Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI confirmed his team’s starting eleven for Tuesday’s match.
Speaking at a press conference, SCALONI announced his line-up against Morocco. As we reported earlier, both Paulo DYBALA and Lautaro MARTINEZ were rumored to get the start and they will both be in the eleven.
ANDRADA, MONTIEL, PEZZELLA, KANNEMANN, ACUNA, PEREYRA, PAREDES, Guido RODRIGUEZ, DE PAUL, DYBALA, Lautaro MARTINEZ
With the team currently on their way to Morocco, coach Lionel SCALONI already has a starting eleven in mind.
When SCALONI’s team take to the pitch on Tuesday, the starting line-up is expected to look a little different from the one which lost 3-1 against Venezuela. Lionel MESSI and Gonzalo Pity MARTINEZ are both injured and will miss the match, which forces the coach into making two changes. Here’s the rumored eleven against Morocco:
ANDRADA; MONTIEL, PEZZELLA, KANNEMANN, TAGLIAFICO; PEREYRA, MARCONE or Guido RODRIGUEZ, PAREDES, LO CELSO or DE PAUL; DYBALA and Lautaro MARTINEZ.
Paulo DYBALA and Roberto PEREYRA are some of the players who are rumored to get the start for Argentina against Morocco on Tuesday.
Per a report by TyC Sports, Argentina coach Lionel SCALONI will revert to a more traditional four man back line when they will take the pitch. The team started with five at the back in the 3-1 defeat against Venezuela.
Esteban ANDRADA, Paulo DYBALA, Walter KANNEMANN and Roberto PEREYRA are all rumored to be in the starting eleven. While German PEZZELLA faces a fitness test.
Argentina and football legend Diego MARADONA took to the media to discuss the Argentina national team, Lionel MESSI and the loss against Venezuela.
MARADONA had less than pleasant words when describing the team and the AFA. Here’s what he had to say:
“I am very Argentine and I feel like I am part of a different group of coaches and players. I know that RUGGERI, BATISTA, GIUSTI, PUMPIDO, CANIGGIA are thinking… That this team doesn’t deserve the shirt. The one’s I named you had the shirt tattoo’d, we have it tattoo’d.”
Talking about Lionel MESSI, MARADONA defended the Argentina captain:
“MESSI has to ignore the critics. It’s not his fault. He’s in a bad, disorganized team… a team that always depends on him, in every way. He’s an amazing and extraordinary player, he’s got nothing to prove to anyone.”
In regards to AFA president Claudio TAPIA, Diego MARADONA had some harsh words:
“I don’t know what TAPIA will be, if he will be a math teacher or what but he has no f*cking idea.
“Those that are inept who are running the AFA thought that they would win against Venezuela? Venezuela are a proper team and Argentina came into this through the window, not the front door because they betrayed and constantly lie to people. I’m sorry but Argentina are not going to win a game.
“I’m sorry for the Argentine public who continue to believe these liars. I’m sorry for the players who have to show their faces when they shouldn’t have to. It should be the leaders who start doing things right. Don’t give away the prestige that we once gave you.”
Lionel MESSI and Gonzalo Pity MARTINEZ are both injured and ruled out of Argentina’s match against Morocco on Tuesday.
Following Argentina’s 3-1 defeat to Venezuela, the official Argentina Twitter account tweeted out stating that both MESSI and MARTINEZ will miss Tuesday’s clash.
#ParteMédico
– Gonzalo MartÃnez: lesión muscular de biceps femoral izquierdo.
– Lionel Messi: reagudización de dolor pubiano bilateral.
Ambos jugadores serán baja para el próximo partido de @Argentina. pic.twitter.com/2ol62BK3aY— Selección Argentina 🇦🇷 (@Argentina) March 22, 2019
