here is a list of possible players for the world cup choose your 23. some of them are injured so discard them Goalies Caballero Abbondanzieri bonano Leo franco Defense Sorin,javier zanneti,roberto ayala,mascherano,gaby milito,samuel,gonzalo rodriguez,coloccini,heinze,clemente rodriguez,placente,quiroga,pochettino,burdisso, Midfield aimar,veron,riquelme,dalessandro,lucho,rosales,messi,chelito,kily,maxi rodriguez,paleta,zabaleta,cambiasso,solari,rodrigo palacio,ponzio,bilos,fernando cangele,cupobieza,burrito ortega,marcelo gallardo,belluschi,cufre,scaloni,santana,demichelis,oberman,gago,neri cardozo. Forwards Tevez,crespo,aguero,diego milito,castroman,cavenaghi,maxi lopez,rolando zarate,saviola,scocco,lucho figueroa,montenegro,farias,palermo,luciano galleti,frutos,baros schelotto,cardetti,gaston fernandez,lisandro lopez,ustari and cruz.
Goalies Abbondanzieri Havent seen the rest enough to say, just Lux, but, he's not wanted? Defense Sorin,javier zanneti,roberto ayala,mascherano,samuel,heinze,d'alessandro Midfield aimar,riquelme,rosales,messi,cambiasso Forwards Tevez,crespo,diego milito,maxi lopez,saviola,lucho figueroa,
Umm Figueroa is injured and wont go, D'Allesandro is a midfeild attacker not a defender and he wont go, and Mascherano is a defensive midfeilder and will go and show the world a glimpse of the next Redondo!!!!!!
GK Caballero Abbondanzieri Lux D Sorin Zanneti Ayaka Samuel G. Milito Coloccini Heinze Burdisso M Cambiasso Mascherano Riquelme L. Gonzalez Delgado K. Gonzalez Maxi Rodriguez Zabaleta F Tevez Messi Crespo D. Milito Other Solari? Aguero? Maxi Lopez? Cruz? Veron? It's hard to pick when there's so much talent available. Let's see what the coach does.
GK: Ustari Franco Lux Defenders: Zanetti Sorin Heinze G.Milito Samuel Ayala DeMichelis Gonzalo Midfield: Maxi Rodriguez Messi Riquelme Aimar Masherano Cambiasso L. Gonzalez Forwards: Crespo Tevez Aguero Saviola D. Milito
good squad leon. personally i think you're being a bit optimistic when you call demichelis a defender. by all accounts he is an awful defender, however i'm sure he will go as cover for mascherano. therefore peker will pick another defender and one less striker, especially when you consider defenders get more suspensions than anyone else and the fact that ayala, heinze, zanetti and sorin, our first-choice back four, are all injury-prone. of your five strikers it's difficult to leave one out. maybe one will get injured and his decision will be made for him.
IDS, My own personal view is that your strikers and midfielders win you the world cup, so I've tried to squeeze in an extra attacker and midfielder. France in 1998 were the exception to that rule, at that time they did not possess one world class striker but they did have an outstanding defence. In Zanetti/Sorin and Demichelis you have players who can play both in defence or, if needed to, in midfield so both those areas are pretty well covered. Argentina have such talent upfront that it would be shame to waste that by taking an extra defender. There are 2 people I do not want to see in the world cup squad, Pato and Coloccini. Pato was yet again a disgrace for Boca Juniors last night, the bloke is doing my head in.
We didn't make the final's of 90 because we had great strikers.. Defense wins World Cup. I have no Doubt about our offense putting the ball into the net but when you allow three goals?
You need a combination of both, a good defence and a good strike force. However, my own personal view is that if you have a great attack you can get away with merely a good defence. But I take your point, after all look at the Brazil side of 1982, one of the best teams of all time, yet against Italy thet made basic defensive mistakes. One thing I am certain of is that if we have a clown like Pato in goal then Argentina will not get through the group stage. As for 1990, lets face it we got to the final with a combination of luck (remember the game against Brazil, how many times did they hit the woodwork?), sheer grit from a injured Maradona and a jewel in Canniga.
Goalies Lux Leo franco abbondanzieri Defenders Sorin Zanneti Ayala Mascherano Gonzalo Heinze gaby milito Coloccini Midfield Aimar veron dalessandro riquelme kily gonzales messi lucho gonzales forwards Tevez crespo saviola aguero milito
leon, i take your point. our strength is in attack and midfield but i would still ensure we are covered in defence and, for me, that means taking eight defenders. we are lucky in that messi can play striker or attacking midfielder, so unlike other countries who will be torn about whether to take four or five strikers, we have no such concerns. i agree, it would be terrible for either aguero or saviola to miss out, but the situation is that neither will start for us anyway, and because they are so similar, only one of them will ever be used as a sub in any one game. peker will have to make a decision in the middle of a match, so why not make the decision before the world cup? however, both arguments are equally valid. also, i think we could add scaloni to your list of undesirables. he didn't even play yesterday for west ham. and think of it this way, the worse pato plays for boca this season, the less chance he plays in the world cup. be grateful for small mercies.
so much politics in this game and in Argentina... who knows whom Pato has as freinds or family but I have a baaaaaad feeling he will still go to germany
How does Pato get in the Boca side, every time I see him plays he messes up, and not just run of the mill mistakes, but huge great big mistakes, in every single game. Yet there he is week after week in the team, same for the national side. Has he got pictures of Peker in a comprimising situation, what other reason is there for this guy getting anywhere near the national team.
Leon have you ever lived in Argentina for any lenght of time??? If so you should now how some things are done down there... you know the old my father knows this guy and this guy knows this guy etc, etc... I suspect there is a fishy thing going on here.
Gr8 squad, some chages though,i think Maxi is injured and it will be better if he got replaced by Placio
IDS, As far as I know Maxi is injured but it is not serious and he should be fit for the world cup. It's shame because he had hit form when he picked up his injury.