Argentine NT: News, Stats & Players [R]

How many bad passes have we had in this match? Good grief.

 

This is the same Uruguay side we trashed a month back, right?

 

Yea, to their credit, they press like crazy all day this time.

 

Take your time, Tucu,’you have all day to shoot! No defenders in sight!


Jesus Christ…

 

Better showing in last 5 minutes, 2 chances. Papu has been pretty good.

I dont think Messi needs to play but I guess he needs some minutes since he wants to play against Brazil badly.

 

Uruguayans giving Messi a nice ovation.

 

Well this is a big wake up call.

Some poor decisions with tactics, substitutions and playing players out of position.

I hope the lessons will be learnt and that some of the so called fringe players get some more time as soon as possible. Just to remind the incumbents their spots are not guaranteed.

We can play well without Messi. We have done so before a few times but this evening has been a muddle without plan.

 

And the fan with the Diego banner. The most human god.

 

This is also how we actually looked at Copa first few games, especially against Paraguay. After Papu scored, they attacked us all day.

 

Palacios in for RDP

 

A little overdue. de Paul is naturally a roaming central midfielder not a deep lying playmaker. He's had by his usual high standards a very poor game as a result.

 

Tucu has same level of intelligence as Rojo.

 

I would like to see what Dybala could do with all these chances that Tucu is getting....

 

If that was Cavani, that was a goal.

 

Naturally gifted but without any football IQ. Can pull off the spectacular but also the most boneheaded decisions as well. Much prefer we take the other Correa to the Mundial if needs be.

And another lucky escape.

 

It's been such a bad performance that even Emi has been affected.

 

This feels like the match v Colombia all over again. Hold onto the ball…

 

I hope so. But Angelito has been more talented and his sometimes odd decisions have been because of his belief in his ability and to be fair to him you cannot blame him. Tucu sometimes tries the simple and that turns into a poor decision.

 

They wont be able to play with this kind of intensity for few consecutive games. They dont actually come up with good passing or build up play, it just hard pressing.

Also, Messi seems to be reluctant to accelerate, I dont think he's 100% and we all know that.

Acuna has always been underrated performance, he must have had an extra lung.

 

Now, they’ll have to go into La Paz with a days less rest. They’ve gave up everything here. If they lose here, and go into Bolivia and cannot get a W it is time to hit the panic button. Supposedly, a replacement is in place but they’re giving the old man one last chance.