There are rumours that he will be selected in June, but I'm sure River Plate will try to reason why AFA since the Club World Cup is happening soon.Mastantuono should get a call up to the NT.
Like this idea because of its similarity to draft challenges which I love.A fun exercise that I've done is from the players selected for the 2018 WC, what would have been my starting XI (The squad selection was really bad. Player needed to be selected being not selected and with not many real CMs that can run)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_squads#Argentina
This is the starting XI that I would have chosen from the players selected
-----------------Aguero (30)------Messi (31)
Acuna (26)-------Banega (30)---Lo Celso (22)-----Di Maria (30)
Tagliafico (25)---Rojo (28)----Otamendi (30)-----Mercado (32)
---------------------------Armani (32)
Subs: Enzo Perez??, Dybala
I want some legs and energy in midfield to help conserve Messi's energy so Acuna and Lo Celso were definitely needed. Banega build up play was more needed compared to Biglia and Mascherano. Mascherano maybe had a role as a CB but never in midfield at this stage. Armani was in better form than Caballero so he would have been great.
Still don't think Argentina would have been 1st in the group stage as Croatia had an incredible team, but would have shown a much better performance in the whole tournament.
Tactics is self explanatory with Scaloni-ball. Follow the same tactics as that of the Copa America 2021 and the Finalissima 2022.Like this idea because of its similarity to draft challenges which I love.
But if you're gonna do this, do it properly. What about system, tactics and substitutions?
Do you trust Acuna at LM? He's probably a winger who got converted to FB but is he good enough as an LM?
Fazio was playing for Roma in 2018 IIRC. Should he start over Reckless Rojo? He's tall and will dominate in the air in both the boxes.
The midfield 2 looks rather weak defensively. GLC is great at sliding tackles but doesn't have positional sense defensively. I would move him to RM and Di Maria to LM.
I hate what happened to GLC's club career.Tactics is self explanatory with Scaloni-ball. Follow the same tactics as that of the Copa America 2021 and the Finalissima 2022.
- Acuna is fine as a LM. Just need him to do the running.
- Fazio is fine as a squad player. He's just incredibly slow. I don't mind Otamendi as LCB and Mascherano at the RCB, but not much option at CB tbh.
- Midfield is the best considering this squad. Lo Sexo has played as the more advanced midfield in a double pivot before; he just can't play as the defensive midfield. I would only play Di Maria at LM under a very few circumstances.