Birdy
Senior Member
you literally replied to my point about international vs club football 3 posts below
oh yeah, you were talking about someone else
you literally replied to my point about international vs club football 3 posts below
oh yeah, you were talking about someone else
barcafan89
Member
Nearly had another heart attack after Messi, Di Maria and other players came close to touching a cable while sitting on the roof of the bus on the way to the hotel. Thank God they were able to dodge it in time and it wasn't a power line I guess, otherwise they would have been eletrocuted. Paredes was dumb enough to touch the cable and lost his hat, man he was lucky the cable had good insulation or wasn't energized.
Very, very stupid idea from them (and AFA for not prohibiting them) to sit there, a tragedy could have happened, thank God it was not the case.
Very, very stupid idea from them (and AFA for not prohibiting them) to sit there, a tragedy could have happened, thank God it was not the case.
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Iniesta Ultra
Senior Member
This is hilarious. You think France were playing low stakes on Sunday?
soul24rage
Senior Member
The Treble. 
raskolnikov
Well-known member
They went from this loser nation to this naruto never give up warriors.
Think it all depended on that muani save.
Think it all depended on that muani save.
Nucky
Senior Member
Spot on.. Scaloni really transformed this Argentina squad in less than 2 years to Copa America and World Champions.
AURELIUS
Member
Lol. Meh football ? Revisionism at it's finest. They won at the Maracana. They dominated Holland for most of that game, ditto Croatia and France. People coming up with excuses well you know the French team was under the weather. Didn't look like it when they were given a route back in by the penalty after being dominated for eighty minutes.
Scaloni's tactics were excellent. Some young players who will be the core in 2026 came in and played very well and they gradually built towards the final getting over the loss of Lo Celso and Gonsalez who had been important cogs in La Scaloneta.
They played some sound defensive football which you need to win tournaments and also some excellent possession football too. Had it not been for some poor finishing, the odd misplaced pass some of the scorelines would have been more emphatic. This is an excellent team with a special ingredient like Messi. As in 1986 when Diego was and it was a functional but very decent side that just needed a coaching shake up. The players in that side remember had played for RP and Independiente and beaten the best club sides in Europe.
The sole criticism lies at Scaloni being reluctant and slow to make changes and the right ones ie Paredes against Holland and sitting on a lead. Congratulations to the seleccion and all Argentina fans everywhere. Now the task is to win in 2026, another Copa and the u20 title with some of the superb talent esp. in midfield that is emerging.
The sole regret is that Messi should have more than one World Cup. 2006 Pekermans awful subs, 2010 Maradona is not a football coach, 2014 poor finishing and 2018 a shambles with some terrible players chosen and awful tactics.
Windhook
Well-known member
Yeah, Messi deserved to win more World Cups. 2010 Maradona was a parody. An iconic motivational figure with zero coaching experience. The talent on that team still made a decent run in the tournament. I guess it was normal in 00's to appoint legends - Van Basten, Hagi, Stoichkov all tried to be NT coaches and it all ended with complete failure.
soul24rage
Senior Member
Predicted Copa America 2024 lineup
---------------Alvarez
Garnacho-------Messi-----De Paul
-----Lo Celso/MacA----Enzo
Nico G.---Lisandro------Romero---Molina
--------------Dibu
Let's get that back-to-back Copa America
siuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
---------------Alvarez
Garnacho-------Messi-----De Paul
-----Lo Celso/MacA----Enzo
Nico G.---Lisandro------Romero---Molina
--------------Dibu
Let's get that back-to-back Copa America
siuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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malvolio
Senior Member
Midfield looks powerful and getting better once Enzo and Mac Allister get moves to bigger clubs. Central defense is also good. Fullbacks would need some improvement, but are serviceable. Width is their main problem and Garnacho would have to really explode and get that starting spot. Maybe someone else for the other side. Striker with Alvarez starter and Lautaro as option is good.
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