Because Argentina played better than it looks against Mexico

Argentina played well against Mexico. With good reason, the phrase can generate controversy and even indignation in some readers. The logical look will say that the team is in charge Lionel Scaloni He completed a decent performance, but with personality he completed a match goat in the Qatar World Cup 2022. However, if the analysis is carried out a little for some of the sides, it will be possible to come to the conclusion that what Argentina did was good to very good. It happens that he was intelligent and immediately understood how he had to play, even when the passes and small clubs didn’t reach him.

A Lionel Scaloni He was surprised by the proposal Gerard Martino. The Aztecs stopped with a 5-3-2 formation and put suffocating pressure from Chávez onwards Guido Rodríguez. That movement of pieces has lost the Selection. It was 15 minutes of uncertainty.

But the solution arrived quickly and there it is worth celebrating the immediate reading of Scaloni and his technical staff. The indication was simple: that Rodríguez place himself between the central defenders to come out clean from the back and that Alexis MacAllister assume the position of central midfielder with wings raised. And Chávez no longer knew how to move and became the confused one.

Messi said so: Argentina didn’t play well in the first stage. Although perhaps it would be worth saying that he did not attack well. Because the defensive performance was perfect and the bottom’s start flowed. I missed connecting with him crack Rosario and the strikers.

Argentina should have played calmly as Mexico deliberately went behind once they mastered the tactic. It seems simple not to give in to despair, but it’s not. Martino’s men tried to play with it, with the defeat against Saudi Arabia. It didn’t happen and she was patient staggered, perhaps the best virtue in Lusail night. What’s more: all the modifications made by Scaloni have been productive.

He took possession of the pitch and of the Argentine ball and calmly searched for spaces. Still realizing that he wasn’t quite in tune, he played and moved. Mac Allister grew up on the income of Enzo Fernández and improved De Paul. He was finding his way, always defending with excellence in midfield. Moving the tree, with the right amount of force and without excess power, was the idea. And the genius of Messi appeared.

And with the advantage, another sign of lucidity: out with the 4-3-1-2 and in with the 5-3-2, with cute Rosemary between the central and with Giuliano Alvarez run to all side of Messi. Mexico didn’t bother