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Argentina, among the teams that have used the most players in the first two dates of the World Cup

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After the second round of the group stage of the World Cup, The Argentina national team appears to be one of those that has used more players in these first two games.

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After the painful and surprising defeat against Saudi Arabia on debut, Lionel Scaloni he put his hand in front of the meeting with Mexico and the national team conquered three fundamental points, despite the painful first half in which Tata Martino’s men drowned under the pressure.

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There were five modifications. Nahuel Molina, Cuti Romero, Nicolás Tagliafico, Leandro Paredes and Alejandro left the starting squad Papua Gomez. Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña, Guido Rodríguez and Alexis Mac Allister came in for them, maintaining the tactical scheme.

Total, There are 19 players used by the Argentine coach in these first two days. And there are only seven who have not yet added minutes: Armani, Rulli, Foyth, Pezzella, Thiago Almada, Ángel Correa and Dybala.

In front of the national team, just three other teams. This statistic is led by Japan and Serbia with 21 and behind it is Arabia with 20. To a large extent, these numbers are explained by the different physical problems each of them suffered.

The most serious of all was that of the Arab Yasir Al-Shahrani, who collided with his own goalkeeper and “She suffered a fractured jaw, facial bone cracks and internal bleeding so she will be operated on immediately.”, informs the official medical part. In turn, the captain salman al-faraj He also dropped out of focus, although in his case it was due to a muscle injury.

On the Japanese side, hiroki sakai he injured the back of his left thigh in the match against Germany, but he would have arrived at the match against Spain without problems after resting against Costa Rica, while in Serbia those who had to leave for physical reasons were Strahinja Pavlovic.

Together with Argentina, 19 players were also used by Senegal, Iran, Mexico, Denmark, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, Belgium, Ghana, Brazil and Switzerland.

Further back are the United States, Morocco and Cameroon with 18, while Poland is the team that has used the fewest players (15). Czesław Michniewicz, DT of the next opponent’s staggeredhe made just three changes on his debut for Mexico and those three were starters against Arabia.

The full list

  • Japan and Serbia (21)
  • Arabic (20)
  • Senegal, Iran, Argentina, Mexico, Denmark, Australia, Germany, Costa Rica, Belgium, Ghana and Portugal (19)
  • United States, Morocco, Cameroon and Uruguay (18)
  • Netherlands, Qatar, England, Wales, France, Tunisia, Spain, Canada and South Korea (17)
  • Ecuador and Croatia (16)
  • Poland (15)

Source: Clarin

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