One mo day
The Olé report yesterday seemed to be a mistake. I haven't seen any follow up on that, so expect Diego Milito there instead of Tevez.
Furthermore, Basile had confirmed the starting list for tomorrow's friendly.
Ustari will tend toal.
Burdisso, Garay, Gabriel Milito and Zanetti will start on the backline.
Mascherano will play holding midfielder.
Lucho and Maxi will be our left and right winger.
Messi will play a submerged striker role.
Lavezzi and Diego Milito up front.
We lost in Copa final because our playmaker (Riquelme) and secondary playmaker (Veron) couldn't function, but eliminating playmaker options is hardly the solution... I was disappointed at Basile's player selection for this friendly, now I'm even more disappointed by his game plan.
Maxi will have to act as a playmaker. I can see him cutting into the middle, because making Messi running laterally between the 2 wings would be retarded. Lucho will always stay wide if he could, so the formation will likely compact towards Lucho's side.
Being a SS, Messi should position himself higher up if possible, but then our vertical connection in the middle will be weakened. Mascherano isn't a natural distributor. Gago could of been more suited to this situation.
Ezequiel Lavezzi is eligible for Peking Olympic. I believe this is why he's on the NT. He doesn't have the record or charisma to compete against Messi, Tevez, Saviola and Kun Aguero for the short forward spot, so he has to be incredibly overachieving to have a realistic shot.
Unless Norway wants to sent a clear negative message to Greece, they will not sit back and turtle. So again, our objective is to keep the playing at higher up, not allowing Norwegians to cut through our holding midfield screen and create deadball opportunities near our box. If they managed to attack deep into our zone, not only will we have to worry about corners and freekicks from opponents that are taller than us, but also will find ourselves unable to move the ball forward on possessions. In this case, we'll either have to long lob (counter attacks) the ball to our forwards, or we'll have to hold onto the ball and wait for the offensive to build up. Neither is very suited to the Argentine mentality.
Of the ones starting on the bench, only Ledesma, Insua and Saviola are worthy of some testing. A mediocre DM, a soso CAM and an already proven Forward. This is FUCKING HORRIBLE.
We need to test defenders, test #9s, and try to discover young prospects for the offensive midfield positions.
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Well... I really don't knwo what to think of the starting line-up. Its as if Basile is forcing the #9 on Milito and Crespo isn't even gone yet! Id start up Saviola instead of Lavezzi. Our midfield is uhh... Well lets just say it could be worse. If I were Basile though I would not of picked Messi for the squad. The guy is freaking tired. La Liga, Champions League Matches, Copa Del Rey matches, Copa America matches and now this. And the season starts in like a week. I would of had him as a sub or something, the kid needs a break.
I read somewhere Messi asked to be on the team. I think the kid is just trying to secure himself a spot.
It's a tough season coming up for him. In a recent sports.es poll, Messi was voted least wanted to be benched by Barza fans.
On top of that, the world cup qualifiers, then olympic summer and then more season and more qualifiers...
If Basile wants Messi to play a SS or CAM position, he will probably need some practice and tuning. Also remember, in order for Basile to secure his job, he has to play Messi as much as possible. Pekerman got screwed on that deal man.
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