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Edgardo BAUZA: “”I will see MESSI”

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New Argentina National Team coach Edgardo BAUZA was officially presented on Friday.

BAUZA was presented via press conference where he spoke about several matters. Obviously the big news since his take over was if he can convince Lionel MESSI to return to the National Team. He commented about MESSI, the AFA, the team and more. Here’s what he had to say:

“It’s an honor for me to be here. We’re anxious to start working. There are experienced players and we have to take advantage of that. The dream of wanting to coach the National Team was always there. I would like to thank Armando PEREZ for his confidence. We will give our life.”

“I will see MESSI but I don’t know when. It doesn’t depend on me. With MESSI, I’m just going to talk about football. Nothing more, nothing less. After our chat, the decision will be his. I understand MESSI. I was a player and I understand when the frustration takes over.”

“Surely there will be lots of players from Tata’s lists. Maybe there will be some new ones, maybe not. It’s not about imposing, it’s about analyzing and looking for the best option.”

“As for the youth players, I can give my ideas but I can’t impose. I’m a coach trained with youth players. A player grows with competition. I’m going to observe everyone, including players from the local league.”

“The day I don’t think about leaving as champion is a day I’ll dedicate myself to something else.”

Edgardo BAUZA takes jab at Tata MARTINO

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New Argentina National Team manager Edgardo BAUZA has taken a jab at former Argentina coach Tata MARTINO.

Speaking to TyC Sports, BAUZA spoke about Lionel MESSI and took an indirect shot at MARTINO by saying that MESSI was left alone and had problems generating play. Here’s what he had to say:

“If you leave him (MESSI) alone, we see what happened against Chile, where he had four players on top of him. He suffered a lot in that game, and he had problems in generating play”.

“The idea is that the play goes through him, we know how he can change a game. MESSI has played in three positions: as a central forward, a little deeper, and GUARDIOLA used him in some games on the right.”

“The intention is that he is placed where he can change things, and for that he needs the participation of the team, we can not depend solely on MESSI.”

About meeting with MESSI:
“I don’t know why they are saying that he must be convinced.”

“I am going to talk about football with him, and afterwards we will see if that chat gives way to the possibility of him reversing the phrase he said after the (Copa America) final.”

“Those of us who have felt that frustration understand that phrase”.

Introducing the Player Database section!

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To add to the ever growing list of information you can find here on Mundo Albiceleste, we’ve added one more section.

The Player Database section is a, well, a database of Argentinian players in Europe. Ever wanted a full list of Argentinians who play in the English Premier League? We have that. Ever wondered how many Argentinians are in the Italian Serie A? Yeah, we got that too.

In short, it’s a section where we will have entire an entire list of all the Argentinians who play in the top 5 European leagues. The English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spain’s La Liga, the German Bundesliga and the French Ligue 1.

Furthermore, the Transfer Page can be found under that section as well. For those unaware, the Transfer page is where you can find the entire list of Argentinians who moved to and from Europe (again, in the top 5 European leagues).

We hope you enjoy the new features and if you have any suggestions, please, do let us know!

Thank you!

Argentina lose opening match at Olympics

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Argentina lose their opening match at the Olympics 2-0 against Portugal.

Argentina’s record of 12 consecutive wins at the Olympic games have come to an end. Prior to this 2-0 defeat to Portugal, Argentina’s last loss at the Olympics came in the 1996 gold medal game against Nigeria where they lost 3-2. After that, the team won all 6 of their matches in 2004 and their 6 matches in 2008.

Julio OLARTICOECHEA’s players had several opportunities (including Jonathan CALLERI hitting the crossbar) but were just un-able to find the back of the net. Geronimo RULLI, who pulled off some fantastic saves, was responsible for Portugal’s second goal as it was an absolute blunder.

Giovanni SIMEONE had a chance to pull one back for Argentina in the 90th minute but his close range bicycle kick effort was saved on the line.

Argentina are last place in the group and will play Algeria on Sunday.

Here are the match highlights:

OLYMPICS: ARGENTINA VS PORTUGAL LIVE

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Hello everyone,

We have our opening match in the Olympics vs Portugal starting in approximately 10 minutes. Feel free to comment and share live comments here.

Starting Lineup for Argentina:
Argentina: Gerónimo Rulli; Lisandro Magallán, Lautaro Gianetti, Víctor Cuesta y Alexis Soto; José Luis Gómez, Santiago Ascacíbar, Mauricio Martínez, Cristian Espinoza; Ángel Correa y Jonathan Calleri.

Coach: Julio Olarticoechea.

 

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Stadium: João Havelange.

 

VAMOS ARGENTINA!! 🙂

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