Alejandro Garnacho scores for Manchester United 23 team in 1-0 win vs. Chelsea

1. 2014 was better i think. That squad was star studded. We lack star power this time. 2014 midfield was damn mediocre we have a better midfield this time. 2014 defense was solid and has no weakness all 4 defenders were tall. This time acuna/tagliafico and Molina is little short if foyth plays thn height disadvantage will be neutralize. Though i remember before wc our defense was not that strong in 2014.federico Fernandez was shaky and rojo was also shaky. Bt miraculously sabella made the defense strong during the tournament rojo from shaky became a wall federico Fernandez replaced by demichelis who also played well basanta was also rock solid. Garay was monster. I don’t think this defense will be that strong because that was a miracle and also helped by peak Mascherano as cdm and we were super defensive with 2 holding midfielders. Its nearly impossible to think we faced golden generation Belgium at their peak, best Netherlands side in recent times and best germany in recent times consecutively and neither could score against us in regular time. That feat not going to repeat. We need to change the approach we surely would concede bt we need to score 2-3 goals every match in order to win the wc so we need to play as a team. Our midfield still need improvement and our wingers need to be clinical. Messi getting old he may not be at his best scoring wise. So alvarez, lautaro, Gonzalez etc need to be in top form. Dimaria should not be a starter. We won Copa America because dimaria wasn’t a starter and in final he started and it was a shock for Brazilian and they were not ready for him.

2. According to multiple reports in Italy, PSG star Leo Messi was surprised by Lazio starlet Luka Romero and even suggested the Ligue 1 giants sign the 17-year-old.

   • Italian teams in general not that good at giving chance to below 20 players. Luka was a rotation player for Mallorca but played very little for Lazio first team this season.

     Juventus have a very thin bench especially after they sold Bentancur and Kulu, but Soule still can’t make the first team.

     They both need to be loaned out to Spain. Spain gives more chance to below 20 players.

3. For the World cup I believe Romero and Facundo Medina will be a great pair both are strong and tough defender…Medina has played against PSG and he controlled mbappe impressively…I’m sure if given chance in the wc he will eat those fast striker to enter in the box also he has got a good height.

   • Medina is a spredster.we need him when we face a player like Mbappe & Adma.

   • Lisandro Martinez is far better

4. Garnacho’ Mathia Sule, Macallister, Luca Romero are not ready for senior level, we are overhype them; yes we have Julian Alvarez and he is quite ready and confident. Meanwhile, Arg have Papu Gomez, Lanzini, Buendia, Palacios, Dybala, Guido , Nico and now Enzo Fernandez.

5. Arrigo Sacchi has finished Simeone and rightly so,I’m glad Simeone is not the coach of arg nt. I was always against him been arg manager. How can he play this kind stlye in 21 century More surprisingly how elite footballers accepted to play this kind stlye of football It’s beyond me.
   Simeone is disgrace to football.

   • you speak so rude and mean for Simeone which is not not nice. you know i consider you as friend and that is not change. just i have to say to you that not only i don t agree with you but just oposite i consider Diego Simeone one of the best coaches in the world.
     He take one club was strugle close to relegation when he arrive there and after so many years he have succeed to make this club one of the elite of Europe. he go in 2 champions league finals and he won many local tiltles and 1 Europa league if i remember well. He is fighting all this years football giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona. He have done very well so many years and he is one of the best coaches in the world.
     if you don t like his football style then ok. you can not watch his team you know. Nobody force you to do that you know.
     you can say that you don t like his football style.
     you can say that you find ugly this football.
     you can say that you don t want him as national team coach.
     you can say many things ok no problem.
     BUT you can t say that Simeone is disgrace of football. you are rude and you cross the line of respect.
     Be sure that his players love him and all of them are ready to “die” inside pitch with warrior mentality for the success. as about myself I LOVE Diego Simeone and i would be beyond imagination happy if he will return one day to River plate and i would feel same happy if one day Simeone will coaches the national team.

     friendly.

     • Cox4 you are always remain my friend in here no matter what if we agree or disagree. Sorry amigo if I seems disrespect to Simeone. I loved Simeone as player I grew up watching him in Seria A. Not as manager especially last few years I liked his earlier coaching career used played attacking football but he has changed sadly.

6. Alejandro Garnacho will most likely play for Spain. Luis Enrique will call him.

   • Mrinal1235 I failed to understand as I thought you are a Barcelona fan. So now you are a Spain fan? That kid already said he will like to represent Argentina.

   • It is not true. Garnacho has chosen Argentina. He said on his intagram about the seleccion “wonderful unique experience, see you next time Seleccion”.

     Then he just added on his instagram story highlight yesterday of “seleccion” where there are a lot of pictures of him with the seleccion with Messi, Di Maria, Soule, Luka, Carboni, De Paul, etc.

     I understand among the youth, he is the most “foreigner” one compared to others, but he has chosen us.

     Btw too bad Giovanni Reyna chose US instead of us. He is also a talent.

7. Argentinian who could choose to play Italy
   Lionel Messi
   Gio lo celso
   Nico tagliafico
   M lanzini
   Papu gomez in fact gomez was ready to play for Italy but he couldn’t get Italian passport at the time.
   I don’t think marco senesi will choose Italy over Argentina knowing he will be big part in Arg nt plans after world Cup plus Italy ain’t going to world cup 22
   Add to that he born and grow up in Argentina, never play in Seria A. It’s seems to me odd for him to choose Italy over his homeland. Sometimes agency create this kind story in order to find best situation scenario in thier clients Weather they try to move him big club in Europe’s top 5 leagues or put Argentina coaching staff to call him . Already likes juve , Roma, inter and fiorentina after senesi

   • No. Messi was eligible for spain not Italy. Remove him

     • Messi’s ancestors was Italian. So he was also eligible like dybala

       • No you need to have Italian citizenship. Yes Maradona also Italian. Higuain is french. Spain also tried to play messi bt he chose Argentina

8. The reason Garnacho and Soule and Luka are not considered for the senior team is that they don’t play regularly yet for their senior teams. The likes of Messi and Aguero were called up at such a young age because they were already key players of Barca and Atletico.

   Let’s hope the trio above will move somewhere on loan to get regular futbol.

9. Why there is not even one youngster is not being considered for the senior team for this WC. every team counts on youngsters. whereas scaloni still playing pezella, Armani.

   • Maybe u right Suresh, but most of our team is relatively young minus Messi, otamendi, di Maria and armani. the one great youngster has been called and scored in our last match

   • J.Alvarez is 22 , he seems to be a good selection, could turn out to be our Gotze!! (Bad choice of Analogy)!!

     • Not trying to down Alvarez which I think could be a joker card but 22 isnt very young in today’s football considering the likes of Messi, Saviola, Tevez, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Aguero were all playing at senior level before that age. Hell, Lautaro isnt as talented, yet he’s already scoring plenty for Argentina senior side in 2019 (8 goals) and he’s only 22 at the time, same age as Julian today. We’re already 2 years late to introduce Julian to the senior side, but its better late than never.

       Scaloni should just drop Tucu altogether and sub in Julian in second half to replace Lautaro in every matches . Plus bring on an in form striker like Simeone OR teenage prodigy like Garnacho.

       • loved your analysis, scaloni has sorted our goalkeeper ,defence and midfield situation but one area that is still in flux is our forward line. lautaro,messi,alvaraz,dimaria and nico gonzalez have cemented their position in the forward line. it is the last 2 spots in forward line , for which everybody is scratching their heads.

         • Alario will be always an option as he brings something different.

     • Age and maturity aren’t the same thing, one shouldn’t just call younger players for the sake of calling young players and having a “young squad”, it has to be on merit and non of those players (Garnacho, Soule, Romero, the Carbonis etc….) are ready for the big time, not yet anyways. What Scaloni is doing with them is the correct way to go, namely give them a sense of what it’s like to train with the big boys but not put the pressure on them by just sending them out there on the field in a “trail by fire” scenario.
       And speaking of younger players, well Molina, Cuti, Licha, Dominguez, Palacios, Foyth, Mac Allister and Nico Gonzalez are all 23yrs while Lautaro, Buendia and Montiel are 24 yrs i.e. non of them have reached their prime years (25-29yrs) yet but they’ve all been integrated into the main team to varying degrees.

       Argentina’s starting squad consists of:
       4- Experienced players (Lio, Maria, Otamendi and Acuna)
       3- “in their prime” players (Celso, De Paul and Paredes)
       4- “next gen” players (Lautaro, Nico G, Cuti and Molina)

       The backup squad consists of:
       2- Experienced players (Tagliafico, Papu, Pezzella)
       2- “in their prime” players (Guido, Musso, A. and J. Correa)
       6- “next gen” players (Montiel, Licha, Palacios, MacAllister, Nico Dominguez and Julian Alvarez).
       Note: the above list doesn’t include Quarta, Dybala, Foyth, Rulli and Ocampos, whose status is still unclear.

       Conclusion: This Argentine team is what you call a “perfectly balaced team” age wise and whether this will translate to success remains to be seen but age in particular isn’t an issue with this current incarnation of the albicelestes.

       • Yeah Scaloni n co have done a great job. The team is neither too young nor too old. It is just perfect.

         I feel the team is slightly stronger than the 2014 team. The 2014 team relied heavily on the “fantastic four” of Di Maria, Aguero, Messi, and Higuain. Once one of them got injured then they lost their strength by 50%.

         This 2022 team does have almost perfect replacements in all spots except: Cuti, Emi Martinez, and Messi. Everybody else has back ups just almost as good as the starters.

         • Lisandro Martinez is better than cuti Romero. Musso or rulli can easily replace emi Martinez though emi is better. There is only 1 player who is irreplaceable and that’s messi. 2014 was better i think. That squad was star studded. We lack star power this time. 2014 midfield was damn mediocre we have a better midfield this time. 2014 defense was solid and has no weakness all 4 defenders were tall. This time acuna/tagliafico and Molina is little short if foyth plays thn height disadvantage will be neutralize. Though i remember before wc our defense was not that strong in 2014.federico Fernandez was shaky and rojo was also shaky. Bt miraculously sabella made the defense strong during the tournament rojo from shaky became a wall federico Fernandez replaced by demichelis who also played well basanta was also rock solid. Garay was monster. I don’t think this defense will be that strong because that was a miracle and also helped by peak Mascherano as cdm and we were super defensive with 2 holding midfielders. Its nearly impossible to think we faced golden generation Belgium at their peak, best Netherlands side in recent times and best germany in recent times consecutively and neither could score against us in regular time. That feat not going to repeat. We need to change the approach we surely would concede bt we need to score 2-3 goals every match in order to win the wc so we need to play as a team. Our midfield still need improvement and our wingers need to be clinical. Messi getting old he may not be at his best scoring wise. So alvarez, lautaro, Gonzalez etc need to be in top form. Dimaria should not be a starter. We won Copa America because dimaria wasn’t a starter and in final he started and it was a shock for Brazilian and they were not ready for him.

       • I agree with you both Mamoun and El Principe. We shouldn’t call up inexperienced U20 players to play just for the heck of it. I think calling them up to train with the senior side is great, but the big difference with these players and Messi/Aguero once upon a time is they don’t play senior football. Even Alvarez for example was playing well two years ago and showing potential but wasn’t a star like he is today and he completely exceeded my expectations. It wouldn’t have made sense to call him up back then when he easily could have shown as much potential as 10 other young talents. As soon as a player starts giving consistent output at senior level and seems like NT material they should be called up. This could be at the age of 17 or the age of 24. I certainly do hope this happens to Soule, Garnacho, or Romero soon because they are talented enough

       • i don’t think both the correa are yet in. plus your first 11 does not contain a goal keeper. out of 24 players only one goal keeper also only 2 of mac-allister dominguez and palacios will go

10. We should called up garnacho if we call 1 extra forward he can be a good sub for nico Gonzalez. He can play last 15 min every game and can be a difference maker.

11. One called and great boost. He is the future after WC 2022

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