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Argentina beat Ecuador 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the America’s Cup. It seems easy and free from the score alone, but in fact Argentina played passively at one time. You come and go, and Ecuador has several chances to equalize the score until the end of the game. Before Argentina scored two goals in a row, the victory was completely sealed. The Argentine team is afraid of pressing, loves to control the ball, but often makes mistakes on the defense line, which is almost the norm in recent years. In 2015 and 2016, there were two consecutive Copa America finals, especially in the Centennial America’s Cup in the United States. However, the finals were helpless for the Chilean defense.
If Chile brings more regrets to Argentina, then every time Argentina faces a strong team in the competition, it is more disappointing or even desperate. Messi participated in the World Cup three times before, lost to Germany three times, and was more heartbroken. In 2006, he was defeated by the coach. In 2010, he was swept by 4 goals. In 2014, he persisted to the end with conservative tactics, but still fell short. In 2018, he played against the French team. Glory out of the goal battle. In addition, there is also the elegy of the 2007 America’s Cup classical football, which was defeated by Brazil 0-3 in the final; the 2019 semi-final was “strangled” by the goal frame and the referee…
Lesson learned painful. This year’s Copa America, Argentina’s tactical discipline has improved a lot. Except for Messi who has absolute freedom-flying all over the field-the rest of the players are strictly implementing coach Scaloni’s combat plan: the start of the game is positive. High position pressure, switch to defensive mode after scoring. It is no accident that Argentina scored in the first half in 11 consecutive games. In 2021, Argentina has played 7 games so far. In the first two world preliminaries against Chile and Colombia, and the first three group matches of the America’s Cup, Argentina has adopted similar strategies. In these five games, Argentina scored earlier, but failed to hold the victory in the first three games against Chile and Colombia, showing the lack of competition for the team since the outbreak of the epidemic.
This sense of strangeness also comes from Scaloni’s experiment. After leading the team for two and a half years, Scaloni has not yet found a stable starting lineup. In recent games, Argentina has continued to frequently rotate its starting players. The significance of training for the World Cup next year is obvious. Only Messi, as Scaloni said, is the only unshakable core. In fact, play normally, as long as Argentina does not meet Brazil in advance, it shouldn’t be a big problem to lie down all the way to the final. Messi is determined to win the America’s Cup and has played all the games of the team. What Scaloni has been experimenting with is a balanced system that “eliminates” Messi and revolves around Messi.
In the group stage, the two consecutive 1-0 wins of Shuanggui were the two most perfect defensive games for Argentina, and the team also had the hardest time to win. The subsequent big victories against Bolivia and Ecuador, the two “downhill tigers”, can not explain the problem too much, especially Bolivia has been out early, and the fighting intention is obviously insufficient. This is also one of the reasons why Pap Gomez, despite his outstanding performance and harmony with Messi Ginser, is still difficult to become the main force. This is also true for Messi’s two friends Aguero and Di Maria. Scaloni’s tactics require a wide range of forwards and aggressive presses (such as Nicolas Gonzalez, who started 3 games in this year’s America’s Cup). , And Gomez and Aguero are closer to the past little quick spirit style, but they are lacking in tactical execution. What’s more, these three are over thirty, and with the eldest brother Messi who has just passed his 34th birthday, it is impossible for Argentina to rank four offensive combinations with an age of over 130 in the starting lineup.
Analyzing from Argentina’s several games this year, Scaloni obviously injected more realism elements into Argentina. In addition to recruiting more newcomers, further achieving youthfulness, reorganizing the personnel structure of the midfield and defense, and strengthening the shortcomings, Argentina’s arsenal is also quietly expanding. In the first World Preliminary match against Chile, Messi scored a penalty kick; in the second game against Colombia, Argentina used a free kick and a corner kick to win the two cities; the first game of the America’s Cup in Chile, Argentina scored a free kick ( Messi made a direct penalty); the winning goal against Uruguay came from a tactical corner kick; against Paraguay, it was a counterattack initiated by Messi from the midfield; against Ecuador, all three goals were counterattacked on the spot, or hit. Long pass from the backcourt and quick break.
The Argentine team has always given the impression of “beautiful football”, short pass penetration and integration of personal skills, but Scaloni recruited a large number of previously unknown “Song Bingjia”, intended to make the team more like a united team. Combat troops-fast offensive, eclectic, not only can create a single pass in two passes, but also can find fighters through set-pieces, play against loosely defensive opponents, and regain their beauty. Yes, Argentina still relies on the 34-year-old Messi, but by speeding up the team, Messi is quicker and happy.
But now we can only say that this Argentine team is still growing. Except for Messi, the offensive efficiency of others is relatively average, and the old problems of defenders who love to make mistakes still appear from time to time. In the World Preliminaries, Colombia was completely tied, and Voith, who made a mistake, was kicked out of the Copa America lineup by Scaloni. Although he had just won the Europa League with Villarreal, his fame and talent may be better than others. Teammates are higher. Next, facing the opponent who drew 2-2 not long ago, Argentina needs to take it more seriously. But in the final analysis, in South America, their real opponent will always be Brazil, and that is Argentina’s highest ladder to the podium.
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