Argentina 2019 Match of the Year voting

1. I just realized that I haven’t made a pick yet and even though I loved the game against Brazil because Argentina dominated their butts from the 1st minute I would have to go with the Qatar game because that’s the game where everything started clicking for the team much like how the WCQ game against Colombia was the turning point for Sebella’s team.

2. Argentina vs Venezuela = 2-0 , because its KO stage game in a tournament. Considering the team started badly in first two games, its pretty amazing they managed to reached semi and actually played better than Brazil regardless the outcome and bias ref.

3. Velez satisfied wonder kid 16 year old winger Matias soule signed by juventus…..

4. I would say the turning point of Argentina was the 2nd half against Germany, we saw a real team playing. The best one was obviously against Uruguay. Everything was the natural consequences of the last copa. Honestly we had a lucky Copa. Despite our weakness and this loss vs Colombia, the team played quite well during the 2nd match with a great Paredes miraclly woke up. After they played against 2 dummy teams and we lost against Brazil with pride but beat Chile after. The result was considered as a success and so Scaloni can keep his job to continue his work. If we were elimined at earlier stage then he got fired probably and we may need to restart the whole process over again. I am happy they kept Scaloni not because he is competent but I believe its even worse to keep on changing coach. Its just not the right method as proven during 2014-2018. Nobody can build a champions team in 1 or 2 years even with the finest players of the world in every position, which is even not our case.

5. Foyth is one vs one kind of defender so he needs time to gel.Four or five matches would be enough for him.

6. IMO, best game Argentina played was in November against Uruguay.

7. I said it before and I will say it again, Foyth is NOT a defender, way too reckless, the kid however is made for midfield and I ‘d wager he’d make a damn fine midfielder if given the chance.

   Celso had a decent match, nothing spectacular, just decent. He can do so, SO much better.

   Buendia with yet another fine performance, the guy is all over the place, tackling, making interceptions, creating chances! It’s also interesting that all his assists came against top teams (1 against liverpool, 2 mancity, 1 Chelsea, 1 leicester and 1 Tottenham) clearly indicating that he’s a big game player that thrives in a counter attacking system. If he keeps this up, he should be seriously looked at by Scaloni.

   • Totally agreed except for Lo Celso. I was so happy for his performance during the boxing day game but yesterday he was completely transparent during the 1st half, slightly better during the 2nd. Aurier and Ndombele never passed him the ball, he ran in empty space. Not enough for being in the 11. As long as he doesn’t play as a 10, hard for him.

     Sad for Foyth, for once he started the game and totally fucked it up. Hard to blame him so much, the 2 Belgians were out of form, Aurier was shit, Ndombele didn’t play at his position, not offered enough protection to the defense. I still think RCB is his position in a defense of 3 but need more protection.

     • As I said Gio could do ALOT better because he certainly didn’t look like the world class player that took la liga by storm but he certainly wasn’t bad and it’s certainly not helping his form to be playing in a different position in every game (RW, LCM and CM).

8. Every shot on target against gazzaniga is goal (poor game reading ,slow reactor and worst positioning )
   Foyth seems to be raw even though he should not be at this moment

   • Foyth is still a kid, big mistake today again, not reliable,Mourinho subbed him after 45 mins, Lo Celso doesnt fit in PL and Mourinho system, Gazza is an average goalkeeper at best.

   • It’s absurd to say “every shot leads to goal”. Gazzaniga is (or was) 2nd for most saves in the Prem this season.

   • I am very disappointed with Foyth. It seems he never learnt from mistakes. I have seen all these again and again. Unfortunately all of our other defenders are either error-prone and not solid at all.

   • I see Saravia or Montiel as our starter ATM.

     • I tnk it’s best we go with montiel even though I love saravia but sadly he is being wasted in porto

       • Maradona once said that the problem with afa is that they select undeserved players over deserved ones and he was actually right ,how does a raw defender like foyth gets into squad ?
         IMO buendia is much better than celso (le celso lacks aspects of a modern midfielder ) and buendia should be pogba /eriksen replacement in united/spurs
         Gazzaniga can only save shots going directly to his body (an average gk )
         Benitaz,musso ,matchesin are better than him
         And what’s depressing is that none of our cb or fullbacks (except tagliafico) are performing well in Europe but we do have some upcoming prospects like nehuan ,balerdi ,Romero (best option among all ) ,sensi who are yet to get established
         We need to promote bright fullbacks of local league since none of our European fullbacks are doing well (some are not under radar of scaloni )
         PS = we can never win trophies without a solid gk and back 4

         • Gonzalo montiel is good option ,saravia is good too but he doesn’t start for Porto
           And we have to focus on our u23 fullbacks

         • As far as Saravia is good for NT (so far he is) I don’t think it’s big problem to have him even as starter. That is open question: Saravia or Montiel.

9. Germany 2 vs 2 Argentina

10. Thxese 3 games were our best overall performances.

    -July Copa America: Argentina vs. Chile, 2-1 Argentina win
    -Nov Argentina vs. Brazil, 1-0 Argentina win
    -Nov Argentina vs. Uruguay, 2-2 draw Chile, Brazil, and

    I would say the 2-2 draw against Uruguay was #1. We looked dangerous, cohesive, purposeful, and controlled the opposition (I had not seen domination in a long time). Like Dadie10 mentioned, I also loved seeing Dybala + Messi & Aguero click. With continued improvement, this game made me feel like were on a course to beat any team.

11. Lo celso and fotyh both starting today….

12. Santiago Ascacibar to join Hertha BSC

    • Source ?

    • The interest in concrete hopefully the transfer will be completed in January window finally he will feature in a better team .hope Nicolas Gonzalez will also get a transfer soon

13. Argentina vs Brazil
    Argentina vs Urugway
    were best matches and we went one level up.

14. November 18, 2019: Argentina vs. Uruguay, 2-2 draw

    Uruguay had their biggest guns on their team and we were two times behind, but the team showed fighting spirit and earned a well deserved draw. The other reason I chose this match is that Messi, Aguero, and Dybala were in the starting XI and had a very good game together.

15. September 10, 2019: Argentina vs. Mexico, 4-0 Argentina win

16. October 9, 2019: Argentina vs. Germany, 2-2 draw

    This is the match that made me believe that we are on our way to become the champions of the world again!!

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