Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 21:59:18 GMT -6
Willy Caballero tightened Argentina's rope in the World Cup in Russia with a blunder that destabilized his team and caused its fall when it put pressure on Croatia, classified for the round of 16 with the goal given to Ante Rebic and with the final fireworks by Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic. The Chelsea goalkeeper will be singled out for a long time. Messi will get rid of the burden of being the number one target of criticism. His failure, at the beginning of the second half after an absurd pass that became a juicy present for Rebic, stopped his team when it had finally found a small identity
The crash came with history. With all the criticism in the world behind it, Argentina could not fail. The opening draw against Iceland left a bag full of doubts for Jorge Sampaoli's Binance App Users Data men, but the most notable was Lionel Messi after missing a penalty that could have been decisive. That mistake sparked the eternal debate about the Barcelona player and his sufficiency when he plays for the national team.
Is Messi capable of winning only one World Cup? Is that just a Diego Armando Maradona thing? Doesn't Messi perform the same with the "Albiceleste" as he does in his club? Doesn't Messi have the same good company in Argentina as he does in Barcelona?
Every time there is a shock, those questions arise. And, Messi, one day he may get tired. But, while the tavern debates expanded, Argentina had to beat Croatia. That was the real problem. A defeat could leave them almost out of the World Cup in the group stage and that would be a tragedy.
At least I had the help of a stadium that looked like La Bombonera, with an absolute majority of Argentines. And to turn the situation around, Sampaoli played his eleven and his scheme. He changed from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-3 with Gabriel Mercado, Enzo Pérez and Marcos Acuña as new additions. It worked despite the initial hesitation. At least in the first half and because Zlatko Dalic took Luka Modric out of the creation zone and the Balkan team lost.
The Real Madrid midfielder advanced on the field, left his space for Marcelo Brozovic and barely touched the ball, suffocated by the Argentine pressure, who almost from the first minute was out of his way to punch the table. Even so, Argentina, which is fighting against itself, suffered a huge scare with a tackle by Ivan Perisic that Willy Caballero saved with a miraculous hand.
The crash came with history. With all the criticism in the world behind it, Argentina could not fail. The opening draw against Iceland left a bag full of doubts for Jorge Sampaoli's Binance App Users Data men, but the most notable was Lionel Messi after missing a penalty that could have been decisive. That mistake sparked the eternal debate about the Barcelona player and his sufficiency when he plays for the national team.
Is Messi capable of winning only one World Cup? Is that just a Diego Armando Maradona thing? Doesn't Messi perform the same with the "Albiceleste" as he does in his club? Doesn't Messi have the same good company in Argentina as he does in Barcelona?
Every time there is a shock, those questions arise. And, Messi, one day he may get tired. But, while the tavern debates expanded, Argentina had to beat Croatia. That was the real problem. A defeat could leave them almost out of the World Cup in the group stage and that would be a tragedy.
At least I had the help of a stadium that looked like La Bombonera, with an absolute majority of Argentines. And to turn the situation around, Sampaoli played his eleven and his scheme. He changed from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-3 with Gabriel Mercado, Enzo Pérez and Marcos Acuña as new additions. It worked despite the initial hesitation. At least in the first half and because Zlatko Dalic took Luka Modric out of the creation zone and the Balkan team lost.
The Real Madrid midfielder advanced on the field, left his space for Marcelo Brozovic and barely touched the ball, suffocated by the Argentine pressure, who almost from the first minute was out of his way to punch the table. Even so, Argentina, which is fighting against itself, suffered a huge scare with a tackle by Ivan Perisic that Willy Caballero saved with a miraculous hand.