Argentine NT: News, Stats & Players [R]

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So Kun apparently had a knee injury today in his return. Color me surprised! Pep said “it doesn’t look good.” Hopefully it isn’t something serious like an ACL or something like that. These take about a year for them to return. Depending on the tear of course. I’ve seen players comeback sooner but that isn’t a smart thing.

If it is, then it opens the door for another player but then again, who the hell knows when the qualifiers will even be played with Brasil blowing up in covid cases and flights being canceled back home(Till mid-August or so).

 

Poor guy if he only could stay healthy... Not worried long term as he usually comes back without any rust. He is getting up there in age though.

 

I think age its not the main issue. Kun still has the pace and still look strong throughout this season when he's injury free. Like Aimar and Di Maria, he seems to be injury prone and accumulation of previous injuries made them even more fragile. Some players are simply injury prone.

Players like Tevez or Masche just keep running and fighting for the ball more than the likes of Aguero, Di Maria and Messi, yet those two rarely gets injured. Masche for intense, had almost 150 caps for the NT, and when other key players get injured or tired , he just keep on running even in Extra time. If you see him rolling in pain after a clash or hard tackles, you'd think he's injured but he'd eventually back up to his feet and continue to run normally.

 

Kun is practically 32 right now but by the time Qatar starts he will be 34, he most likely will be playing in his last World Cup just like Messi

 

I don't think he should be a starter at this point. He has already slowed down a bit. He had many opportunities with the NT, never won. Let's move on with some younger blood.

Hopefully Messi will not force the manager's hand to have Kun start.

 

Yeah Messi does have that power so basically nothing would surprise me

 

I’m watching Tottenham v West Ham and FCB v Bilbao.


Lo Celso has been pretty good. Had a wonderful assist but VAR called the goal off. Lamela has made a cameo and so has Lanzini.


As for FCB. What a pathetic side. They literally need Messi to do everything. Reminds me of the days with the national team years back. Bilbao sits back and defends and collapse on Messi. I bet he wishes he was at the CA. He at least has a midfield and forwards and connects with.

 

I wouldn't call Barcelona that bad

 

Messi doesnt look happy with Barca's board and their signings in recent time, its quite obvious.

Scolani needs to call back Icardi and paired him with Lautaro or Dybala. Soon or later, we need a long term replacement for Kun. Icardi has been scoring regularly in 3 different clubs, there's no reason to think he couldnt do it in NT. He actually scored the last time he played in NT.

Anyone following Primeira ? How's Acuna's doing? There are reports that Inter & Napoli are interested to sign him. I thought he was quite effective everytime he played.

 

If I had to choose between Dybala and Icardi, then I would choose Icardi and pair him up with Lautaro and have those 2 up front with Messi

 

Many articles are referring him as Mexican rather than Argentine. I guess those journalists couldnt deal with the fact another future world beater would be yet another Argentine.

 

But the fact is is that even though he is Argentine he is Mexican as well, he was born there so he could play for either country

 

It’s always fascinated me how Mexico has 3 times the population of Argentina, football is the primary sport in both countries, yet Argentina produce way more world class players than Mexico.

 

I know right but that is to say that Mexico aren't interested in him because I am sure they are

 

He’s only connected Mexico by birth and that’s all. He perhaps closer to Spain than Mexico, since he’s lived in Spain for most of his life. With that being said, it has never stopped Mexico naturalizing players. Only way he ends up playing for Mexico is if he doesn’t become a world-class player. Luka has already made it obvious he wants to represent Argentina and he already has at sub level. I wouldn’t worry too much.

 

Okay then that's good but with Argentina having so much depth already...it makes me wonder if they pass on him? If they did, it would be a pretty bad mistake

 

Dude, he’s 15. Let’s wait and see how he develops. He’s already on our radar, and we won’t pass on him if he becomes a star.

 

Yeah that's good but then what other potential teenage wonderkids are out there for Argentina besides Luka

 

Luka looked the part. Crazy to see a child (that's what he is) play with men and not look out of place. Mind you he didn't do anything crazy in the game but just being there is insane at his age. He looked confident on the ball and drove at defenders fearlessly. I get the Lio comparisons even though he probably won't be as good but it's easy to see why he's hailed as Messi's heir. I'm thinking he gets more time but he really should be grounded. Wouldnt even be a bad thing if his team got relegated and he earned mins in the segunda. Anyway he looked promising in his cameo. Hoping for the best.

 

I'm excited to see how he'll develop, but I dont hink he'd be next Messi and he dont need too. I just hope he'd be able to help Argentina to win thropy again at youth level in near future.

Too many youngsters being hailed as next Messi. However, most of them never even reach the level of Saviola, let alone Tevez and Aguero, let alone Messi.

 

Romero being the next Messi he would have to go through a lot to even get to that next level but that means putting the work in