Argentina’s U20 team will play their second match at the FIFA U20 World Cup against Portugal and the starting eleven has been confirmed.
Fernando BATISTA’s team won their opening match 5-2 against South Africa, making them griup leaders going into this game. Here’s the starting eleven.
For Barco’s case, i think its better for letting him blossom in Atlanta for atleast 2-3 seasons more than releasing him to Europe. Atlanta Utd is good to develop young prospects, for example his compatriot Pity, also Josef Martinez and Miguel Almiron (now in Newcastle and three of them already 25 y’old). Better opinion for me is give him time to develop more in his recent club, and after he truly ready for a new challenge, let he try his luck in Europe, same like Lanzini did before moving from Al-Jazira (?).
We played with a strange formation and a strange combination of players. It was as if you can score but we will score more. In the knock out stages that would not be a good philosophy. Our possession statistics went down rapidly after Gaich’s goal because our midfield was completely dominated. Our pass accuracy was very poor, another indication that our midfield was suffering. Our defence played wonderfully well particularly Medina and Ortega completely closed down the right flank attacks. I have said this before that our squad is the best in the world only I hope that the coach’s obstinacy should not harm our chances. Can’t understand why Ferreira did not start. Unless he was injured or ill. There is simply no explanation.
Gaich = Lewandowski
Alverez= Saviola
Barco=Aimar
Moreno = Luis Gonzalez
Pedro De la Vega =Kelly Gonzalez
Maroni=gallardo
Vera=paredes
Meanwhile, for the result of other pitch, as it predicted by many watchers, France, too, advance to Knockout phase after defeating north-american Panama 2-0. They almost dominated all aspects on the pitch against Panama, amass 80% overall ball possession. With some of their players like Alban Lafont, Dan-Axel Zagadou, and Evan N’Dicka have playing regularly each of their clubs, France defence line is undoubtedly very strong, like they displayed in last two matches. But as it happened, they still only managed to score 2 goals against average teams like Panama and Saudi Arabia. From bracket arrangements, looks like we wouldn’t gonna meet them until final round, if we can advance further (I’m sure we will !). And I hope we will face against France if we walk through until Final. It such a great moment to avenge our Senior team at the last world cup.
France producing best youngsters currently than any other nation. They are the favorite.
Same scenario was in FIFA world cup 2018 too
….yes france hv more energy than any other team in this tournament but i think they don’t hv much creativity….i think our fellow south americans teams will be more dangerous than likes of france and portugal is still the team to watch out for…..we hv to admit they created more chances than us but we were more clinical on the day
Barco is a big surprise too, in Atlanta he is nowhere near this agile and aggressive, dribble very little, here in U20 a nightmare for defenders.
Braco needs to leave the shitty MLS ASAP… He could have been much better if he went to Europe not USA.
ATM he already proves you need to shut up your mounth about where from comes good players. So far he is there, in MLS, and is one of our 2 best players. Wide your horizons, man. Good players are everywhere.
I beg to differ. Barco is one of the standout players in the MLS this season leave alone Atlanta. And good players are found in all leagues. The so called farmer’s league is a figment of the imagination of people who know little about football. It is better to play first team football in MLS than be a bench warmer for a top team in the best league in the world particularly if you are 19-20 years old.
Absolutely needs more creativness. I would like to try:
………………..Sosa….Almendra
…..De La Vega….Barco………Ferreira
……………………Gaich
442 is the most suitable for this Argentina
De la Vega #moreno#Sosa#Barco
######Alverez##Gaich
I feel so happy and proud of our boys!!!
We will probably play Italy in quarter final.
Go and win the tournament. These boys deserve a championship!
Now that we have passed to next round, in the next match argentina should play todays subbed players like ferreira, Almendra, la vega.
I am on two minds about goalkeeper should he need rest? I dont know
I think Batista should keep Roffo on.
1000 perfect Roffo plays every minute
Barco is diver but so far simply one of two our best in the tournament.
I think actually the left side of our defence – Medina, Ortega is the better one.
Julian Alvarez like Marcelo Torres for me, i still cant believe quite this player
Batista is doing a great job no matter what the result is . The whole team create s chemistry. From 433 to 442 to 631 in defense ,Batista choose correct tactics and correct players .
Actually Portugal is very strong not just because they are European champion ,their skill ,running ability and speed are very good .they just miss so many chances. Batista using speedy Barco ,GAICH and skillful alverez for counterattack that is the main point .
Scaloni is different, you just look at his list .we don’t have many speedy player to cooperate with messi for counterattack except di maria ,aguero . But Batista has GAICH ,Barco ,Maroni, De la Vega, box to box moreno ,alverez
Gteat. There are talents developing in every position. Great future ahead.
Man , barco is something else, he is too good to play for the u20s , I mean , look at those runs , dribbling skills and intelligence on the ball .
He is one heck of a player .
And by the way for portugal, that’s a typical éuropean style of play – speed strength power and lightening counter attacks.
Am not surprised at all , cause that’s what the modern football revolves around. Flair is gone and slowly slowly it’s getting extinct.
Kudos to the boys for fighting like lions and that’s a big achievement considering the Portugal team was the early favourite of the tournament.
I think batista and his boys had already passed the test , this match was a test to Argentina about their grit in defense and mental approach to the games , when you face mighty opponents.
Vamos Argentino.
Actually Argentina still have some talent young players who are missing this tournament. such as Benjamin garre ,Facundo colidio ,Maxi lovera ,Nicolas capaldo ,Andres Ayala.
Thiago Almada is the best talent, sky high.
Portugal had 9 shots on target out of two are clear goal scoring, Roffo with excellent performance. For me Roffo, Barco, Gaich, Ortega, Perez are stand out performer till now, Gaich need to improve on technique little he has everything to be crowned world best striker for next 12year
Roffo has a better chance being the beat goalkeeper over the next 12 years than Gaich being the beat striker but he is a Poacher like crespo was before him, which is a great quality to have for a striker
Ortega developed well under Heinze.
What were these constant long balls from Roffo? why didnt ARG play? In the first match there was a lot of building game from the back line, now nothing, only 50m balls to Gaich, ugly football, i hope it was only due to result and situation, not Batista master plan (till the goal ARG was rather the dominant side). No need 2 strikers upfront. Barco is an asshole, but different level technical wise. Gaich was dangerous, and hope his presence dont kill our passing game with these long balls. Roffo some mistakes, but improves, Mura nothing special, Ortega so-so, Perez very agressive, Medina was good, Vera dont know, Urzi and Alvarez didnt impress-Alvarez be CF or nothing, Moreno some flashes…next match: Porteau—Weigandt—Medina—Centurion—Ortega—Moreno—Sosa—Almendra—Ferreira—Chancalay (could play striker)—De la Vega
I would like to see Almendra starting the next game. We have a lot better goal ratio than Portugal so even if they win the last game we may try something new.
Almendra, Pedro La Vega should play next match. Barco should be rested for good.
The left side of our defence Medina-Ortega is better.
Roffo is Argentinian Tar Stegen
From the highlights Roffo looked like a star in the making
Gaich is very promising ,IMO Argentina didn’t have that type’s striker for many years. Tall ,strong ,fast and skillful.
Barco is really impressive, fast ,skillful ,accurate.
Julian alverez is decent too .
Urzi didn’t impress me when compared with Barco and alverez
Moreno ,a typical box to box is very useful
F Vera is below par ,he didn’t have enough speed to be a true no .5 but he does have passing skill.i think as a DM Santiago Sosa is better than Vera .the later is between a box to box and DM
Perez may have some mistakes but overall is okay
Mura and Ortega lack of speed just normal
Medina is just normal
Roffo is just normal still had some mistakes
Congratulations kids.
very good job against one of the best teams of tournament.
really i am proud of you all.
you all play with the Argentine spirit.
6 points in two games. it is just perfect.
VAMOS ARGENTINA !!!
Barco is a mixture of dimaria and neymar imo
Yea, but he tend to hold the ball too long many times like Di Maria . Hopefully he’d improve and more aware where he could/should have pass when making those runs toward the goal.
I wont compare to him to Neymar since Neymar dive alot and Barca doesnt.
He looks like aimar
Vamosss!!!! We are growing slowly. Great display in 2nd half. Moreno’s shot was a rocket, too bad luck it hit the bar. Also some great balls from our magical midfield! Gaich missed that shitter but played well. And our capitano Perez is like Sergio Ramos! A goal for him. Overall a great performance from our boys! Batista should continue this gameplan throughout the tournament.
Vamos Argentina!!
Gaich is player who almost always will miss something but except that he has only pluses. He is always big advantage for team even if he is not clinic striker.
This opens up the bracket for us. With a six goal differential we can now avoid France in knockout and possibly play Mali or Saudi in R16.
Would be good
Gonzalo what do you think of Barco and e. Palacios together as CAM in the near future of la seleccion?
DimariaMartinez Messi
Barco palacios
Parcedes
Copa America 2020
Really I think it’s good idea. He looks like NT material already. But his position is the Di Maria place
Still we did that having Ferreira, De La Vega, Almendra on the bench
Actually i don’t think Almendra is better than Sosa ,moreno .hopefully he can improve his passing and dribbling skill
Yes, he is better on passing skills. Moreno has better stamina, Sosa better tackling. But in attack Almendra is better
Batista got his tactics right!! Job well done;
Medina & Ortega had really good game;
On the attacking Front, Barco & Gaich are good;
Alvarez not much apart from the Assist; Urzi & Moreno are decent;
Ruffo looks the weakest; Perez not that impressive
Ruffo rocked, bro. He denied the screamer from Jota that could have been the equalizer.
He did the same mistake as was done in the first match; Ended up in no man’s land;
Luckily every one missed that ball; He is not confident at judging when to come out or not; Same problem as most of other ARG Goal Keepers;
Tidy performances from Roffo. Calm, didn’t get underpressured by number of shots that Portugal created. Command his teammate to covers him well, keep tight with the ball, and his ball distribution is Great. Vamos !!
Great, simply great. We won against one of 2 best teams of the world. We have qualified just after 2 games as it was during best times in past.
FUCKING PROUD of the BOYS !!! We defended extremely well and when we went forward we were great. We underrate our teams far too often. Portugal this / that. They looked a pretty ok team to me. Nothing to be concerned about. We are the team for the tournament.
Barco deserve National call and as well as any biggest club of Europe.. gaich nehun Perez Medina they deserve Euro club.. they have Jill and spirit to win the cup..but don’t forget there has been huge difference between junior level and senior level of football..but our side shows some spirit..
All Portugal’s possession meant nothing in the end. What matter is scoring your chances.
Yes result matters in a tournament…we can play possession football later…:)
I’m impress with the grit and determination of our players. They’re still pressing Portugal like crazy at injury time.
If only the senior side can run half as much as this youth side, we could win Copa.
Yes..Fighting spirit is there…
The kid show exactly that
They also can play possessions
Football when it requires early on
Argentina dominated the possession
Portugal come life when the got behind
I have to say Argentina defend well
In second half cose Portugal is
Very tough opponents.
Our defense in the first half was amazing too. We were quick , closed down spaces well. Just great. 😀
GOalkeeper was great, made one crucial save in second half which he parried into sidenetting. That one could have been Portugal equallizer.
We’re pretty much in second round now. Barco probably needs to be rested at least for one half in last game. He’s been running all day lol
I love the hunger that these kids has been showing. Defence has improved alot compare to first match and we clearly has goalscoring ability aswell.
Lol, he was not very happy being subbed. I guess he was wanting a goal for himself. I love his mentality.
He got 2 goals and an assist in first 2 games, he should save some energy for second round which is more important . We only need to draw S.Korea to remain on top.
Gaich scored but referee called offside…!
Yes, still I think he was crucial player again
Barco and Gaich have become essential players in all the matches..
True. Constant troublemakers for opponents side
2:0 !!!!!
And with the 2nd goal and the substitution of Jota, this match is done for Portugal.
Perez scored
great free kick from Barco…
Whats up with those ugly long ball over and over? I expect these guys at least could have put some decent shortpassing move when attacking…
Result does matter. The kids are playing pretty good and modern football. I am fed up with copying Barca style without delivery.
Barca style? its Argentina that has been playing short passing game centuries before Pep took charge of Barca 10 years ago.
I know it bro. What I meant was the way our coaches simulated tiki-taka to accommodate Messi. That’s not Argentina traditional game. We played short passes with more rhyme and dynamics, such as the goals against Serbia in 2006. But football has changed, direct tactics are ruling these days, and we may need to adapt.
where is Ferreira?
Our luck is holding out so far. Though we are completely overrun in the midfield
That is normal when you defending
The lead the opposite team had to
Push more
almost a 30 yards screamer!
Young lads are showing what the senior side has been lacking: pacey counter attack, long range rockets, and a little bit of tricks. Nehuen Perez will be a big star.
After that first goal, Portugal became more a bit hurry, and often lose possession. If this situation walk up to the 2nd half, i think its just need 1 more goal to lock down the game.
Medina and Ortega playing
Very good before the goal
Arg dominated the possession
Portugal slowly growing
Barco driblings are crazy.
I like when almost every his slalom caused foul for Portugal lol. Its such fun to see that Portugal’ bit upset against him
Barco is fearless. I love his badboy attitude. With luck and some good guidance he will be a great prospect.
We play not bad against Portugal that won both U-17 and U-19 European Championships.
Clever goal from Gaich! But i have to say the ball was even better!! Credit goes to Alvarez too. But our right back should be a little calm. His reckless challenges helping Portugal to get unexpected corners. Not smart! But hope 2nd half will improve our display. We need to score 1 or 2 more goal to seal this match.
Vamos Los Pibes!
You are right guys. Mura has problems on the right side while Ortega on the left keeps quiet the Portugal players
he has to deal with joao felipe – the new ronaldo on the right. Not an easy task. Perez has had to slide over to help. Focusing on two tasks has given him yellow card. On the other side, diago dalot is kept quiet by Urzi’s width leaving Ortega with less problems.
Very good performance i think by Ortega in this first half, almost successfully take down Portugal right wing, makes Trincao and Dalot uncomfort to do some crosses and cut-in.
Yep for me he is the man of the match of the first half
Good game by Argentina although it can be seen that Mura is having difficulty in containing Jota(their star player).
Yep, like i expected Jota is the most troublesome one.
Gaich,Medina,Fausto Vera,Alaverez are good players.
Ortega is decent too
Perez who was supposed to be stronghold of our defence is weakest link of this defence in the tournament. He was to blame for the first goal against RPA, now he got second yellow and will miss next match
And our great coach didn’t call Balerdi..!
I disagree! Yes, he is having some problems. But the first goal by RSA should be blamed on Roffo(GK)! He misjudged the ball and came from his post like a stupid. Which reminds me of Romero’s mistake against Brazil.
Perez trying to overcome his nervousness imo.
Maybe yu are right to some degree
I didn’t watch the first match but Perez played well today. I think he is leading the defense, pretty calm, and good match reading.
Great determination & pass by Alvarez for Gaich. Good first half.
Nice goal from Argentina.
Gaich Scores; Good Play by Alvarez;
Gaich 1:0. Good momentum of Alvarez
Quick contra attack
How was that a counter attack? 😀 Roffo kicks the ball, we attack down the right and Gaich scores.
Ultra offensive Strategy. Sometimes it pays off often it doesn’t. We are vulnerable defensively in the middle. Hope we don’t suffer
Let’s go kids let’s beat Portugal
Some say this is most talented generation of Portugal football so the task is really hard.
Link?
If you want in polish
https://sport.tvp.pl/42716284/pilka-nozna-mistrzostwa-swiata-fifa-u20-portugalia-argentyna
It’s okay, thanks.
Do the best, Argentina…. Yeahhh… Be the winner! Be the champion!
Vamos Argentina! Go Tango! God bless everyone…..
Ferreira should play, not Alvarez. I like Urzi starting. Moreno and Vera as two DMs.
And of course good to see Gaich.