The mystery is over. Lionel Scaloni He has already decided who will be the eleven players of the national team who will start this Tuesday, from 16:00 in Argentina, against Croatia for the first semi-final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
The coach, whose wrist doesn’t shake when it comes to putting together the best team possible, finally came close Leandro Paredes get back into possession. It will be the return for the Juventus man, one of the lieutenants Lionel Messi and one of those who has the most presence in his cycle, who hadn’t played since the failed debut against Saudi Arabia.
In this way, Lisandro Martínez will once again be in relief and Angel DiMaria, those who were fighting for a place in the eleven will still wait on the bench, just like they did against Australia -he didn’t come on- and against Holland -he played the last ten minutes of added time-. Fideo, on the other hand, has already recovered 100% from the overload on the left quadriceps that had caused him the abuse.
As a result, the Argentina national team will form with Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez.
Why walls?
Paredes added minutes against Mexico and the Netherlands, where he scored territory in the second half of extra time, in which Argentina clearly dominated their rival and were inches away from avoiding penalties.
Why go back to 4-4-2 and abandon 5-3-2? It is that the coaching staff of the Argentine national team understands that the midfield must be populated in order to make a Croatia uncomfortable that has a luxury midfield with Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic and Mateo Kovacic. Against the Netherlands, on the other hand, the idea was to contain the three wingers and take turns attacking on the wings with Molina and Acuña to nullify Dumfries and Blind. Indeed, the goals came from a climb from the Atlético de Madrid winger and a penalty conceded by the multifaceted Sevilla player.
With Paredes in the eleven, Scaloni has a player capable of recovering and playing in midfield. The technical staff, at least in the previous one, is convinced that the match will be won by whoever has the upper hand in the battle in the center of the field.
In fact, the Argentina national team will have a midfield line with players with identical characteristics. In fact, with the exception of Enzo Fernández, a mixed midfielder by nature, the other three have all done lower like the classic 10 and over time have adapted to the needs of current football.
Put = 10 x 25
With this match, Leo Messi will reach 25 matches as a World Cup player, and will equal Germany’s Lothar Matthäus as the most capped player in this type of tournament. pure legend.
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Source: Clarin
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