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[Maddy]

Croatia beating Argentina would be pure sex

 

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[Wittl]

Croatia beating Argentina would be pure sex

:bloody:

 

[il brutto]

Sampaoli is a useless fraud. Hope Argentina get knocked out in the group stage.

I actually think that that lineup looks much better than the one in their last game. Should have played something similar in the first game already.

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sampaoli has quite frankly lost the plot, I wouldn't be surprised to see croatia get something out of this match

Shouldn't be surprising as Croatia are the better team.

 

[lgorTudor]

Calma, Aunt Rebic+Manzo got this

 

[Seven]

Argentina to drop Serie A players
By Football Italia staff

Argentina again seem set to drop Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Federico Fazio, but also Lucas Biglia, against Croatia.

The Seleccion and Coach Jorge Sampaoli were bitterly criticised after a 1-1 draw with Iceland, in which Lionel Messi had a penalty saved.

Despite complaints from fans and the media that Juventus pair Dybala and Higuain were left out, Pipita only coming off the bench for the final minutes, Sampaoli seems set to repeat the pattern.

Roma defender Fazio is again heading for the bench, while Milan midfielder Biglia did start, but should be dropped in favour of Enzo Perez.

The system also changed from 4-4-1-1 to a 3-4-3 with Cristian Pavon joining Sergio Aguero and Messi in attack.

Argentina take on current group leaders Croatia on Thursday.

Argentina (probable): Caballero; Mercado, Otamendi, Tagliafico; Salvio, Mascherano, Enzo Perez, Acuna; Messi, Aguero, Pavon

Oh boy...

How can you drop Higuain and Dybala, when they were on the bench already?

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4 years to prepare for World Cup and after the first match the entire lineup and formation is changed in a panic. Amazing stuff. Can't figure out how to put a team around Messi yet.

Argentina have always been very unbalanced. For as long as I can remember they have great attackers and a much weaker midfield and defense.

 

[Jethro]

Sampaoli is a useless fraud. Hope Argentina get knocked out in the group stage.

They're not far from that. That guy is similiar to Simeone, but one with worse tactics I mean, he was good with Vidal and all those "warriors" he had at Chile, but it's not same with Argentina.

 

[Liviu]

Joking aside, what happened to Sampaoli?? I saw Chile at the 2015 Copa America and they played beautiful attacking football and managed to win it. After that he failed at Sevilla and now at Argentina. At Chile he didn't had a #9 like Higuain or Icardi, but his selection and first 11 are idiotic.

 

[Catenaccio]

They should have taken Icardi.

 

[s4tch]

They should have taken Icardi.

it wouldn't have made their midfield or defense better at all. it's not about the attackers, they have insane depth and quality in attack without icardi.

 

[Mr Chocolate]

They honestly just look clueless in attack, so much talent there but no game plan by the looks of it

 

[Liviu]

it wouldn't have made their midfield or defense better at all. it's not about the attackers, they have insane depth and quality in attack without icardi.

They don't have a #9 tho. Aguero, Messi are Trenquartistas not quite finishers, advanced forwards. A player of that profile would give more flexibility on game plan.

 

[Catenaccio]

My thinking was they should go 4-3-3 and have Messi/Dybala and Aguero/Di Maria as inside forwards flanking someone like Higuain or Icardi. I really don't think Dybala and Messi play well together.

 

[il brutto]

Joking aside, what happened to Sampaoli?? I saw Chile at the 2015 Copa America and they played beautiful attacking football and managed to win it. After that he failed at Sevilla and now at Argentina. At Chile he didn't had a #9 like Higuain or Icardi, but his selection and first 11 are idiotic.

Just out of curiosity, how did he fail at Sevilla?

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My thinking was they should go 4-3-3 and have Messi/Dybala and Aguero/Di Maria as inside forwards flanking someone like Higuain or Icardi. I really don't think Dybala and Messi play well together.

They just don't have the midfielders to play that at the moment. I think putting in one extra CB is the right choice.

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They don't have a #9 tho. Aguero, Messi are Trenquartistas not quite finishers, advanced forwards. A player of that profile would give more flexibility on game plan.

What? Aguero isn't a #9 or a finisher? He is exactly that.

 

[JCK]

How can you drop Higuain and Dybala, when they were on the bench already?

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It's called the double drop.

 

[MagicAardvark]

Higgy chocking again in big games

 

[Guarin-lover]

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How do Argentina even let him get into country after he bottled chances in most important moments for them?

 

[IlCapitano]

Please go away...

 

[Lapa]

CL mode.

 

[Ventus]

He was pretty awful tonight like lol.

 

[Chiello3]

still love gonzalo