Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his starting eleven for the match against Egypt and Lionel Messi starts.
Lionel Scaloni has made a few changes to the starting eleven which started Argentina’s 3-2 win against Cabo Verde. Here is the starting eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Romero, Lisandro Martínez, Tagliafico; De Paul, Paredes, Enzo, Mac Allister; Messi and Julián Álvarez
Scaloni still wait until 70th min to replace player. Depaul is over due. Need width to stress defence
WHY IS MAC ALLISTER STILL ON THIS PITCH???
WHY IS EGYPT THE ONLY TEAM MAKING SUBS???
Have a very bad feeling like bad omen. Their gk becoming a monster and Messi missing penalty ffs . Not feeling great
That day when de Paul went to Miami
Scaloni shouldn’t not called him again in national team
Perrone, buendia passing their prime time….
But u still fait on De Paul
No changes?! Seriously?
This is the biggest test of this team’s character and Scaloni, Aimar, Ayala and Samuel’s game management, if we come out victorious today, we will win this world cup!
You are spot on! Should we win today ,that will boost the morale of pallayers and help them win.
The 3 players Paredes, Tagliafico, and Alvarez that Scaloni brought in are playing well. The rest of the midfield have been subpar, atleast Macca has improved a bit, meanwhile Enzo is anonymous and De Paul keeping misplacing passes as expected. This team is no longer playing with hunger, desperately need Paz and Barco to be incorporated in the lineup
Bring nico paz. No need for mac alister
Any chance for subs now ?
It’s all about missing clear chances. We had 4 clear goal scoring opportunities and missed all. Should have been 4 goals up by now. No else to blame.
Can’t belive this Egypt had one shot at target and it was headed in. We had 3 MAJOR SHOT ON TARGET and Egypt’s keeper saved them all! Tagliafigo, Mac and Alvarez has been the best so far and ENZO’s pass was good for Tagliafigo, which led to penalty, but he has to play better. We might need Paz, Lo Celso and maybe Flaco, but i fear Scaloni does not have the ball’s to make change’s…. TaKe De Paul out please! Bring Paz
Because Argentina are like statues and it was obvious it was coming they Lee doing this and debu is a agent fool who cares more about his hair dye
His laziness is mind boggling at times that ball was floating in the air a long time he still didn’t react
Scaloni is $h1t from the beginning, his strength only know how to make messi happy. The rest was messi and those youngbloods hunger. Now all gone. Look at those player selection as if argentina lack of talents.
Would be so cruel to lost to Egypt. Messi should have given penalty to Alvarez and Egypt goal keeper saved certain goal of Alvarez. May be end is near Neymar, Ronaldo & Messi losing to Egypt is disgrace itself
Sub out Depaul
Two attempts on goal with zero placements: Alvarez and MacAllister. The writing is on the wall. A devastating night. Losing is part of the game. But you lose against a top tier team, one can understand. But you let this team toy with your defence aerially … the team does not deserve to be the winner. Now the blood bath would begin. All the good things that we have been building since 2018 would crumble like house of cards.
De Paul only mispasses, Enzo slight better but no edge. Macca and Leo Paredes is doing good. Julian or some one get a goal today, Messi looks drained and not in his special best today. Egypt are well prepared for the vertical passes and through lobs, physically much ahead of us. Well did i say unlucky and a super goealie who has his reflexes on spot.
Note to DePaul. This is why you don’t go play at InterMiami in the prime of your career so that you can be closer to that stick with tits Tini.
Tagliafico playing well
What the hell happening
Time for gonzales and barco to come
Messi (super tired because of last game), Enzo, Molina and Lisandro (yes, Lisandro) are the worst on pitch today and of course the clueless Scaloni. He simply doesn’t know what to do with a team which is so rusty, so out of form. He would still not give chance to younger, hungrier and speedier ones.
2+1 is the same as 1+2. You can move the shit around to any part of the field you want but it’s still shit. Mainly DePaul, Enzo, and a few others. Have your pick. Why was anybody worried about Barco or Paz? They aren’t playing with this manager. Zero wing play. Zero passion, speed, intensity. Messi forgot how to make a fucking penalty all of a sudden. Manager stepping in to help him out? Nope. This World Cup is nothing but an homage to Messi for Scaloni. Maybe it’s better to go home than have Columbia score 5 on us. These guys have no interest in running yet alone playing. And the tactics are awful.
All of a sudden lol
Messis peno record at a WC 50/50 his always been like this
Plain selfishness
Messi at timeless occasions at barca gives penalty to his teammates yet in argentina never did he do that even that miss against austria i thought he will give that to martinez to support him to be form today also i was wishing to give it pardees or alverz to have their first worldcup goal this season
Standing 5 feet away from players on your box flank is SUICIDE
Two goals cape two goal holland
Etc etc wen will they learn DEFEND reset play stop standing still
So our journey is coming to an end tonight. Sad. If Messi misses a penalty, if his freekick hits the sidepost and if the opponent goalkeeper is so so good, the fate becomes clear. We should give a last try by bringing in Barco or Paz in place of Enzo. He has been abysmal. But Scaloni won’t do that. He would still keep faith on his emotional attachment to the winners from the past.
NO worries, it’s in the bag
Scaloni is a disgrace. He is single handedly losing us this game with this horrible lineup.
Lisandro martinez is too short. Any player can beat him in set piece.
His a great player best in the world he was to close not standing in a ball play area
Plus everyone else was 6 feet away from the flank ball
Defend the ball play it out kick it away or kick it long or foul
Don’t stand still
I won’t blame lisandro Martinez but DePaul and Enzo Fernandez have been a disgrace. Barco and Simeone badly needed
True, but he has the fighting character which should help the defense.
Argentina creating there own problems on repeat stop turning into statues THATS EXACTLY WHAT THE OPPOSITION ARE HOPING FOR
EGIPT knew they would do that and planned for it
Take advantage wen Argentina stand still around there box scared OK BOSS
BOOM
Not rocket science is it
Looks like another long night, again gonna have a heart attack i guess. Man…do we have to have extreme tight matches in all the knockouts.
Messi man u can give the pk to some1 if u feel pressure
To busy deep throating meaningless records
We have to win atleast in extra time.I am not sure if we can win in penalties against Egypt.
Scaloni is absolutely responsible for this. Why so defensive tactics? Egypt is not defensibly strong
If we come back from 1–0 down and win this, it will be a historic first for Argentina in a World Cup knockout game. Fingers crossed! I am not prepared to exit so early! Please futbaling god help us! Scaloni fcuked up big time today by not starting Nico.G.
Sdcaloni doesn’t believe in Nico Paz, doesn’t believe in Barco, doesn’t believe in Buendia, Soule, Garnacho, Perrone, Prestiani, and every young talent.
It’s favoritism
It’s not just Scaloni’s decision, Aimar and Samuel have a say too in players selection and formation, so they are all accountable for this circus; struggling against Cabo Verde and now trailing the game against Egypt.
We shouldn’t be 1 down standing around statuesque at your own box repeatedly doing the same mistakes and your keeper is asleep
Messi looks very off-color today.
Remember he didn’t get enough rest days after the last game, and at his age is too much to ask for.
Retreating to there own box AAAGGGAAAIIINN
Scaloni has not integrated young talent after wining the WC in 2022. History has shown that you would fail miserably if you play with same winning squad, let alone if they are aging. Team harmoney and family feeling don’t save you in those moments, talents and skills do; basic football blueprint.
This headless coach dont have tactics at all, when messi feel heavy and declining all become clear. Same old useless line up
What’s the coach got to do with this the players are lazy static scared selfish
DePaul and paredes together will not work. We are in 2026 not 2021. Changes are urgently needed , simeone needed to inject the pace and barco replace either Enzo or Macalister. Molina what a disaster.
Too much defensive minded game
Actual defending would be needed for that
WHAT DEFENCE
Messi has a 50% conversion rate penos at world cups
The selfishness is beyond Ronaldo levels
Take of Depaul and in paz.. make 4-3-3
He is more likely to put in Almada. I suspect he basically did not use Paz, Lo Celso etc in first team training at all.
No need for messi to take penalty…could have been taken by paredes or macallister….but record selfishness for messi…won’t let others take the penalty.
Bingo and it’s getting infuriating
Sorry guys I feel like the footballing gods is not by our side today…
Records for records sake
Utter embarrassment there is no excuse for this shit at all give someone else chance
For gods sake drop the Messi SHIT
Scaloni has to bring in Nico.G in the half time break and may be Nico Paz too! Even with 4 midfielders we are being outplayed in the midfield and Messi wtf what that!!
Also, has Argentina come back from a goal to win a match in any world cup knockout game?
Why kick to the goal keeper’s left hand side when earlier penalty vs austria was missed in the same side.Messi ,you should have buried to the other side.
NARCASIST Messi records Ronaldo level seifishness 50% WC record penos
Joke
Not sure Scaloni has a clue this world cup. He seems lost from the start of the tournament. His time is up.
It’s not the manager it’s the players
ARROGANCE
It is the players, and also the manager.
He has not made any meaningful changes. In fact he took out an attacking player and put in a defensive player. And he continues to rely on players who have shown poor form, and left out many in form players from the full squad.
When you plan defensive then you either draw or concede!!!
Argentina are ball watching every time they approach the goal in every game
I don’t remember if Argentina ever won a match after falling behind in the Scaloni era. This is scary.
Debu stop more goals next time
Bullshit mate
Statue defending AAAGGGAAAIINNN
Usless statue debu AAAAGGGAAIIINNN
Rodrigo De Ball given away to easily.
And unless Enzo does something miraculously great, he should not have a place in the first team.
Can someone give a link to watch the match in India please? Would be gratefull
Scaloni is giving too much respect to Egypt like they are France by using 4-4-2 formation. Just play with three attackers to kill the game early and qualify, Egypt is mediocre team, and they are no where close to the level of Morocco. He should have played with Messi, Alvarez and Nico Paz upfront to win the game.
Need Alvarez back to his pressing form and I hope Enzo gets a more “up-the-pitch” role which helped him score more this season. Paredes and DePaul can take up the more defensive roles with their not-so-defensive through passes to build the attacks. Molina remains the weakest link in the team and, may be, just may be, Palacios could have been given the right full back slot.
Let’s go Argentina! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Now that Brazil and Portugal have been eliminated, the pressure on me has dropped dramatically. 😅
Why keep putting Messi starts in the title
Vamos Argentina!
I have a feeling this game is going to be much easier than the Cape Verde match. Let’s go!
VAMOS ARGENTINA🇦🇷✨🇦🇷
Needed some wingplay from Simeone and Nico but nonetheless, VAMOS ARGENTINA 🇦🇷
Vamos Argentina… pressing is the main issue.. hopefully we get over that problem today. A clean sheet and an Alvarez goal. Common lets go!!