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.
Guys messi have only two games left with argentina🥲🥲
Messi the last piece (and the ultimate talent) of our absolute golden generation of goal scorers
Messi, dimarria, aguero, higuin(yes he made mistakes) these 4 plyaers where giving us absolute treat of worldclass goals each week.
Hope our current and next gen will give us that consistant happines all week 😌
Actually 4 different media sources giving 4 different lineups
Job done by Scaloni… he has confused the enemies😂
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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 🙌🏻
If we’re going for a back 3, there’s no space for Palacios.
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.
Honestly, Licha would be a disaster at CDM against England. He doesn’t have the legs to cover large spaces for that position in general – he’d get eaten up by Rice and Anderson. Can’t see him dealing well with Bellingham’s runs if he does so.
The Lisandro pushing forward and stepping into midfield thing later in the game after the red was just Scaloni pushing men forward and committing more and more to get the goal he needed. He did at against Egypt – which was a risk in itself against Egypt’s pace in behind and sometimes only had Paredes and Romero sitting back as the rest defence.
Honestly, Paredes is the best we’ve got. Scaloni made no effort into trying to integrate Maximo Perrone, Alan Varela or Enzo Barrenechea over the last 3 years. Varela and Perrone at a minimum deserved more opportunities… but hey-ho it is what it is. We’ve gotta deal with the cards we’ve got.
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If this is the best we’ve got, then we’ve got a lot of trouble waiting for us, my friend.
I have absolutely no complaints about Paredes’ attacking play, but I honestly think we’ve become extremely vulnerable defensively ever since he started playing as the CDM while Mac Allister and Enzo push higher up the pitch.
If Lisandro gets overrun by players like Bellingham, Rice or Anderson, then so will Paredes. He doesn’t have the legs either, and his man marking and defensive duels are significantly weaker than Licha’s.
Now The only viable option left is Palacios. We haven’t seen enough of him in that role, but he’s worth trying. Replace De Paul, play Palacios as the CDM, and move Paredes into his natural CM role alongside Enzo and Mac Allister…
Paredes hasn’t been playing as a defensive midfielder tho, he’s been playing as a pivot. Scaloni hasn’t played a typical number 6 (Or, Argentine number 5) in our midfield since 2022. ALL our midfielders needs to put in immense shift in defense, hence Paz and Barco doesn’t play. Scaloni never trusted these two to be effective enough in defensive phases.
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.