Argentina

Imagine Sampaoli going 3 at the back against:

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Mbappe---Griezmann---Dembele

And I know that he is daft enough since today, to play 3 at the back against that.

This Argentina is the second worst team in this world cup after Saudi Arabia .

This team, it ranks up there with maybe even the Malvinas war on the list of Argentine disasters. How could Willy still be between the posts?

Sabella's Argentina would have won this Croatia 1-0. At least he knew these Arg players are always trash so he approached the games with a defensive mindset, created a solid defense, did counter-attack and waited for moments of magic from Messi. Sabella's Arg = solid defense + Messi > Sampaoli's Arg = bunch of garbages + Messi

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Reports are that there's discussions ongoing about whether Sampaoli will continue with Argentina going on through the night. A possibility that Jorge Burruchaga could be the coach against Nigeria.

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Argentina players gathered for a meeting & asked for Jorge Sampaoli to be removed as manager before match against Nigeria.

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TyC Sports: Sampaoli currently has a 5 year contract that can be broken after the 2019 Copa America. Severance pay is $20M if sacked before the tournament.

Seems like Sabella was a top class NT manager. Santos with Portugal the same. They know how to set up their teams.

serghei said:

Seems like Sabella was a top class NT manager. Santos with Portugal the same. They know how to set up their teams.

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One wouldnt think so, given how much this forum bitched and moaned over him.

Sometimes it hurt me to see they crossed the ball high into the box for Messi and Aguero to do headers.

Hardy said:

talking about Simeone, seems like he totally bashed Argentina and Messi after match, there is an audio

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DIEGO SIMEONE added insult to Lionel Messi’s World Cup injury by suggesting Cristiano Ronaldo is more capable of lifting a poor side.

The former Argentina skipper’s comments about Messi and his countrymen were part of a WhatsApp audio message to Atletico Madrid assistant German Burgos that was leaked in Spain.

Discussing Argentina’s humiliating 3-0 defeat by Croatia which left them on the verge of elimination, Simeone said: “Messi is very good but that is because he is accompanied by excellent players.

“But if you had to choose between Messi and Ronaldo for a normal team, who would you choose?"

The answer appeared clear, as did Simeone’s withering assault on the Argentina side and fatally wounded coach Jorge Sampaoli.

Simeone added: “What we saw against Croatia is the picture of what has happened over the past four years.

“It is anarchy. There is no leadership, either from the coach, who should be leading, or the players, who should be led.

“The team is lost, it is wrong.”

Sampaoli switched from a back four in the opening draw with Iceland to three at the back for Croatia and Simeone blasted: “He picked the wrong team and tactics, too.

“He should have started against Iceland, the weaker team, in the way he played against Croatia, because they are a much weaker team.

“And the other way round - the way he played against Iceland was how he should have played against Croatia.

“When the coaches screw up, it's worse than when the players s*** it. So it has to be down to the coach. It’s on him.”

Simeone also suggested Willy Caballero’s catastrophic blunder that gifted Ante Rebic Croatia’s opener was an accident waiting to happen.

He said: “The goalkeeper has done the same sort of thing before, against Spain and Italy in friendlies.

“On those occasions the other team missed the chances but I said to you then that it was a pity they hadn’t scored to make them realise that if you make that kind of mistake in the World Cup, it will be a goal.

“Now in the locker room they have to start getting at each other. Someone has to fight, grab each other by the balls and stop inflating them like they have done.

“I hope they can go through by beating Nigeria, although it depends on Iceland. But I don’t think that is going to happen.”

This is still baffling me. Why on God’s earth is the lineup leaked so far in advance?!?! That has to be the dumbest thing ever.

Reading the shit about Sampaoli this morning...Argentina is basically France 2010.

Will likely take them another decade to recover from this disaster. Messi will be long gone by then.

You need a goal, and you sub off Aguero for Higuain, why? Why not play both of them instead?

Caballero-shitshow
Back four- shitshow
Midlefield-doesnt exist
Attack-shitshow

For nigeria they need:
Caballero-shitshow
Otamendi- mascherano- (anybody)-rojo
Biglia(ffs) lo celso
Dybala messi di maria(pavon)
Aguero(higuain)
Or:

Caballero

Otamendi mercado (anybody) tagliafico
Mascherano
Banega lo celso
Messi aguero di maria

With a bit of luck they still can go to the ko stages

what?caballero?i'd send him home first thing in the morning after that mistake yesterday,he killed the game for argentina

ronniecro said:

what?caballero?i'd send him home first thing in the morning after that mistake yesterday,he killed the game for argentina

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They all need to go home, but if they want to somehow manage to go in to ko they got to rely on that shitshow and luck, ofc