Argentina has been enjoying the benefits of Lionel Scaloni’s ‘Midas touch’ since he stepped up as the team’s coach in 2018. Having won a Copa America and FIFA World Cup, Scaloni aims to chase another Copa title as Argentina kick-starts the tournament today in Atlanta. Scaloni’s success as a coach becomes all the more relevant, as he failed to find similar success as a player. Who gave him the plunge to embark on a manager’s role? Stories have it that the Argentine boss’ wife Elisa Montero motivated him to pursue a coaching career.

Elisa Montero is a Spanish native. Even though her nation is featured in the ongoing UEFA Euro, it is quite likely that Elisa will take to the US to catch the action of Lionel Scaloni’s Albiceleste side.

About Lionel Scaloni’s wife Elisa Montero and how she inspired the Argentine boss

Lionel Scaloni met with Elisa Montero when he joined the Spanish side RCD Mallorca on a loan move in 2008. Elisa played volleyball for Mallorca during this time. They started dating since then and Elisa reportedly left Mallorca to live with Scaloni. The 2022 World Cup-winning boss had earlier played for the Italian side Atalanta and hung his boots in 2015. Stories have it that the 46-year-old was depressed after calling quits on his rather forgetful playing career. Enter Elisa with a perfect suggestion.

Elisa Montero reportedly advised Lionel Scaloni to try his hand at coaching. Scaloni believed in his wife’s advice and began his coaching stint with the Argentina U20 team in 2018. Later that year, he took the La Albiceleste senior team’s reins, and the rest is history. Besides, at the beginning of the wonderful coaching stint, 2018 also saw Scaloni and Elisa exchange marriage vows after dating for nearly a decade.

Who are Scaloni’s children?

Lionel Scaloni and Elisa Montero welcomed their first child, Ian, in 2012. Later, in 2016, the couple gave birth to their second son, Noah. We are not very aware of the lives and activities of the two children. Anyhow, the two boys, alongside Elisa Montero, had notably shown up at the 2022 World Cup final to support Argentina. Scaloni later admitted in an interview that the two brothers repeatedly watched Albiceleste’s World Cup-winning moment.

It remains to be seen if Elisa will accompany Lionel Messi’s wife Antonella Roccuzzo and other renowned soccer WAGs at the upcoming Copa America. If fans remember right, Elisa had accompanied her husband to watch a soccer game in the US. She and the Argentina coach took to Inter Miami’s home to watch Messi play. Now is this yet another chance for the Scaloni’s WAG to cross paths with fellow soccer wives while the Copa unfolds in America? Will she be there to support Scaloni and Co.? We will see in the coming days.