Argentina defeated Poland in the last round of the group stage, and they entered the quarterfinals; Argentina opened low and ended high in the previous game, Messi 's performance was still highlighted, Alvarez and McAllister had a strong impact, and their final shooting ability was also very strong. During the stumbling, Messi finally ushered in the 1,000th game of his career. These 1,000 games were almost achieved in the Paris Saint-Germain league. From the first game, the surprise loss to , Saudi Arabia , to the second game, and after losing a controversial penalty in the last game, the entire Argentina team redeemed Messi. Messi and Argentina finally got rid of the shadow of the first round and gradually got on the right track.
According to data, Messi is still the most critical player in Argentina. Especially in the game against Poland, Scaloni's offensive tricks finally increased. The two sides were mobilized on a large scale and the midfield was firmly inserted. The most important thing is that Messi finally didn't need to retreat regularly to catch the ball!
Since the start of the World Cup, Messi has shot at the goal eight times, the most of all participating players. Messi touched the ball in the opponent's penalty area for twenty-one times, ranking fourth among all participating players. Messi created opportunities for the team nine times in total, tied for third place for all participating players. It is worth mentioning that the new stars in the Argentina team are also shining. In the group stage of the World Cup, Argentine midfielder Fernandez contributed one goal and assisted in the team's last two key games, and performed very well. According to Arab media reports in this game, Enzo is expected to continue to start in the knockout stage.
In addition, Enzo also set a record for the Argentine national team. Enzo, now 21 years old, became the youngest player to assist Argentina in the World Cup after Messi played against Serbia in 2006. Messi was 18 years old at the time. In terms of lineup, Argentine coach Scaloni used three different starting lineups in three group matches. He has a very in-depth study of his opponents. In this game, facing the tall and powerful Australia, Argentine midfielder de Paul said: "This will be a game similar to that against Poland. We will take the ball, but they have very fast players.
covers all positions and we also need to consider defense when we attack. I think they are a fast team, focusing on the wings, they have tall players, and the central defenders are also very high. I don't think we can foul near the penalty area, they have fast players, and I think counterattacking is one of their strengths." So, if Argentina can continue to play to its advantages under its feet, their hopes of winning will increase greatly. In terms of
injury, Argentina is currently facing a more difficult problem, that is, Messi's right arm di Maria may not be able to start. Due to overloading of Di Maria's leg muscles, whether he can play against Australia has become a concern. Now Argentina has prepared multiple plans: if the angels cannot play, Scaloni will consider using Gomez, Correa , Lautaro or Paredes to replace his position. Of course, my point of view is that as far as Argentina is concerned, Di Maria's role may not be as indispensable in 14 years. If Di Maria cannot play, Scaloni may let Lautaro appear, Lautaro is in the center, Alvarez is in the left, and Messi returns to the right.
Australia's group stage two wins and one loss advanced to the knockout stage with the second place in Group D. This is their second World Cup qualifying in the group, and the two wins and one loss have also created their best results in the group stage since participating in the World Cup. In addition, this World Cup is the first time that Australia has scored goals in three games of the World Cup group stage. Australia has set a new team record in this event. It is worth mentioning that when Australia defeated Tunisia and Denmark 1-0 in a row, it also became their first time in the World Cup and maintained a row of goals.Of course, the biggest contributor is that goalkeeper Matthew Ryan , central defender Rawls and new defender Suta make great contributions. The former will also become the first players to play ten times for Australia in the World Cup, just like Kangaroos active shooter Wang Leki.
According to Opta statistics, Australian central defender Rawls has blocked the opponent's shots six times since the start of the World Cup, which is the most players participating in the World Cup. In this game against Argentina, whether Rawls can continue his defensive performance in the group stage is very important! Before this game, their coach, Arnold , said that he had studied the video of Saudi Arabia's defeat of Argentina and said that he would learn Saudi Arabia's strategy of using high-pressure to create trouble for Argentina.
At the same time, he also claimed that he had prepared for all possibilities and had asked the players to practice penalty kicks in training, which probably meant to drag Argentina into the penalty shootout. In addition, against Argentina, Australia also has its own advantage, that is its height. Argentina's defense is generally not tall, and Australia's crossing is quite threatening to them, especially when set pieces, when "giants" central defender Sutal, who is nearly two meters tall, comes forward to compete for the top, I believe it will cause a lot of trouble to Argentina!
In terms of injury, Australian substitute defender Wright came to his home after the last game, and his mother-in-law died of serious illness. Because of this, the media interview was also cancelled, considering the player's mental state, he will not be allowed to play in this game.
In short, when Argentina encounters Australia with unique physical fitness in this game, in my opinion, the consumption of Messi will be even worse; in addition, there are no weak teams in the World Cup, not to mention that it is already the knockout round of the top 16. For the popular Argentina, the value of support is already very small, but in this game, Australia, with relatively rough technology, can cause some consumption to Messi, but it may not be fatal. So in this game, I don’t rule out overtime if I see Argentina wins at most with a small score.
Recommended: Let the draw/negative
score: 1-0, 2-0
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