Marcos Senesi and Cristian Romero are both rumored to be starting for the Argentina national team against Venezuela on Friday.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Thursday. He stated that the games against Venezuela and Puerto Rico were games where they will try out different options in the match.
Senesi is back in the Argentina national team for the first time in over three years and could be starting against Venezuela. According to TNT Sports, Senesi and Cristian Romero will both start Friday’s friendly match. Here is the rumored eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Nicolás González, Senesi, Romero, Montiel; Mac Allister, Paredes, Enzo; Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and Nico Paz
I am not surprised nico paz may not be that good if scaloni using him to replace di Maria or messi .He is not a winger or number 10. he looks like a player between no.10 and no.8 .That means he should replace either de Paul or mcallister. Mastantuono is the same ,they are two similar player but Mastantuono is more raw and unexperience. if scaloni using De Paul, Enzo ,Mcallister combination, he needs two true wingers or at least one proper winger .We only have Maher Carrizo on the right .Soule is messi type a proper no.10 but can be a winger also .Carboni is the same to Soule .Simeone is another Gonzalez .Let’s see what happen tomorrow .Both Mastantuono and paz don’t convince me at all.
I am not saying paz isn’t good but his better position should be no.8 .Scaloni try to find out the best right winger ,he only have one simeone whom I believe can be used but not that good enough at this stage or he can use Gonzalez on the right ,Almada on the left .Now he is trying paz and Mastantuono. he tried carboni before and carboni performed quite well. Actually I think soule will not be considered unless scaloni quits .ironically soule is the most suitable one to replace messi and di Maria
tomorrow is very important to nico paz .Weeks ago scaloni preferred mastantuono rather than paz .Now he trys nico paz ,if he failed ,I am not sure he will have a place next year . to be honest I think scaloni ‘s plan
No.9 :Lautaro ,Alvarez with a tall no.9 Jose lopez or maybe panichelli later .Taty Castellanos may not be his choice
Left Wingers : Almada(Gonzalez)
Right wingers : Simeone (Mastantuono or paz)
No.10: Messi only ,scaloni prefers not to call any player in case messi get injuries ,he want to use two fast wingers instead
Midfield De paul( Palacios),Mcallister (Lo celso),Enzo(Paredes plus a DM Equi or Barrenechea or Varela or moreno )
LB : Tagliafico (Acuna)
RB ; Montiel(Molina)
CB: Romero(Foyth)
Otamendi(Balerdi plus senesi or licha or livero )
Scaloni is looking for a right CB to partner along side Romero! Licha has been out for back to back seasons now! Ballerdi is okay but he isn’t Licha and Otamendi is old! I feel like Senesi will do great in a tean with fantastic chemistry. If Foyth can stay fit then he could easily be our third CB ahead of Ballerdi and Otamendi! Injury prone but very underrated!
Yes Foyth is very good this season .Balerdi is not reliable .Senesi is the most reasonable choice .Licha martinez never convinced me as a CB .Nahuel Perez is another choice if he recovers .
Rivero is too young ,no experience and just moderate at local league .Otamendi is too old .I would pick Romero ,Foyth ,Senesi, Perez . After world cup should promote Matias Moreno.
LB : Gonzalez should be a good choice then promote Teo Pagano from U20 together with Lucas Esquivel .
RB : promote Giay and Gorosito not many choice .
Dm: Equi fernendez ,Barrenechea, Tomas Perez ,Nardoni
No.8 : Enzo fernandez ,Cristian Medina ,Paz (he is a no.8 rather than 10),Barco
Attacking midfield : Soule ,Valentin carboni ,Almada
Wingers : Maher Carrizo ,Benja Dorminguez, Zeballos(he needs to get more playing times ,I believe he has potential )
Striker : Alvarez ,Jose Lopez, Panichelli, Sarco
Goal Keeper: Dibu ,Barbi ,Fabricio Iacovich
For me the new team we can try
#####Dibu
Giay#Romero#Perez#Gonzalez
######Barrenchea
###Carboni ####Cristian Medina
Soule##############Almada
##########Panichelli