro Gomez was interviewed by canalsiete, who shared his relationship with Scarloni and his mental journey of being suspended for two years for a positive stimulant test.

Relationship with Scaloni

"Scaloni was 36 years old and transferred from Lazio, but he had some trouble in Atlanta: they wanted him to leave, wanted to clean him up, but he still trained with us."

"He didn't play a lot of games, but he went all out in training. He was a very good player. When I came to Atlanta, I moved to the same neighborhood of him. We lived next door and went to and from get off work together every day. He was the one who helped me since day one: buy me a car, find House. "

Scaloni's appearance as a player

" is unbearable, but in a good sense. He is always energetic and energetic. Telling jokes, training, always going full speed, he is very popular in the locker room. By then he wanted to be a coach, the first course he did, the UEFA C-Certificate, was done in Atlanta, with three or four old teammates doing it. "

Scaloni's ability to manage Messi

" He is very smart in management. In 2018 After the World Cup in Russia, he made a good update to the national team, bringing a group of very eager young players. He formed a talented team around Messi well, and they will fight for him. "

The role of Scaloni in the team's daily life

" He is very close to the players, which is exactly what the players like: he is straightforward and doesn't talk nonsense. The result starts to show, which creates a harmonious environment. "

From not playing for a minute to becoming important in the Copa America

" When I was recruited When called, I was just named Serie A best player in September and October. I was called up, but I didn't play for a minute. It was hard because I competed with the best players in the world. But I never complained, never had any grievances. I went all out in training. "

"I understand my role, I want to be there. Scaloni knows me as a person, knows what I can bring to the team, and I wish I could play more games myself. In the end, I did a great job in the Copa America and proved that I can play well."

About Scar Loni called Romero

"He asked me about a left center back, and I said, take Romero, he is a genius. He called me first, and then Romero." Challenges after suspension and how to deal with comebacks "The worst part is when you don't touch the ball, these are things you don't like to do, but you have to do it. This is the hardest part of football: running and staying physically, running alone on the court and running with the team."

At this moment, the state

"Now I'm back to my previous life, which is the most difficult part. But this is also the love for football, the essence of playing football, the feeling of playing football with friends in the community. This break has made us reconnect with each other."

Regarding whether we will retire on this occasion

"I don't want to retire like this, because this is not my time. I don't want those who wear suits and tie and have never been in sports to decide my retirement. I want to retire when I want to retire. For my children, let They saw their father still sticking with many negations and went back to what he liked the most: playing football. "The emotional shock from the suspension of the first few months were tough, and I didn't understand why such a thing happened to me, especially in my best moments, I just won the World Cup. I was not doing well, I was angry about everything. But I don't think of myself as a victim, the responsibility is on me. I'm a fool, drinking my son's cough syrup, that's what I can't drink, and I'm so overwhelmed by it. "I can't watch it, turn off the news. I isolated myself, worked with psychologists, and worked with myself. It was a cycle I couldn't get rid of, but I gradually cheered up." "I received a lot of support during the ban. "Some people disappeared, I didn't blame them, but there were also people who surprised me: some people who had never appeared suddenly appeared, and in the past two years, I knew more than six years in Atlanta."

Links: