<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Argentina's football federation chief insisted Monday that coach Lionel Scaloni will remain with the World Cup winners.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Scaloni is the coach of the Argentina national team. We are both men of our word, we said yes to each other. I have no doubt that he will continue," Argentine Football Federation (AFA) president Claudio Tapia said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scaloni, 44, has been in charge of the team since 2018, leading them to the Copa America in 2021 - Argentina's first international trophy since 1993.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He then guided Lionel Messi and the squad to a third World Cup with victory over France in the final in Qatar earlier this month.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, when he was named coach in succession to Jorge Sampaoli after a last-16 exit at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he was not a popular choice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Ninety-nine percent of people thought we were wrong or even crazy," said Tapia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"But this team brought happiness to the people with the titles they won." AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>