World Cup countdown: 50 days, Argentina moment number 37, Maxi RODRIGUEZ

1. Sampaoli is banking on the same old players from the 2014 WC who FAILED and bound to FAIL again is he
   blind.

2. I prefer to see 4-1-3-2 formation with messi aguero upfront.3 attacking midfielder with dimaria lanzini and lo celso.and 1 defensive midfielder behind whose work would be to protect the defense and make forward passes to the 3 attacking midfielders.i have doubt regarding Mercado and fazio but we don’t have options as bustos will be killed by a half decent team in counters.and for strange reason sampaoli not picking garay musachio or anyone decent CB so despite being slow fazio is only viable option available

3. My preferred 11
   Romero /Armani
   Mercado /salvio otamendi fazio tagliafico
   Biglia/pizzaro/battaglia /kranevitter
   Lanzini lo celso dimaria
   Messi aguero

4. Lo celso is our jewel and will be the surprise superstar come wc !

   • The likes of Lo Celso, Lanzini, Meza, Lautaro Martinez, Tagliafico, Pavon, Paredes, and Bustos are what Argentina needs. Young, talented, and energetic.

     • Meza, Parades, Bustos and Martinez won’t be there in the final squad as per reports from some media;

   • I totally agree with you. Those players who are mostly needed for the WC.

5. Lo Celso goal plus hit the post twice in the french cup final

6. The starting 11’s average age will be 29 years.
   older legs and 7 games in a months doesn’t fit.
   1st game against Bosnia:
   ————————romero————————
   —-capagnaro—–Garay——-fernandez—-
   Zabaleta—–Mascherano—————Rojo—-
   -Maxi—————–Messi————-Di maria—
   ——————–Aguero———————–
   Subs:
   gago
   higuain
   biglia
   reverted after the half time to the fantastic four formation after we spent 1 month of preperation for that formation and so did we in the second game.

   2nd game: against Iran 2 changes higauin, Gago for maxi and Campagnaro
   ——————————Romero—————————–
   -zabaleta—-Garay———–fernandez———Rojo——
   ——————mascherano——–Gago—————–
   —————————Di maria————————
   —-Higuan———messi——————Aguero——–

   Subs:
   lavezzi
   palacio
   biglia

   Fantastic four formation also did not impress and so didn’t the subs.

   3rd game: against Nigeria again fantastic four formation
   ———————romero————————
   -zab——–garay———–fernandez—–Rojo—
   —————mascherano—–Gago————–
   —————————–di maria—————-
   ———-Higuain———-Messi———–Aguero—–

   Subs:
   lavezzi for injured aguero
   alvarez
   Biglia

   Aguero started 3 games and got injured and after 5-3-2 failed it can be concluded fantastic four formation failed, and from our strikers only Messi scored, rojo scored and an own goal.

   $th game: against Switzerland
   After Aguero got injured we changed formation 4-4-2
   ——————————–romero—————————
   –zab———-garay—————fernandez—–rojo——-
   —————Mascherano——-Gago————————
   —–Lavezzi———————————-di maria——–
   ————–Messi———higuain————————–

   subs:
   Palacio
   basanta
   Biglia

   Again subs couldn’t make a change, and we looked like a knocked out boxer in the end.

   fifth game: against Belgium, the usual players injured aguero , and during the game Di maria, a not so good gago and rojo suspended and a shaky fernandez out for an experienced demichelis, we were forced to make changes.
   ————————————-romero———————————
   zab————-Garay———————demichelis——–Basanta—-
   —————–Mascherano——–Biglia—————————
   ——lavezzi————————————di maria—————
   ——————–messi——-higuain——————————-
   subs:
   Perez
   Gago
   Palacio

   This was the best game, we were defensively like a rock, with fighters like mascherano, perez, Basanta, Biglia, and lavezzi and demichelis,etc.. this kind of players fit like a glove if you want to play such a formation. this is what I call having the right players for the formation you want to play, But it became clear that we fixed our defense but we made our offense was limited and isolated and it became clear that we Messi was isolated.
   again no goal from the bench, there is no one to make a change.

   sixth game game: against The Netherlands we went with the same players except that we didn’t reward Basanta for his effort and put Rojo in.
   ————————————romero——————————–
   ——zab————-garay—————–demichelis——-rojo—–
   ———————–mascherano——-biglia———————–
   ——–lavezzi—————————————-perez————
   ———————-messi——-higuain—————————-

   subs:
   palacio
   aguero
   maxi

   again no goal, from the bench and aguero was itching to play again and messi hasn’t scored since the group phase. defensively we are great but offensively we lack.

   seventh game: against Germany same formation and no goal
   —————————————–romero—————————–
   –zab————-garay———————–demichelis——-rojo——
   ———————mascherano———biglia—————————
   ——–lavezzi—————————————perez—————
   ——————–messi————higuain————————-

   subs:
   aguero
   gago
   palacio

   no goal, no bench goal.

   Group phase:
   3 games – 6 goals and 3 conceded
   Knock out stages:
   4 games – 2 goals and 1 conceded
   Total – 8 goals and 4 conceded

   Messi – 4 goals
   higiuan – 1
   di maria – 1
   Rojo 1
   1 own goal

   Aguero – 0
   Palacio – 0
   Lavezzi – 0
   gago- 0
   biglia – 0
   maxi – 0
   we are banking on most of the same players to score.

   O bench goals

   I hope we select the right bench players because as proven here no starting 11 from the first game finishes the last game. Cards, injuries, not performing well, ….
   and you need difference makers to come in and change the results what Sabella obviously didn’t have.

   You need a baance team offensively, defensively, and with a mixture of experience and youthful hunger. and you need 23 starters.

7. As per some reports;
   Sampaoli confirmed 20 players
   GKs : Romero and Caballero;
   Defenders: Mercado, Otamendi, Tagliafico, Rojo, Mascherano, Fazio and Acuna
   Midfielders: Dimaria, Salvio, Lanzini, Lo celso, Biglia and Banega
   Forwards: Messi, Aguero, Higuain, Dybala and Pavon

   The fight for the three remaining positions: Franco Armani and Nahuel Guzmán, in the goal, Enzo Pérez, Matías Kranevitter and Guido Pizarro (flyers); Diego Perotti, Ricardo Centurión and Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez, dispute the third hole in the list;

8. Mercado Paredes Mascherano Perroti should be axed from the squad.In place of them Ansaldi Battaglia Ascacibar Centurion should be chosen and then we have to develop the chemistry between players Mostly in midfield and Full backs players.Rest are familiar with each others.

   • May I ask why Perroti should be axed ? As per my knowledge Perroti’s crosses and passes are better and accurate than of Dimaria’s and he is already recovering quickly!!

     • Centurion is better than Perroti who is continuously on bench for Roma even in CL matches.

       • Perroti is injured…

         • with Distortion of the ankle likely to take him 2 weeks for recovery, ‘n ideally shoud be back this weekend. He had encountered additional calf and muscle injuries since March and 2 more since January 2018. his injury record in 2018 could probably cast a doubt on his selection other wise he is undisputable for his role.

9. Hopefully they will play better than that. The football has changed and become more competitive. You cannot rely on Messi to dribble 3-4 guys like that again.

10. Guys have you realized that Messi, Higuain, Aguerro, Di maria, Mascherano and Romero are going to play their 3rd world cup together. For me that means alot positively or negatively.

    • Hopefully we do not see comments like Argentina gambled on the old silver generation and lost again. There is a famous line that says: never change a winning team, but our coaches seem to think: never change a losing team. Sigh.

      We need new blood in the team. My hope is that Sampa picks the 23 fittest players out of the 35 that are announced Monday.

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