Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni on Argentina, Australia, Netherlands, Louis van Gaal

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Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has commented on the Argentina team, the match vs. Australia, the quarter final match vs. the Netherlands and coach Louis Van Gaal.

Lionel Scaloni spoke to the media after Argentina’s 2-1 win vs. Australia. Having already commented to the two injuries to the team, Scaloni also spoke about the Round of 16 match. Here is what he had to say:

“We are satisfied. Today’s match was very difficult. They pressured a lot, physically, they were more than the whole of us. It cost us the first half and Leo opened the scoring. After that, we improved, especially in the second half. We corrected some things at half time and the team did not deserve to suffer in the last minutes because we had chances to extend the score. In general, I think we played a typical World Cup match and with everything that comes with it.

“If the match would have ended 2-0, it would not have been bad but football has these things. In the end, you end up paying for it. They understand what football is: That you have to go through moments. There are moments in which you dominate the match, moments in which you have to go to war, to press, to run, that you have to give every last drop of sweat. There are moments in which you have to defend.”

Scaloni also spoke about his players:

“These players were born to play these kinds of matches. They are capable of it. I told them to play football, to do what they know. At times, the rush of it, the anxiety makes you play differently and the idea is that, although things like losing to Saudi Arabia or having Australia complicate things can happen, we don’t have to stop believe in our football. We have to believe in them.”

“I believe that in all aspects of the game, the team understands what they have to do. After that, you can concede a goal, lose as we did vs. Saudi Arabia but they understand how each game can be played and that is the most important thing that the team transmits.

“It’s exciting to be here, it seems as if we are playing in Argentina. They are memories that everyone has to take back with them, it’s unforgettable to see these guys play like this, to have Leo play like this. They are unique moments.”

When asked about coaching against Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal:

“It’s a sense of pride. I was at Deportivo La Coruña as a player when he was coaching Barcelona and he was already an eminence. It’s a source of pride to face him, everyone knows what he has done for football. Many have tried to copy what he did. These are the pleasures that football gives you in addition to be able to coach at a World Cup.”

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126 Comments

  1. I heard there was a super computer that predicted Argentina to meet England in the final. If that is true then England will beat France in the upcoming match.

  2. Guys, trying to start an interesting conversation to pass time until when things will heat up again..

    “Whom from current WC team do you think will NOT make it to a pre-world cup squad for 2026?
    Here is my list
    – Armani
    – Pezzella
    -.Guido
    – Papu
    – DiMaria
    – Parades
    ‐ Messi (!? 🙁 )
    – Acuna
    – Montiel
    – Otamendi
    – RDP (?)
    – …
    ? What do you think?

  3. Just finished watching USA & Ecuador vs Netherlands match full again. With all due respect and arrogance aside I see no point to be panicking like people doing here. We are much superior from USA & Ecuador in technically also tactically. If the Boys can put a shift against physical AUSTRALIA side after having just 1 day off then I am sure they will put hell of a fight against Netherlands. Because of less time in between games ,heights,physicality I believe Australia game was harder then against Netherlands. Netherlands defence has hole too. We need Di Maria though. Unless we mess up big times then I see it will be very tough to beat us for Netherlands. Against Australia end of the game it was panick & tired leg gave us heart attack. They ain’t got player like what Van Gaal had in 2014 WC. Depay & the other guy will find very hard time to cop with Cuti & Otamendi. Also our midfield is better then them in paper. I hope all our midfield three goes De paul Mode at Friday. If they can calm the nerves for few first minutes then we ain’t going to have no problem. They ain’t got any tricky or pacy wingers. Their both wing backs are slow. Against USA they scored because USA was niave and disastrous in defending also tactically. If we cannot beat them then I don’t know coz i see nothing extraordinary about this Dutch team.

    • Their only threat is through the right, with Dumfries and Cody Gakpo, they’re fast and tricky. Their major threat lies in the quick counter attack and collective team football.

      • I think this will be the first match our players would get some space and we are dangerous when we have space. If DiMaria is fit it will be his kind of game.

    • We should avoid free kicks in the final third and corners because Dutch people are on average the tallest in the world. Van Dijk, Luuk de Jong, Dumfries and Weghorst are all taller than our guys.

    • He was okay. He was poor in Saudi Arabia game and against australia also he did some mistakes. The goal from Australia came from his mis clearance thn he miss passed a simple back pass which was nearly costed us a goal. Before lisandro block that move that australian guy dribble passed him easily. He is aerially great but looks shaky in other aspects of defending.

  5. Netherlands haven’t played at Lusail Stadium before, but we played there twice in group stage. That’s also a small advantage for us. If we advance, we will also play here in Semifinal and Final.

  6. The Total Voetball era has changed. LVG brings pragmatism; he reinvites the attacking Total Voetball into Defensive Voetball. Arg for sure can win the game as long the team play with full spirit and a nil error. LVG formation is 3-5-2- interchange into 5-3-2 with effective wingers. Acuna vs Dumfries and Alvarez vs Gakpo. The midfield needs to be more creative and control the game.

  7. I saw the Ned USA match again today. The match was won and lost in the midfield.

    USA was quick (and young) but did not control the midfield. NED doesn’t have the wing power like FRA so they play (and control the game) down the middle with their forwards dropping a bit to crowd-out the midfield. This won’t fly with us since our game is the midfield.
    That’s why LVG is going to resort to crazy tactics like inverted roles and rapid switching of play with Frenkie at the center of it all.

    If we play our natural game – tire out the opponent by controlling the ball and switching to 3rd gear after 30 minutes – and 4th gear after 60 minutes, we should be OK

  8. In terms of quarter finals . I predict it will be Holland vs argentina, Brazil vs croatia, England vs France and portugal vs Spain.

    Holland should be the easiest one compared with others .The strongest team should be england and France. If Brazil without neymar they are beatable so as Spain.

    vs Holland is a difficult task ,if we have luck ,we can beat them .

  9. Netherlands is one very good team with long history and rivalry with us. the game is 50-50 and is expected a hard and very difficult match. it can go either way. it is matter who will strike first to other teams weakness. i hope luck will be with us. we will need and that aspect.
    Netherlands is not a weak team as some fans thinking but they are not better than us too.
    So no arrogance needed but neither afraidness too. we are Argentina. we will play like that and we will live like that or we will die like that.
    something last. football is not like basketball or any other sport. in football doesn t win the better team always. So even if we are better team on paper than Netherlands or we are not this doesn t mean anything. we can win or lose. No guarantee exist.

    • I think most important going forward is everybody play their best and we will get a good result. DiMaria will be a huge difference if he plays. Netherlands goalie is a very big guy, so you will have to catch him out of position for a goal.

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  11. I think we can exploit the Dutch wingbacks. Dumfries is good going forward but we can ask questions of him defensively. Blind has lost some of his pace and had some pretty bad games for Ajax where he was awful. Timber is a good player but he’s 21 which is kind of young for a defender so he might be prone to naive decision making. Van Gaal can also be full of himself, yes he’s had a decent career as a coach but he ain’t Ancelotti or Pep or Klopp.

      • Don’t know for sure, but can speculate that Ake is more agile and quicker, Pep uses him as a LB sometimes, plus he’s left footed whereas De Ligt is right-footed and probably more suited to play in a back four under normal circumstances. Timber is also quick and normally is a RB at Ajax so it could just be Van Gaal’s tendency to use quicker RCB and LCB with the “correct”, proper foot on each side. Having said that, Van Gaal used De Ligt vs Senegal, but that apparently was to counteract Senegal’s physicality.

    • Agree. Netherlands looks to drive low on top of the box to find a shot on goal. I’m sure Scaloni will see this. Depay looks to be their transition forward to move the ball up, so defensively need to watch him just lewandoski.

      I’m sure these 5 days will go so slow but atleast we have two more days of soccer to watch.

  13. We’re a fickle bunch here on Mundo Albiceleste where the highs are too high and the lows are too low!
    Ever since ARG lost that first game to KSA, predictions of doom and gloom started coming in for Mex, POL, AUS and Now Dutch……like clock work how this team is gonna do this and that to ARG, how this player or that is going to be ineffective, how this player should replace that one, Scaloni is the worst coach on the planet, he doesn’t know anything about running a team, they gonna crash out of the tournament just like 2002, how Ganacho should play, as if he’s going to appear out of thin fucking air and save the day, MIND YOU he never played a quarter of a sec with the NT but he’s the KEY to everything blah blah blah blah blah.

    Think positive and move on and nobody wants to hear how disappointed you are and how long you been a fan and shit, we’re all been broken hearted and disappointed and been fans FOREVER ………the team will do everything in their power to win and that thought is all we have THAT’S IT

    • I really don’t know if they are even fans that are commenting on this forum. prob some are brasil fans disguised as Argentina fans :p
      As far as our team is concerned…we are solid at the back…Messi is at his best…di maria is playing really well… the midfield is solid with Enzo de paul and Macallister… upfront Alvarez is firing on all cylinders…if Lautaro is back to his best…we are one solid unit that other teams should be scared off…VAMOS ALBICELESTEEEEE

    • Best post I’ve read since after the Australian game. I think Argentina has def shown to be the top 8 for this tournament. Each game they grow stronger and Messi playing with high emotions.

      Midfield is continuing to grow especially RDP, Messi each game has played better than last, diMaria showed up starting defense and Lisandro look great.

      The only disappoint I have to admit is el toro. As much as I’m happy for Alvarez, I was really hoping for a great tournament from el toro. His finishing is all he is missing and he used to high pressure but not sure if he’s not bc coaching is not wanting to since now he’s a sub and team is playing to defend or his fitness is not 100%.

      I think the most annoying comments I see are about garnacho. Just moved up from Man U B team and should automatically be included in the team. Yes, almada was a random call up but he must have seen something in him.

      All this crazy talk about Scaloni being bad is just crazy to me. Do I question some of his subs ? Absolutely. However, so far he’s yet to get knocked out. As much as I want to win this cup, Netherlands will be a tough match and I just hope for the best..

      I think he should give Lautaro one more chance versus Netherlands as sub. I know everyone is calling for Dybala but I think it’s tough so late in tournament.

  14. This is why so many members leave the site and never come back. I swear if you didn’t know better you would think Australia kicked our ass all over the pitch. So maybe some common logic will sink in to all the people here that believe with all their heart that they know more than Scaloni. The man has lost one match in over 3 f*cking years. The oddsmakers have us beating the Netherlands. And once again, DiMaria did not play. Relax and quit bitching about every damn moment on the pitch.
    If we can’t beat Netherlands, we don’t deserve to go. They are the weakest of the 8 remaining teams, and it’s not even close.

    • Man this place is something esle . I decided to read certain people’s comments including you
      Mate you are right if Argentina can’t beat the Netherlands than they don’t deserve to win world cup but somehow I have feelings that Argentina will beat them btw we dominated Australia sadly that deflection goal made us nervous for last 15 minutes so

      • A bullshit goal out of nothing that gave a lifeless team hope. Yes, we make things harder than it is sometimes but I’d rather play Dutch than any of the other seven teams. Had that deflection not happened people would be saying we will destroy Holland, but you know all these games are close and people are nothing other than raging hormones on this site.

    • Yes if we can’t beat Netherlands thn how could we expect to beat france, England, Brazil, spain, Portugal etc?? We can’t expect winning wc with playing minnows thn nobody will give our wc win importance anyway. Netherlands has a good tactician and a good defense otherwise any good defensive organization will shut down their attack and apart from De Jong they don’t have any creativity in their midfield. We have to mark dumbfries, gakpo, depay and De Jong and we can win this match

      • We can only play who we draw. Every team has flaws. But if we beat Netherlands, than you are down to 4 teams, and the difference in talent between the final four is next to nothing. Anyone can beat anyone on any day. It just comes down to who is playing better that day. And for the Scaloni haters you will need a 5-3-2 for teams like Brazil or France that are very fast on the wing. Let’s just take one game at a time. Anything can happen to any team at a given moment.

    • Not only Di Maria did not play……GLC and Nico G did not play either…….imagine what would happen if both were here……..we would be flying by now….missing the two terribly

  15. I see a lot of problems with our national team, but I don’t care.
    I am a fan weather we win or lose. It’s not called being a fanatic, it’s called being loyal and supporting my squad with my loyalty. And yes I am a fanatic too 😂.
    I will be heartbroken if we lose, be it next game or competition… But next game or competition after that, I will be right back with my jersey on yelling at the screen and breaking furniture that I havnt broken yet. And I believe I am not the only one here that’s like that!
    Vamos vamos!;!

  16. Lot of mixed emotions going on. I have been watching since 1982/86. Here is my take

    I always feel we are a QF team. We are among the top 8 seeds, therefore top 8. Whatever happens after QF is pure luck. For example, I feel better to face Holland over France. We could have been in position of England or Croatia depending on the group.

    Now, about our team, as Messi have said from the beginning and multiple times, that we are not the main protagonist. It feels that we have to be at the top of our games, going forward, and some of our opponents have to be less than their top, on that given day to move forward. And that can be possible.

    Some teams, like France or may be Brazil, need not be at their 100% to get past the opponents. The talent, experience, skills, preparation, depth seems to be better. Which is OK.

    We can be hopeful from here and hope we play 3 perfect games. Defend with life. Every team has weakness and we might be able to find a way. We might win ugly and in penalties etc. The team spirit is there, the zeal is there, then we have Messi, so moments of magic is possible. We are ready to fight and then whatever happens.

    If we win it all, it can be called a mini upset. It does feel France, Brazil and England are really good strong teams. Same 3 that Messi mentioned before the WC started. This guy knows his shit. But you never know.

    VAMOS!!

    • Well said! I have been watching since ‘98 and it always seems like QF is our limit. However this time it feels like we have a team and not a bunch of individuals so we should be at least getting to the Semis. Then again, in 2006 we probably had the best team in the tournament and still went out of QF, so it can happen.

      I think we will beat Netherlands and get to the semis. After that, who knows…

  17. We also have to score the very few chances we have not missing clear opportunities like Lautaro did. We won’t beat this young Netherlands team playing so slowly and Messi needs to stop loosing the ball in the danger zone like midfield!!!!!!!!!!!

    I can’t see us win

    • But there are also positives you are missing the positives.. Netherlands is not that strong. Brazil will be the problem not Netherlands. Anything is possible. So at this point just support your team. If Argentina looses nothing you and I can do about it. So just support your team. If you are scared its your problem.

  18. Argentina is in serious problems. None of you guys see it because of being a fanatic. You don’t see how we lack cohesiveness and against the Netherlands we will have serious problems with the # 10 and #8

  20. Hi guys.comments from the mundo members it looks like argentina has only problems and negitive things? Dont u guys see the winning spirit in the players.Dont they have any positive thing to discuss about. I can see some very positive things from our players which i do not see from other teams. Our team is more united than ever,they are ready to give evrything for the blue and white jersy and still they are very humble and ready to fight for each other. I can see the seriousness in every players eyes and the winning spirit like copa 2021.I dont see anything positive about this team from the members of this blog. Arg national team is full of problems and there is no enough talent ,depth and confident in this team as per mundo members. From the comments I understand that argentina will not progress to the next round due to that due to this and scolan’s is a medicore coach who does not understand the game and he does not have any clue, so and so..Furthermore it looks like that other teams are more superior and more prepared than us and have no problems at at all. It looks like our players are not good enough to deal with so called heavy weights in the world cup. guys wake up. This is worls cup. The most important sport event in the world. Everyone is on pressure and everyone gives their best to reach further, everyone has thier own problem like us, advantages and set backs as well. To be honest every team that takes part in wold cup would like to avoid current argentina squad as we have the most balanced team if Scolani fields them appropriately. To be honest we have talents and depth in all the area of the field which others fear. We have players who can change the course of the game at any minute and our opponets are trying to find a way to stop messi and co. All of our opponets take extra precaustions against argentina like marking our key players heavily. Why dont you guys understand that this does not happen to other teams? Becuase we have the best palyer in the world and our forward line is quite talented and dangerous. Just need to bring back the rythm. We need to have some faith in our players and the coach as they will give everything to win the touranment no matter who the opponent will be. In my view Scolani will be very precuatious and has been trying not to conceed any goal. Do you guys think it will be easy for the dutch to beat us like just a like a walk over a dead body. We have three world class defenders who are perfoming well ( except saudi game) and who would take down any forward line in this tournament. Our central backs (Otamendi, Lisandro,Romero ) they are the butchers. Side back Acuna has beem performing well and Molina needs to improve from his side. Our midfield has been improved since the introduction of enzo adding extra depth and De Paul is catching his form which is bad news for the opponent. I really hope Paredes and Di Maria will be fully fit for the next match and Scolqni will give some playing time to Dybala. This time we will get enough time to rest the players and will be little bit fresh, mentally prepared as the pressure they have faced in th group stage is behind us.I have complete faith in this team and we will have more chances to score against the dutch as they will not park the bus like the previous matches. Eventhough they are going to park the bus Insha Allah we will still be able to break the dead lock as we have palyers who are capable to do that. Here i can see some mundo members are scared and giving too much credit to the Dutch players. Some memebers have tried to explian that some of the dutch players are unstoppble like Depay. To be honest this Dutch team is not as strong as 2014 team eventhough they have a decent coach who has tons of experience. Dont worry. The coach is not going to play and they have’nt palyed against a strong side in this world cup. If we are scared, they are too much scared of us. I am very sure Scoalni has taken this match more seriously than any other game in his entire career and he will filed the best 11 available and will use best plan and techniques to win this game.Just have some faith. Insha Allah we will win. I want Nederland out of this world cup as they came Qatar to promote LGBTQ rather than playing football. best of luck Albiceleste!! Vamos Argentina!

      • What do u wanna say? Who the hell are you? I will write whatever i want you filthy indian cow dung.i am a supporter of argentina and i will support them. Do whatever you want.

        • If you have any self-respect Farzan, you’ll leave and never come back…

          I mean I was nice to you even though you disrespected my country and wrote intolerant comments earlier (on a different post) but I don’t think you deserve nice.

          You are not a respectable person and if you have any dignity left you’ll stop commenting here

  21. Messi will give his MOM award against Australia to Cuti Romero:

    Leo Messi: “Who I would give the MOTM other than me? It is difficult to mention a specific player, but if I have to mention a player, it is Cuti Romero. He is a prominent and experienced on the field.“

    • Messi is a great captain. Otamendi is having a really solid cup despite that horrendous back pass and few other plays. Licha is doing fantastic, even saved our asses against Aus. Romero could definitely use some public praise to boost confidence and expectations to rise up to. We certainly looked shaky at times against the mighty Aus and we can’t win without our backline being rock solid.

      • @Choripan its a mentality thing. Everyone knows otamendi shits his pant in big games he did in ucl knockoits for city and others r inexperienced and has no prior world cup experience. Its tough. We were very disciplined before we concede but after conceding we became nervous and we could have even concede 3 in that match all due to nervousness and all started with a horrible clearance of otamendi that lead to the own goal

  22. News update. It is very early I know but there is already an update:

    Everyone else meeting their family members in a day break except Di Maria. He trained today to be able to be fit.

    Papu has slightly an injured ankle. If papu won’t be fit, the first candidate to replace him is Di Maria. If Di Maria is not healthy enough then the options are:
    1. Paredes to make it to 4-4-2 and to give Enzo more freedom
    2. Licha to make it to 3-4-3/3-5-2

    All signs show that Scaloni will focus on defense

  24. Hi guys.from the comments it looks like argentina has only problems and negitive thing? Do u guys see the winning spirit in the players.Dont they have any positive thing to discuss about. I can see some very positive things from our players which i do not see from other teams. Our team is more united than ever,they are ready to give evrything for white and blue jersy amd still they are very humble and ready to fight for each other. I can see the seriousness in every players eyes and the winning spirit like copa 2021.I dont see anything positive about this team from the members of this blog. Arg national team is full of problems and there is no enough talent ,depth and confident in this team as per mundo members. From the comments I understand that argentina will not progress to the next round due to that due to this and scolan’s is medicore coach who does not understand the game and he does not have any clue and so and so..Furthermore it looks like that other teams are more superior than us and have no problems at at all. It looks like our players are not good enough to deal with so called heavy weights in the world cup. guys wake up. This is worls cup. most important sport event in the world.everyone is on pressure and everyone gives their best to reach further everyone has thier own problem like us and advantages and set backs as well. To be honest every team that takes part in wold cup would like to avoud current argentina squas as we have the most balanced team if scolani fields them appropriately. To be honest we have talents and depth in all the area which others fear. we have players who can change the course of the game at any minute and our opponets are trying to find a way to stop messi and co. All of our opponets take extra precaustions against argentina like marking our key players heavily. Why dont you guys understand that thia does not happen to other teams? Becuase we have the besy palyer in the world and our forward line is quite talanted and dangerous. We need to have sone faith in our players and the coach as they will give everything to win the touranment no matter who the opponent will be. In my view scolany has been trying not to conceed any goal. Do you guys think it will be easy for the dutch to beat us like just a piece of cake? We have three world class defenders who are perfoming well ( except saudi game) and who would take down any forward line in this tournament. Our central backs (Otamendi, Lisandro, ) they are the butchers. Side back Acuna has beem performing well and Molina needs to improve from his side. Our midfield has been improved since first game by adding enzo, and De Paul is catching his form which is bad news for the opponent. I really hope Paredes and Di Maria will be fully fit for the next match and Scolano will vive some playing time to Dybala. This time we will get enough time to rest and players will be little bit fresh and mentally prepared as the pressure they have faced in th group stage is behind. I have complete faith in this team and we will have more chances to score against the dutch as they will not park the bus like the previous matches. Eventhough they are going to park the bus Insha Allah still we will be able to break the dead lock as we have palyers who are capable to do that. Here members are scares and giving too much credit to Dutch players. Aome memebers have tried to explian that some of the dutch players are unstoppble like Depay. To be honest this Dutch team is not as strong as 2014 team eventhough they have a decent coach who has lots of experience. Dont worry. The coach is not going to play and they have’nt palyed againsy a strong side in this world cup. If we are scared, they are too much scared of us. I am very sure scoalni has taken this match more seriously than any other game in his entire carrier and he will filed the best 11 if available and will use best plan and techniques to win this game.Just have some faith. Insha Allah we will win. I want Nederland out of this world cup as they came Qatar to promote LGBTQ rather than playing football. best of luck Albiceleste!! Vamos Argentina!

  26. Scaloni is the best coach not only because of his recent performance. He changed Argentine football in a way that couldn’t be better. I trust him because I understand what kind of football Argentina is playing.

  27. My take on our game:

    1. Our players need to learn to convert our chances better. I hope they have “Shooting practice” incorporated into their training plan especially for Lautaro.

    2. They have to learn how to remain calm in tough situations. I don’t like the way they started panicking after we conceded.

    3. We cannot keep relying on Leo to save the day every time. Other players need to step up.

    4. Julian and Enzo are a most.

    5. Tagliafico is just worrisome. he just does not give the security that Acuna gives.

    6. We are need of a decent right wing back. Molina is strong offensively but defensively below par. thankful Paul is there to rescue. Montiel gives nothing to the front but in terms of defence he still average.

    7. Leo needs to guide his ball or dribble runs more. He cannot be losing possession in dangerous areas, it could lead to us conceding in fact we did – Saudi second goal and Australia goal.

    8. Leo has been superb so far and I hope he can continue to be but his shooting needs a lot of work too.

    Overall we did well.

  28. If any team can knock France out its England not because the English are stronger but they have everything France’s other opponents lacked to capitalize on weakness of the french team. Fast counter attacking team with quality wingers and forwards is what it needs to kill France and England has that. They just need to hold France to a goalless score until they score the first one. We need to do somewhat similar against Netherlands, not let them score whatsoever and wait for them to make mistake and crack!!

  30. I think starting this round 2, the stronger team will beat the less stronger. I don’t think there will be any surprise. For example Croatia will beat S Korea. Brazil will beat Japan. Portugal will beat Switzerland. Spain will beat Marocco . It will be that way all the way until the final. The stronger will win.

    It will be similar to WC 2014. All the semifinalists are the 4 strongest of the tournament.

  31. i don t usually respond to people with mental issues but i will make one exeption for you topa guy. i hope you have the mental stability to understand some simple things i will say. i am Argentina national team fan and you are fan of victory. that means that with Messi or without him with De paul or Dybala or with my neighbors kid in squad in 2026 or 2030 or 2034 I WILL BE ARGENTINA ANYWAY AND ANYHOW. even if we win cup or if we exit in group stage or even we will not qualify at all in 1 world cup.
    On the other side YOU and everybody LIKE YOU today you are ARGENTINA and tomorrow Brasil, Spain , Germany , England, France or anybody else that WINS because you are fan of those winning. fan of victory.fan of the winners because you need to feel yourself powerful that you can speak against other people. faithful people. to offend them and think yourself strong inside your pittyful brain.

    YOU GET IT NOW? YOU GET MY POINT? i am not sure but anyhow i don t give a damn.
    i advice you change team of support because with ARGENTINA the happy will be less than sadness. i am waiting you too in 2026 for trolling against us with your new team.

    BYE from me. don t expect any other respond to you.

    • Cox my friend, never get into a fight with a pig. You will both get shit on you and the pig(Topa) likes it.

      More importantly, my only criticism is sometimes we make it harder than it has to be. That is my only criticism. Some of this is because we try to kill time when there is too much football left and should continue to play. Also, DiMaria is so important in big games, and it seems everybody forget he did not play yesterday.

  32. Against teams like France, Brazil and England, you must take early fouls in transition. Italy did this very well in the Euro 2020. USA and Senegal play the game too friendly. Scaloni’s team play very ugly game with terroristic fouls and chaotic game flow. But this is super efficient and the best way to win against strong and fast teams.

  33. England is very precise on counter, I would say better than France.

    France rely on Mbappe’s speed. England’s counter has vision and combination play.

    I have Saka, Bellingham and Shaw in my fantasy team. So I am having fun.

    If you ask me who I want to avoid between France and England, it is France. They are very physical and hard to score against, they are also more experienced.

    I hope England knocks out France.

  34. Here a lot of people say that if you play in EPL, you will have to start and you will win the game.

    So by that logic, England should win the World Cup then. Almost all of their players play in EPL and be stars there too.

    Kane is the best player of the Spurs
    Saka is the best player of Arsenal
    Foden is a regular of City
    Rashford this year is the best of MU
    Declan Rice is the best player of West Ham
    Stones is a regular of City
    Their right backs all are the best right backs in the world playing for liverpool, Chelsea, newcastle etc.
    Pickford is a regular of Everton
    Maddison is the best player of Leicester.
    Dier always starts for the Spurs.
    And many more.

    Only Maguire is benched by MU. Others are key players pretty much for their EPL clubs.

    So by your logic, they are the world champion.

    • If they had a better manager than Southgate this England team would have been really scary. They are still scary but only occasionally, not consistently.

      Yes, English media hypes them a lot but England has a FANTASTIC squad and if we had some of their players sitting on their bench, we would be over the moon.

      • Lol… I would take Argentina squad anyday over England one. See their defence how pathetic. We are missing lo celso and nico’s pace and england have their almost every important player with them.

  37. There is a team tying to win the WC with Harry Maguire as a starter. When you see this, you understand Argentina is a complete and perfect team.

  38. FIFA trying very hard to make sure France vs England game can happen. I hope they will do the same thing to make sure Argentina vs Brazil semifinal can happen too.

  43. I’ll echo some negative sentiments regarding our bull of a 9 Lautaro Martinez.

    First off, everyone has to acknowledge Toro’s amazing contribution prior to the World Cup so the decision to drop him or prioritize other players is very difficult, to say the least.

    At 88’, Messi’s sun like gravitational pull drew in 4 defenders leaving Toro wide open, just few meters from the goal area. The ball was positioned very similar to a penalty kick with no one but the keeper in front. Toro could have shot near post low or high, far post high or even center since the keeper was edging right. Needless to say, he had plenty of options but butchered the shot so badly it boinked over the goal. The shot was almost cartoonish. My heart sank seeing the shot quality and reactions of players around him. I immediately had Higuaín flashbacks and was reminded that we cannot afford a miss like that. The other opportunities were doable but they weren’t gifts on a silver platter so I don’t hold too much against him for those. But to make matters worse, he also contributed ZERO to pressing. Seeing Toro with fresh legs strolling around while even Messi is pressing is truly unforgivable. If a player is going to miss an easy shot, at least contribute in other ways. There is something seriously wrong with his mentality and form and in the knockout stages, we simply cannot afford to gamble anymore.

    Thankfully we have Alvarez stepping up but another center forward capable of changing outcomes is needed and we have the perfect player rotting on the bench – DYBALA. It’s pure insanity at this point. Let me ask those regurgitating nonsense critiques of Dybala (does not defend or press, too similar to messi, etc), if I had a Time Machine and was able to convince Scaloni to sub in Dybala instead of Toro and bet you $50,000 that Dybala will score the same opportunity Toro missed, would you have the balls to bet against me?

    After Messi and Di María, La Joya is our most creative and clinical threat. He would bury those chances and draw in defenders or make a worldly pass giving tons of options to other attackers. How many times have you seen our team lack creative quality? When we need to push or score, I don’t know if there is anyone better on the bench. Even Scaloni once said “Dybala is 9” so I’m dumbfounded by his his refusal to leave a quality gun on the bench.

    • ”$50,000 that Dybala will score the same opportunity Toro missed, would you have the balls to bet against me?”

      Sure, why not? I’m not sure a left-footed Dybala would have executed better in exactly the same spot where Lautaro was. The passes from Messi were perfect for a right-footed striker. I would have preferred Alvarez to be there, no doubt.

      • The pass was also perfectly fine for left footed attackers. He would just let the ball roll a meter to his left foot (and use outside or inside boot) or use his right which he has done 10 or so times in his tenure at Juve. Dybala is dynamic and clinical enough that worrying about his left foot from that angle is a non issue.

  44. I hope dimaria will be fit for Netherlands. He is must needed. Licha is too good to be on bench.. With 433 its hard. always between licha and romero.

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