Chapter Seventy-Six: Basilai Gets Out of Class

The personal future of the coach is uncertain, and the faces of the big brothers of the national team are also ugly, which is certainly not a successful national team trip for Santiago and other young people, but this is not over, the training camp is not over, and the whole team arrived in Chile by flight four days later to challenge the Chilean national team.

Before the start of the game, the outside media broke the news that the Argentine Football Federation's trust in Basilele had completely disappeared, and the contact with the new coach Battista had reached the final stage.

In this case, the atmosphere in the national team is solemn, because the words written on Basile's face undoubtedly confirm the accuracy of this news, what kind of person will be the next manager, is the boiling Batista from the outside world? So will he reuse the team of his national Olympic team?

In the past, when Basile talked to the media many times and imagined the future in the tone of the national team coach, perhaps the most touching thing for Argentine fans in his conversation was: "Let's all let the little guys come into the team!" ”

This sentence undoubtedly shows Basile's standard of employment, as he said, Palacio, Tevez, Aguero, Messi...... Such a group of small men were all recruited into the national team by Basile. He put it this way: "These lads are very good on the ground, when they have set-pieces, they say, look at that idiot, they don't pick two tall players, but how do they know that I will pick people who play well to play, you score one, I can score two. ”

It is conceivable that once Basile is out of class, this group of small players will not be affected too much, because most of them have already achieved their foundation, and it is at the critical moment of the World Preliminary Tournament that Battista will definitely not return to shake the foundation of the team, but it is difficult to say about players like Heinze!

A series of problems plagued the players, and at this time, facing the Chilean team, Basille did not have the spirit of the past, and it was quite passable. He knew that no matter whether he won or lost, this game would not have any impact on his personal future, but what people didn't expect was that in the end, this game ended in a 0:1 defeat for Argentina!

However, this result was expected in the eyes of the onlookers, San Tiago, who was panicked within the team and the manager had no fighting spirit, so how could such a game be won even if the main force was exhausted? What's even worse is that in the direct game with the Chilean team coached by Bielsa, Basile's shallow resourcefulness was exposed. Not only is his thinking rigid in arranging the formation, but his ability to adapt to the situation is almost zero, and as soon as the referee's whistle blows, he becomes a spectator.

And he even replaced Riquelme in midfield with Ledesma, who has no experience in tough battles, which is more like a drunken stun!

Don't be surprised, it has long been revealed that the media believes that the poor record of the Argentine team is the result of Basilla's drunken mistakes. As early as when he led the team to the 1994 World Cup, the player Passarella publicly exposed Basile's bad habits. At that time, before the Argentine players returned home, Passarella had reprimanded Basarele for being an alcoholic, drinking out at night, and swore in the name of his daughter that these were true.

Therefore, in the 1/8 finals of that World Cup, the Argentine team was eliminated by Romania, which was believed to be related to Basilla's excessive alcoholism, which caused him to be unconscious and repeatedly faint when directing the team's game, which also made Pekerman resign after the German World Cup, and the media made a large list of candidates at that time, but there was no Basille, but it was only because of Maradona's promotion and the good relationship between the chairman and him that he was successfully elected.

Saint-Thiago watched Basile meticulously straighten his shirt and walk down the aisle after the match, knowing that his departure was a foregone conclusion, but the slightest bit of repetition would be good news for him.

Sure enough, after the game, the head coach of the Argentine national team, Basilé, resigned without warning at the press conference, and resigned before the Football Association made official adjustments to contact him, and the fuse was that the Argentine team led by him was defeated 1-0 by the Chilean team in the 10th round of the World Cup South American qualifiers, becoming the first Argentine coach to be defeated by the Chileans in 35 years. In the same round, the results of the Brazilian team were not optimistic, and the home team and the Colombian team exchanged blanks, and the call of "Dunga is out of class" resounded at the Maracanã Stadium. However, compared to the Brazilians, the Argentines of action have completed the quick cut.

Although the performance of the Argentine team in Santiago was pale and ugly, and the news from the outside world was overwhelming, the "friendly" Argentine media did not think that Basile would leave from the bottom of their hearts.

It was only Basile who said the last words in his post-match press conference that announced everything: "What should have happened has happened, all that remains is to go to church and cry!" ”

The news caused an uproar, except for the players who had a premonition, in fact, before this, the public opinion in Argentina was clearly divided into two factions, the people wanted him to get out, and the media and industry insiders at the same time thought that Basille would not fall so soon. It all seemed to come very suddenly, and by 9 p.m. the news of Basilai's resignation was officially confirmed.

Luis Segura, an official of the Argentine Football Federation, confirmed that Basile had resigned as Argentina coach for "personal reasons" and that "his decision to resign was very strong because he was deeply traumatized." He submitted his resignation after a telephone conversation with the president of the Football Association, Grondona. The Football Association made a reservation for him, but his attitude was very resolute, and the Football Association only approved his resignation. ”

Then the president of the Football Association, Grondona, also explained the resignation process of Basile himself: "He called me and told me that he wanted to resign. It doesn't usually happen, only once before when a manager left Bielsa and I'm sad, but that's what life is all about. ”

During his time at Basile, he led Argentina to 28 matches, with a record of 14 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats, and finished runners-up in the Copa America last year, and now it's all over.

"The president of the Argentine Football Federation, Grondona, is also in full swing in the search for a new manager while accepting the resignation of Basile, who has now confirmed that Batista, who won the 86 title, will lead the team temporarily."

"The Basile era is history, and Grondona is still silent about who will succeed him, but it is widely believed that Batista has the greatest advantage, because Grondona originally planned for Batista to take over the national team after the World Cup in South Africa, and the Olympic gold medal allowed Batista to accept the baptism of the championship, and at the same time gave him a pleasant experience of working with Riquelme, Messi, Mascherano, Aguero and other national team backbones."

When the dusty Santiago returned to Buenos Aires with Riquelme and others, he received an update from the media on the change of manager, two days after Basile's resignation.

Santhiago was very happy with the news, not only him, but even Messi, who was indifferent to Basile, also expressed his support for Batista at the first time, "If he is in charge, I think it will be a good choice, I know him and his coaching team, they can bring the championship to the team." ”

Another day later, the official notice of the national team was issued, and Batista will temporarily lead the team to continue to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers, and at the same time be in charge of the national team's warm-up match against Scotland on November 19.

Batista himself also said in front of the media that he did not want to miss the opportunity: "I am ready and I believe that I have the ability to coach the national team. As a player, you want to play for the national team, and of course the coach wants to coach the national team, which is my dream. ”