Scaloni has been ‘reassured’ by Argentina’s win over Mexico
Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni says he was “really reassured” by what he saw from his players in Saturday's win over Mexico.
Scaloni's men bounced back from the shock 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in their World Cup Group C opener by defeating Mexico 2-0, with Lionel Messi puttingthemaheadwitha64thminute strike before Enzo Fernandez added a second.
They will now look to secure last-16qualificationtodaywhen they face Poland, the group leaderswithfourpoints.thirdplaced Saudi Arabia also have three, while Mexico have one.
Scaloni, whose reigning Copa America champions had gone into the tournament in Qatar on a 36-match unbeaten run, said: "Obviously after a victory against Mexico, we are feeling better emotionally. We are on the right path now.
"Have we recovered our identity after the (Messi) goal? It depends on how you see it, because then we had to defend the result, whatever it took. That's football. It's tough.
"We had a couple of chances after the goal to get a bigger result, at the end of the match we managed to do that, and that's what counts.
"That's our identity - we fight for every single ball and try to be strong. That's what we asked our players (for) ahead of the match, and that really reassured us - that's what we saw on the pitch. Yes, the first half wasn't great, but we saw our players fighting."
Poland boss Czeslaw Michniewicz – whose side drew 0-0 with Mexico in their first group game – said: "We should all be excited to play Argentina, that we play for something, it's high stakes.wewilldoeverythingto win because we can do it."