Argentina coach gets angry, demands to replace host Indonesia's interpreter

" Yes, coach Scaloni asked to change the interpreter. There were two members of the organizing committee acting as interpreters of the press conference. He was uncomfortable and found it difficult to understand the questions that one of them had abstracted," Alvino Hanafi - a famous Indonesian sports journalist was upset.

The press conference before the friendly match between Indonesia and Argentina took place on June 18. The unfortunate incident occurred when Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, was dissatisfied. The press conference organizers even received a request to change the interpreter while Scaloni was answering questions from the media.

Coach Scaloni is not satisfied with the interpreter.

Due to the huge language barrier, the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) has hired an interpreter to translate Indonesian into Spanish (Argentina's official language) and vice versa. Coach Lionel Scaloni is not good at English, so it is understandable that he requested a Spanish interpreter.

However, according to the reflection from Bola Indonesia, this interpreter did not do a good job. Bola wrote: " It turns out that translating some football languages from Indonesian to Spanish is not simple. This interpreter appeared worried. Coach Lionel Scaloni was also confused when answering questions after being translated. The organizing committee was asked to replace the interpreter later ."

Not stopping there, coach Lionel Scaloni was not happy when the press conference moderator refused to answer questions from Argentine reporters. However, according to Bola, this was a reasonable decision by the organizers. The questions were alternately asked to Indonesian and Argentine reporters.

According to the host country's press, the press conference took place too close to the Argentina team's training time. Therefore, coach Lionel Scaloni could not comfortably share.

The Argentine coach explained Messi's absence: " Lionel Messi, Angel di Maria and some other players need time to rest and prepare for other matches. We changed many players not because the Indonesian team is weak but because I wanted to try something new. I am very happy that the Indonesian people welcomed the Argentine team ."

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