Argentina Manager not happy about Israel trip before World Cup


Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has complained that his side have to play their final World Cup warm-up match in Israel.

The match in Jerusalem against Israel will be their last before travelling to Russia.

“I’m not the one who decides when we play and who we play,” Sampaoli said after the victory against Haiti at La Bombonera.

Sampaoli stressed he did not want to get drawn into any comment on the tension between Israelis and Palestinians.

But he said: “From a sporting point of view, I would have preferred to play in Barcelona. But that’s the way it is, we have to travel on the day before the match, play Israel in Israel and then from there go on to Russia.

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