The Argentina national team will play Colombia on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying match with Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez starting.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni starts Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez for Argentina. Messi is back in the starting eleven after not starting in Argentina’s 1-0 win against Chile. Here is the starting eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Medina; De Paul, Paredes, Enzo; Messi, Julián Álvarez and Almada
So much crying after a pointless match LOL so Columbia fighting for their life match cant beat Argentina? Without the red card we could have won. And again pointless friendlies and qualifiers is not Scaloneta level anymore it was in the dark 90/2000s when Argentina always failed when mattered and won when not. Looser mentality. I remember before last Copa about the same crying. Black belt tournament team, perform when matters, no Riquelme generation level choker mentality anymore.
Well said. How easily some forget the context of the match! This team even on its worst day absolutely hates losing. I humbly believe we still are the toughest team to beat in the world.
As i said before, Messi shouldn’t have played, ESPECIALLY vs Colombia who will play dirty and might injure him and 2, the younger faster players should have instead.
Colombia’s goal was nice and you can’t debate that but Argentina was unlucky.
Colombia obviously more desperate and Argentina was sloppy.
Messi didn’t look happy coming off but that was expected and somebody needed to save him from himself.
@undisputed
There is must’ve hell in your head. Just relax and enjoy the moment and have little faith. Stop throwing away your toys from pram. Also have some respect for coach and his co ….they won everything they touched so even if they lose today it’s okay we will learn something. This game made us better and I am happy we made mistake.
Enzo redcard almost ruined everything. Equalizing with 10men shows mentality of this team.
Not his fault at all
Yes, in a game like this misstakes happen and ENZO’s red same like Nico.G’before. Almada’s goal was a good and well placed shot from him once again. Hopefully in next game someone else than Molina start’s, though i don’t want to bash him or neither Medina, but Molina been out Of form for so long with club and country and Medina’s position is LCB. Also i do understand, that there are not, that many options for RB so maybe would be better to play with 3 at the back and with wingbacks until somehow some other RB will be found..? Though Giuliano did not have good game today, but Nico. G played good!
Time to move on and to learn a lot from this game. Ota’s speed is worrying more and more and he won’t get any faster. He should deffenetly not be starter. Well, i know as i keep on playing, that same old broken record….
Other fullbacks must be found if playing with 4 at the back and they nerd to be given proper minutes as Tagli is simply not enough and he won’t get any younger either. Also time to find who could play as possible wingback’s as currently i can only think Of Nico G. Barco and Giuliano( not fully convinced) and rotally out Of form Molina…. Again this process should had started right after WC and the very latest after last COPA, but again it is easy for me keep on repeating this mantra over and over….
Scaloni can’t risk calling otamedi unless he has no option. Am afraid he will end up being a time bomb defensively.
I expected scaloni to experiment Kevin lomonaco; disappointed he didn’t call hardworking midfielders like Juan nardoni and Alan varela. Lastly he should start trusting balerdi and exequiel palacios.
Without Messi and 10 players, Almada step up and equalized . Superb
Golazo Almada. He is solidifying his place. Why Palacios?
Almada is underrated. He is way better than Enzo and DePaul.
Almaaadaaaaa ⚽🎉 1-1
Trouble trouble… Red for Enzo 🟥 😔
At this stage in his career, Messi isn’t about full matches anymore — he’s about impact.
He’s essentially a super-sub with a master’s brain. Even 20–30 minutes of Messi can be the difference in matches like this — especially if Argentina needs a spark or a moment of brilliance against a compact Colombia.
Everyone know this..Messi should be the one tell coach..I am ready to go in second half..otherwise it will be difficult for Scaloni..!
I disagree. Let scaloni be the one to be making the call. Whether Messi will start or not it will be up to scaloni to evaluate. The team’s performance in the world cup should not be put into jeopardy because of one person’s feeling. If Messi is not in optimal condition to deliver, scaloni has the right not to play him.
A good test from Columbia. Time to evaluate and learned something. Luis Diaz is a beast , at his best form. Messi is Messi, never ignore him. Columbia play with full focus. we are much better in second half
Unless it’s a deliberate attempt to lose the game and put some pressure on Brazil 🇧🇷😅😅
It’s sorry to see Messi.
He cannot run
He cannot make a pass
He cannot even make a basic play
Time to move on. Unfortunately he will play all 90 mins
Perhaps it’s time for scaloni to making tough calls. That’s where Messi’s leadership will come in; respecting scaloni ‘s decision.
got to admit Diaz scored a beauty against 3-4 of our defenders. I think started with a depaul mispass. It will be a blot if we lose both qualifiers vs Colombia. But i think this team will still atleast equalize. The theme of the game has been our ineffective possession & Colombians having dangerous counters. Medina is a makeshift LB who cant attack. So wrong choice totally.
I am only irritated with the fact we have topped group & why cant we atleast now give youngsters more minutes. Balerdi , Simeone & Paz should have started. Also coach should have tried Barco instead of Medina as LB. Its ok to lose . But atleast our youngsters end up getting good minutes
Scaloni cycle is over. We need the new coach and new players.
Don’t jump early..! Scaloni has done wonders..and still able to do wonders. Today’s game will allow/force Scaloni to change some players. We need young and energetic players. That’s sure.
Which coach will replace him. About new players, you should know international football is not like club football where you sign new players. You use the one’s available. There are many players out there yet to be called like Soule, Valera, echeverri, Valentin Gomez etc.
Scaloni is here to stay!
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Argentina is the strongest team in the world bla bla bla. Wake up to the bitter reality. This team is in a very bad shape at the moment and if it continues like this never expect any good from it. The other day someone who is escaping from the reality and truth called me a Spain supporter hahaha.
Scaloni have 1 year to find the fullbacks and CB, other positions Argentina have good player, not world class but good.
At the moment, we will struggle against top teams with current SB players. We need to think about 3 back line formation. Luckily we have solid players at CB positions.
This is the time to sub in Paz and play Depaul and Enzo deep. Molina, Medina and Otamendi, these three are struggling. Scaloni has to try new defenders in the sqaud specifically for these three. Also I would go ultra aggressive with Nico for Medina and Simeone for Molina.
Fully agreed or even back 3 with Nico and Giuliano as wingbacks. Sub Ota to Balerdi abd Medina to Nico + Molina to Giuliv
Also Paredes or De Paul to Paz :
Dibu
CUTI Balerdi
Simeone Nico G.
De Paul ENZO
Messi Paz Almada
Julian
Scaloni is a Zidane of International football. This guy always makes questions decisions, but Messi magic and leadership on that pitch save him from becoming mediocre coach.
Fuck off scaloni is greatest Argentina manager ever
Carlos Bilardo was 10x better than Scaloni back in late 80s and early 90s.
Hell no Bilardo was a Copa America fail and his point/match ratio was simply horrible, neirly as much losses than wins, if i know well the worst argentine coach ever, just a lucky coach in World Cups, very lucky.
Either you are a troll or plain stupid.
Take paredes out bring Simeone put enzo and de Paul in the middle take medina out bring barco or nico gonzalez we will beat Colombia
DePaul is playing like shit. He is not that good anymore. At least not lately
Agreed but I know scaloni won’t touch de Paul even if he plays worse than this
De Paul has declined lately. Luckily, Almada, Paz are getting ready.
I am glad Colombia has exposed our defense! Medina & Molina are both struggling! We need to reinforce our back line with quality players! We could be in a 2018 like situation again, if we stick with some of the current players in our squad.
This is typical bullshit Argentina hero worship shit. You have half the fucking team that’s washed. Paredes is going to Boca yet he starts. Ridiculous. Otamendi was washed up last World Cup and he still hangs around like a smelly fart. DePaul is trying to be a fucking model. What am I missing.
Agreed
Otamendi is fucking selfish, he should retired after copa 2024 just like di maria
They exploit our weaknesses left flunk!!
Why Otamendi still in NT? I don’t think AIPAC pays money to AFA or do they?
If scaloni don’t make changes is the second half we lose badly, Colombia are dominating us
Who lost the ball in the mid field ?
Molina is a clone and otamandi is too old for back line. Scaloni needs to stop kissing old guards. Only Messi has rights to start.
Why? The guy can’t run anymore. We play better without him. The game slows down because he is basically a snail out there. You want to bring him in as a super sub great. No way more than 30 min a game if that. He can’t run. We all get old.
Messi is still the top 10 player of the world. He should always start as long as he wants. He might be slower but he can still make an impact with his passing.
Otamendi, Messi, DePaul, Tagliafico, Paredes…these guys are all past their prime. I don’t understand why we keep riding the same dead horse when we have good young players that deserve a look.
Otamandi, Parades, Molina, DePaul should no longer start again. They are good but not better than other youngsters.
We need new blood.
Scaloni should take this opportunity to give playing time to younger players. With Argentina already qualified for the 2026 World Cup and sitting comfortably in the standings, this is an ideal moment to experiment and allow rising talents to gain valuable experience.
Colombia defended well and looked dangerous on the break. We had more possession but struggled to create clear chances.
Scaloni should bring more attacking changes in the second half. Colombia look solid and motivated to secure points.
Time to get revenge for the last defeat.