Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will make changes for the match against England at the World Cup.
The Argentina national team will play England in the semi finals of the World Cup and Lionel Scaloni is set to make changes. According to Diego Monroig, Scaloni has decided to make changes in the midfield.
Rodrigo De Paul, Giuliano Simeone and Nicolás González are all fighting for a place in the starting eleven. Of those three players, one of them is set to start.
De paul will be 100% dropped both palacios and paredes will start
If its for palacios better keep depaul and ask him to pass sideways and back he will do that better, why we need to drop him is just to keep creativity and passing accuracy de pauls defencive skills are not second to palacios.
Palacious for Molina?
If we drop De Paul then we have to start a winger, not another midfielder. We miss those runs by Di Maria close to the sideline. We need to start someone who can run fast through the sideline. It is better if we start Giuliano Simeone in place of De Paul and bring De Paul after we took lead in the second half 🙌🏻
Paredes has been outstanding on the ball, but I still don’t think he has the physical profile to be our defensive midfielder. He only recently came back from injury as well.
Yes, he made a crucial stop against Egypt that helped us win the game, but I’m still not fully convinced by his defensive work as a No. 6, especially when it comes to be more aggressive in stopping attacks, pressing, and covering ground…We were getting destroyed in counter attacks against egypt/swiss and most times paredes was nowhere to be seen.
I think we need someone whose main job is to chase the ball, make interceptions, and break up play, like Mascherano or Guido used to do. Maybe Palacios or Licha ( as CDM) could fill that role. Let them handle the defensive responsibilities and give Paredes the freedom to dictate play alongside Mac Allister.
Defensively, I just don’t see enough from Paredes as a lone CDM. As a ball playing midfielder, though, he’s absolutely top class.
Parades has done better as DM than Mac Alister .
Yeah, he’s excellent as a ball playing midfielder, but both he and Mac Allister have been pretty average when it comes to their defensive duties.
I also liked how Lisandro played much higher up the pitch in the last game after the red . I’d even be open to trying him as a CDM. He has the composure, passing quality and, most importantly, he’s defensively much more solid than Paredes or Mac Allister.
One of the main reasons I think we’re getting overrun on counterattacks and right through the middle is that we lack a true defensive midfielder whose primary job is to break up the opposition’s play. Paredes is more focused on controlling possession and dictating the tempo, but defensively, I don’t think he’s good enough for that role.
Both should be in the first team, in place of Molina as well as De Paul. Simeone on the right. Gonzalez on the left. Argentina will look like a different and much more dynamic team.
Paredes and Tagliafico can play the role of extra defenders during counters if those guys are too far forward.
That means RDP will get the spot by default and no changes will be seen.
Yup. As much as I want to believe in Scaloni in making positive changes, all precedence points to otherwise.
Nah they wouldn’t report a changed team if they didn’t know there was a changed team. Would lose credibility otherwise.
Alexis still starting is the big issue here. Almada came on and did better than him – neither are our best player in that position but we know Scaloni won’t use him.
A new ball is going to be used in the semis, they say it’s only color and graphics change
Correct. Just gimmick stuff, no actual change.