Lionel Messi is confirmed to start for the Argentina national team against Colombia in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier and Nicolas Tagliafico is suspended.
Messi did not start for Argentina in their 1-o win against Chile on Thursday but will start Tuesday’s game against Colombia. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni confirmed that Messi is going to start but did not confirm the starting eleven.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be without Nicolás Tagliafico as he is suspended for the match due to yellow card accumulation. Scaloni will have Nicolás Otamendi, Enzo Fernández and Leandro Paredes all back from suspension. Here is the rumored eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Medina; De Paul, Paredes, Enzo; Messi, Julián Álvarez and Almada
this must be a joke. Balerdi had a good game against Chile instead of giving him another run you call back Otamendi. Paredes is a shit player and he is a guaranteed starter when available? Molina’s game has deteriorated and he is a liability for both club and country. Almada is not a forward but an attacking mid and if u play him then it should in his most comfortable position.
Very surprised, that Balerdi may not get to start even after his good performance against Chile..?
Would had like to see 3 men backline : CUTI, Balerdi, Medina ( where subs like Foyth could have got some playing time for example and maybe even Lomonaco…)
In this way Nico G. could had played as left wing back and Barco could had subbed in later on for him.
Also young Simeone as right wing back who could had been replaced with Molina. Almada or Paz could had played in more advanced role with Enzo and De Paul on the middfield etc….
We have moved out of the shadows of Lionel Messi. But still he is the best bet. Messi and Ronaldo are proving time and again that age is just a number. Both are doing excellent in their destined roles – CR7 as a pure poacher and LM10 as a scorer+game maker.