Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has been released from hospital in Mallorca after being hit by a car while driving his bicycle, the Argentina Football Association said on Tuesday.

"The Argentina coach, Lionel Scaloni, suffered an accident today while cycling. He is now on his way home after being discharged from hospital," The team Twitter account said.

The 40-year-old coach, becameassistant to Jorge Sampaoli at La Liga side Sevilla in 2016 and followed him when he became coach of Argentina in 2017.

Sampaoli was sacked in the wake of side's disastrous 2018 World Cup campaign and their last-16 defeat to France, but Scaloni stayed on as caretaker coach before being handed the job on a permanent basis in November

Source: Skysports