Lautaro on the bench for the entire final, Stramaccioni incredulous

The choice of Scaloni not to use Lautaro Martinez in the World Cup final against Spain continues to spark debate. In the Rai studios, Andrea Stramaccioni expressed his disappointment with the decision of the Argentine head coach.

“Scaloni does bear some responsibility; in these situations, the coach can and must change the momentum. He was unlucky because he lost two central defenders to injury, he changed 3 out of 4 players in defense,” explained the former Inter coach. “Out of 6 substitutions, it’s inexplicable not to have used the player who could have changed the attack, namely Lautaro. Not using the Toro remains something difficult to explain.”

Tardelli was also surprised by the striker’s absence on the pitch. “It’s surprising that Lautaro didn’t come on, unless Scaloni had planned from the start to go to penalties,” he said.

Massimo De Luca, on the other hand, raised a different point: “I wonder, even if Lautaro had come on, with Argentina’s defensive attitude would he have had any playable balls? Alvarez didn’t have any chances.”