Argentine NT: News, Stats & Players [R]

Welcome back to the score sheet, Lautaro!

 

Paredes gets a lot of hate on here for absolutely no reason. hes top 10 midfielders in the world i am serious

 

I dunno about that high but the hate is a bit much. I think as has been mentioned he's been seen too much as a defensive guy.

 

its not high because worldwide talent as whole is garbage nowadays zero standout midfielders all are boring workhorses and sideway passers. Yes, if you compare him to our past generations of the likes of cambiasso, masch ect he falls a little short (most players would) but hes more than good enough to get into the lineup and be an undisputed starter

 

Would you not say he needs help defensively? Our backline always looks so exposed these days.

Paredes has great ball control, great passing, good vision, just lacking in defense and work rate.

 

HT: 0-2.

Gonzalez, Lautaro.

 

My thoughts:

- nice to see us score a couple of lovely goals
- with a bit more precision we could have scored 5 in this half
- have no confidence whatsoever in this defence. Neither as a unit or individually (none of them)
- Tagliafico gives his all as usual but man is he shite on the ball...
- Messi should not take any more corners. NEVER gets past the first man, crazy to see.

 

Hahaha no. Just no. Not even top 50

 

Ive been waiting for that from Parades forever.

Lucky for me the stream didnt stuck when that happened.

 

the way i see it is shared work rate with di paul, lo celso and whoever plays as 4th mid. Plus you have taglifico who is only good at defense. That's more than enough. You make it sound as if he's strolling like Busquet or something. To be honest i am not familiar with our other options. I watched the guy who played in CL final.

 

Otamendi and Quarta are an awful pair. I sincerely hope Otamendi gets a yellow so he doesnt play in march. We didn't concede because Perú has poor forwards.

 

easily top 10.

 

Lo Celso and González are the best players again.

 

VAR though, what a bunch of idiots. Thank feck Roldan had the balls to make his own decision.

 

Yea those 2 and Montiel will get destroyed by Brazil.

I was hopeful Foyth could fit in at RB and offer a little more defensive solidity than Montel. Really Montel has not even offered anything going forward that I have seen. Just a weak, do nothing player out there.

 

Let's all hope Armani gets exposed for 1 in this second half like he almost did on that free kick haha. He always plays too close to his line. Not aggressive enough.

Or can we sub Martinez on for some time? He really is the better keeper....

 

Paredes' corner kicks are so dangerous.

 

Nico goal wasnt an easy one, that first touch before the shot was perfect. I dont see how we could get clean sheet against Brazil with Armani and Otamandi. VAR would be on their side and having those two would only add their adventage.

 

Damn Messi gotta score there

 

My streaming just droppd dead. Hopefully no fluke goal from Peru lol

 

Messi terribly unlucky in 2020. no bounce every goes his way, constantly blocked last second by defenders or keepers making flukey saves. Add to it his trauma with barca definitely his worst year ever

 

FT: 0-2.

 

Good result. This team has more grit that I have seen in the past. The true test will come in March.

 

Yep, although he actually scored from open play in his last game before this qualifier round. No worries, soon or later he'd scores again. He said himself since last season that these days he prefers playmaker's role over goalscoring.

Lautaro goal started from his pass in midfield, followed by Parades throughball.

Double digits points after 2 rounds, cant ask for more. Only VAR and unlucky moments prevent us from 3 points against Paraguay. The 2 first half goal was beatifully taken and setup. Lo Celso was outstanding aswell, so did Nico.

Its kind off weird that we have best defence alongside Brazil so far statistically. Both only conceided two although they scored many more goals, but we've been prevented by VAR few times. Another interesting fact... every teams in this qualifier has conceided 5-10+ goals so far.

I'm still not sold on that stats especially with Armani and Otamendi seems about to secure his place in next year tournament. The problem with Armani is that he always choses to stand on his line most of the time (remember Croatia first goal?) . Sergio Romero despite being deemed as bad goalie, made plenty of saves by coming off his line to clears aerial threat.