Venezuelan head coach: Argentina is very good, but we strive to enter the World Cup for the first time

Hupu September 3rd This week, the Argentine national team will face Venezuela at the Monument Stadium, which is the penultimate round of the World Cup qualifiers in South America. Although Scaloni has been qualified to advance to the 2026 US, Canada and Mexico World Cup, Venezuela is still in the play-off zone and is striving to enter the World Cup for the first time in the team's history. Venezuelan coach Fernando Batista looks forward to the battle with the Blue and White Army.

"We have been working hard all the way and have never relied on others to give alms. I am full of confidence in the game against Argentina. The young men are full of fighting spirit, which is a key opportunity to enter the World Cup main match," the Argentine coach said in an interview.

In addition, he also talked about the possibility that Messi would play for Argentina at home: "We foreseeed this possibility long before the public announcement. We knew in private that this would be his last round of World Cup qualifiers in Argentina. We knew that as long as he was not injured, Argentina would be very good regardless of Messi," Batista said. "The success of a coach is that the team did not change players. It will be affected, which is the current situation of the Argentine team. Many players are at their peak, and the whole team naturally hopes to offer gifts to Messi with a wonderful game or even victory."

, but he also emphasized: "We must eliminate external interference and focus on the previous game methods. We must maintain our concentration against Brazil, and show strength in tactical execution and offensive aggressiveness. The game often depends on details: a free kick or an out-of-pole breakthrough can determine the outcome."