In Scaloni they make one more about Dybala, a blunt answer: “Space for whoever we deem necessary”

Amid so many rumors about the conditions of Lionel Messi🇧🇷 Angel DiMaria (still in doubt due to a muscle problem), Rodrigo De Paul there’s one for the trainer’sArgentina🇧🇷 stairs, consider it a certainty. They ask the umpteenth question about Joya and he responds in the same way why he hasn’t found a place on the field until now, not even to play a few minutes against Australia: “If Dybala hasn’t played yet, it’s because I didn’t see the opportunity”🇧🇷

Sure, right? If it’s not a total rejection, the meaning that can be read between the lines is not so enigmatic: you don’t see it, as they say in the jargon; in leadership he has other priorities; in his idea of ​​selection, the Roma player is almost an ornament; if he will resort to it (perhaps) it is because the situation will be such that he will have to fire all available cartridges.

Joya on the bench in the four matches played so far by the national team.

Zero minutes and only on the bench in both three group stage matches (Arabia, Mexico and Poland), where Papu Gomez and Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton midfielder) were preferred. Zero chance of even stepping onto the grass in Qatar with the ‘socceros’ thrashed (2-1, goals by Pulce and Julian Alvarez) and sent home. And against the Netherlands – which Alviceleste faces tomorrow, Friday, December 9, in the quarterfinals of the World Cup – there seems to be no chance for the former Juventus player.

Does Dybala have physical problems? Did he join Argentina not on the best of terms after the injury that kept him out of Roma for so long? This is not the issue and Scaloni reiterates by pointing out that the issue is another. “He is well and in good condition – he added – but we weren’t able to include him either due to the course the games took. We have 26 players and we are giving space to those we deem necessary”🇧🇷

The coach’s words seem to leave no room for the former Juventus player today in Rome.

Words that leave no room for interpretation of any kind and reaffirm the concept expressed by the commissioner less than a week ago. “If you’re out, it’s just a technical decision – he said at the end of the group stage -. He is making his contribution to the group off the pitch”.

Spain, one of the candidates for the final, was eliminated by Morocco on penalties. Scaloni is asked if the team is doing specific training, if they are paying special attention to the penalties that can be decisive for the passage to the next phase. The answer is also clear in this case: “Penalties come after 120 minutes of play. How can I think about it now? It would be mediocre of me. Now let’s think about the match and then we’ll see. Decisions are taken at the right time.”🇧🇷 Maybe with a dash of Joya.