Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will make changes for the match against Jordan at the World Cup.
Lionel Scaloni is expected to make several changes to the starting eleven for the match against Jordan. According to Gastón Edul, Scaloni will give minutes to Marcos Senesi, Valentín Barco, Exequiel Palacios, Giuliano Simeone and José Manuel López in Argentina’s group stage match.
The Argentina national team won 3-0 against Algeria and 2-0 against Austria to get to six points in their group and with one game remaining in the group, they have secured first place. Algeria winning 2-1 against Jordan means that no matter the result of Argentina’s match against Jordan, they will end the group in first place.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will play the runner up of Group H which is the group of Spain, Uruguay, Cape Verde and Saudi Arabia. The Round of 32 game will be on July 3 in Miami.
Cristian Romero spoke about the injury he sustained during Argentina’s match against Austria at the World Cup.
Romero was substituted out with an injury for Argentina in their 2-0 win against Austria. The Argentine spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“I felt a new pain but I know that in three or four days, I will be as good as new. It’s already done.”
Lionel Messi spoke about his penalty miss for Argentina against Austria at the World Cup.
Messi took a penalty for Argentina in their 2-0 win against Austria and his effort went wide of the goal. The Argentine would score two goals after his miss in the match. Speaking to the media after the match, here is what he had to say about his miss:
“It was tough because I hit it really badly. I hesitated a lot, many things went through my head at that moment. I had planned to do one thing and ended up doing something else. More than anything, that’s why I was so upset because I didn’t end up doing what I had planned.”
Zlatan Ibrahimović spoke about Lionel Messi after Messi’s two goals for Argentina against Austria at the World Cup.
Ibrahimović and Lionel Messi were team mates at FC Barcelona and the former football is a pundit at the World Cup for Fox Sports. Lionel Messi scored two goals for Argentina in their 2-0 win against Austria and Zlatan spoke on Fox Sports after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“It was never in doubt. I mean you have moments where he looks human by missing the penalty, then you have the moments where he doesn’t look human, that’s Messi. So far it’s his World Cup.
“And he didn’t play against Jordan yet so I don’t know where it will finish. Five goals in two games, I have zero goals in two World Cups so, I’m happy, I’m happy for him. And I hope he continues, his birthday is in a couple of days, let him enjoy because we are all enjoying by seeing him play, so, amazing, just amazing, no words.”