MDZ Online
Argentine online news outlet based in Mendoza.
MDZ Online, a Mendoza-based Argentine outlet, broke word on 20 July that Claudio Tapia would meet Lionel Scaloni over his coaching future only in the 21 September-6 October international window, not straight after the final.
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Timeline for MDZ Online
Reported the Scaloni-Tapia meeting date of 21 September to 6 October
2026 FIFA World Cup: Scaloni talks pushed to autumn windowBackground
MDZ Online is an Argentine digital news outlet based in Mendoza, covering national and provincial news, including sport, politics and business, for an Argentine readership.
On 20 July, MDZ broke the scheduling detail that AFA president Claudio Tapia would not sit down with coach Lionel Scaloni until football's international window between 21 September and 6 October, ahead of the larger Buenos Aires mastheads. That positioning, sourced closer to the federation than the capital's press pack, is typical of how provincial Argentine outlets land federation-adjacent stories first.
Its role in national football coverage is that of a well-sourced regional outlet rather than an agenda-setting one: stories like the Tapia-Scaloni scheduling detail are the kind larger national outlets tend to pick up afterwards, credited back to MDZ.
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