The AFA have confirmed that Lionel SCALONI will coach the Argentina National Team for their upcoming friendly matches against Guatemala and Colombia.

As we reported earlier this week, SCALONI along with former Argentina international Pablo AIMAR would manage the Argentina team. The AFA confirmed that SCALONI (presently in charge of the U20 team) will coach the senior team with Pablo AIMAR and Martin TOCALLI as his assistants.

#SelecciónMayor La @AFA informa que Lionel Scaloni dirigirá los próximos amistosos de la Selección Argentina, junto con sus colaboradores Pablo Aimar y Martín Tocalli https://t.co/t1sYlxueBI pic.twitter.com/tpKsUX9qHR

— Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) August 2, 2018

There are also rumors that SCALONI would stay on board and coach the team the rest of the year which would also include a friendly match against Brazil.

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