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Buenos Aires: Getting the best out of Lionel Messi and reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup are the two main goals for new Argentina football coach Jorge Sampaoli.<\/p>\nBuenos Aires: Getting the best out of Lionel Messi and reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup are the two main goals for new Argentina football coach Jorge Sampaoli.<\/p>\n
“I spoke with Leo and we’re both excited,” Sampaoli was quoted as saying by BBC.<\/p>\n
“It’s a boost for us to see how excited he is with this new stage (for Argentina),” Sampaoli, 57, who took over the reins from Edgardo Bauza, said.<\/p>\n
Sampaoli was in charge of Spanish club Sevilla for one season.<\/p>\n
Messi, the star FC Barcelona forward, announced his retirement from international football in June 2016 before reversing his decision two months later.<\/p>\n
Argentina are currently outside an automatic qualifying spot for next year’s World Cup in Russia after six wins in 14 qualifying games.<\/p>\n
Their last four qualifiers are against Uruguay (away) on August 31, Venezuela (home) on September 5, Peru (home) on October 5 and Ecuador (away) on October 10.<\/p>\n
“The South American qualifiers are very complicated. There are some very good teams trying to do the same thing as us,” said Sampaoli, who has signed a deal until the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Buenos Aires: Getting the best out of Lionel Messi and reaching the 2018 FIFA World Cup are the two main goals for new Argentina football coach Jorge Sampaoli.<\/p>\n
“I spoke with Leo and we’re both excited,” Sampaoli was quoted as saying by BBC.<\/p>\n
“It’s a boost for us to see how excited he is with this new stage (for Argentina),” Sampaoli, 57, who took over the reins from Edgardo Bauza, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[8947,1343,466,20849,563],"class_list":["post-34920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-jorge-sampaoli","tag-lionel-messi"],"yoast_head":"\n