Lionel Scaloni becoming Argentina manager 'no surprise' to former West Ham team-mate
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Lionel Scaloni is the new manager of Argentina. He played for West Ham during the 2005-06 season. His team lost the FA Cup final on penalties to Liverpool. Marlon Harewood played with Scalini at West ham in the 2006 FA cup final. Harewoods says Scaloner was a good leader in their dressing room. He is preparing to take Argentina to a World Cup for the first time. The tournament will take place in Qatar in 2022. Scalona has never managed at the top level before. In 2021 he will manage Argentina at a major tournament. It will be his first World cup. Argentina won the Copa America in 2010.