The starting 11’s average age will be 29 years.
older legs and 7 games in a months doesn’t fit.
1st game against Bosnia:
————————romero————————
—-capagnaro—–Garay——-fernandez—-
Zabaleta—–Mascherano—————Rojo—-
-Maxi—————–Messi————-Di maria—
——————–Aguero———————–
Subs:
gago
higuain
biglia
reverted after the half time to the fantastic four formation after we spent 1 month of preperation for that formation and so did we in the second game.
2nd game: against Iran 2 changes higauin, Gago for maxi and Campagnaro
——————————Romero—————————–
-zabaleta—-Garay———–fernandez———Rojo——
——————mascherano——–Gago—————–
—————————Di maria————————
—-Higuan———messi——————Aguero——–
Subs:
lavezzi
palacio
biglia
Fantastic four formation also did not impress and so didn’t the subs.
3rd game: against Nigeria again fantastic four formation
———————romero————————
-zab——–garay———–fernandez—–Rojo—
—————mascherano—–Gago————–
—————————–di maria—————-
———-Higuain———-Messi———–Aguero—–
Subs:
lavezzi for injured aguero
alvarez
Biglia
Aguero started 3 games and got injured and after 5-3-2 failed it can be concluded fantastic four formation failed, and from our strikers only Messi scored, rojo scored and an own goal.
$th game: against Switzerland
After Aguero got injured we changed formation 4-4-2
——————————–romero—————————
–zab———-garay—————fernandez—–rojo——-
—————Mascherano——-Gago————————
—–Lavezzi———————————-di maria——–
————–Messi———higuain————————–
subs:
Palacio
basanta
Biglia
Again subs couldn’t make a change, and we looked like a knocked out boxer in the end.
fifth game: against Belgium, the usual players injured aguero , and during the game Di maria, a not so good gago and rojo suspended and a shaky fernandez out for an experienced demichelis, we were forced to make changes.
————————————-romero———————————
zab————-Garay———————demichelis——–Basanta—-
—————–Mascherano——–Biglia—————————
——lavezzi————————————di maria—————
——————–messi——-higuain——————————-
subs:
Perez
Gago
Palacio
This was the best game, we were defensively like a rock, with fighters like mascherano, perez, Basanta, Biglia, and lavezzi and demichelis,etc.. this kind of players fit like a glove if you want to play such a formation. this is what I call having the right players for the formation you want to play, But it became clear that we fixed our defense but we made our offense was limited and isolated and it became clear that we Messi was isolated.
again no goal from the bench, there is no one to make a change.
sixth game game: against The Netherlands we went with the same players except that we didn’t reward Basanta for his effort and put Rojo in.
————————————romero——————————–
——zab————-garay—————–demichelis——-rojo—–
———————–mascherano——-biglia———————–
——–lavezzi—————————————-perez————
———————-messi——-higuain—————————-
subs:
palacio
aguero
maxi
again no goal, from the bench and aguero was itching to play again and messi hasn’t scored since the group phase. defensively we are great but offensively we lack.
seventh game: against Germany same formation and no goal
—————————————–romero—————————–
–zab————-garay———————–demichelis——-rojo——
———————mascherano———biglia—————————
——–lavezzi—————————————perez—————
——————–messi————higuain————————-
subs:
aguero
gago
palacio
no goal, no bench goal.
Group phase:
3 games – 6 goals and 3 conceded
Knock out stages:
4 games – 2 goals and 1 conceded
Total – 8 goals and 4 conceded
Messi – 4 goals
higiuan – 1
di maria – 1
Rojo 1
1 own goal
Aguero – 0
Palacio – 0
Lavezzi – 0
gago- 0
biglia – 0
maxi – 0
we are banking on most of the same players to score.
O bench goals
I hope we select the right bench players because as proven here no starting 11 from the first game finishes the last game. Cards, injuries, not performing well, ….
and you need difference makers to come in and change the results what Sabella obviously didn’t have.
You need a baance team offensively, defensively, and with a mixture of experience and youthful hunger. and you need 23 starters.
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