06/18/2021 11:24 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 06/18/2021 11:24 PM
Guido Rodríguez is a fixture for Lionel Scaloni since the DT took over the Argentine National Team.
In fact, it had already been part of the 2019 Copa América, also in Brazil.
But his goal against Uruguay put a magnifying glass on him that escaped to the soccer media.
It is that the 27-year-old midfielder replaced Leandro Paredes in the midfield and his goal confirmed the coach's decision to bet on him.
The footballer who emerged from River and who molded Ariel Holan in Defense and Justice was one of the surnames that surprised in the pregame. Although in the privacy of the Ezeiza estate, with Leandro Paredes infiltrated by rib pain, the midfielder who went from Mexican football (there he played in Tijuana and in America) to the League with the colors of Betis had taken over the position.
Much more positional but with a fair technique to be different from Paredes but with a first pass that Scaloni does not negotiate in that sector of the court
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Guido Rodríguez is in the news in England these days because Arsenal plans a 50 million euro offer for him.
Something that with his goal against Uruguay perhaps added a few extra pounds.
But they also reflect that his season at Betis under Manuel Pellegrini was very good: 37 games played and two goals.
And a subtle right foot to raise the concern of one of the powerful of the Premier League.
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It is true that Scaloni did not have many more options to replace Paredes (he tried with Lisandro Martínez and Exequiel Palacios in that place) but his emergence is also a mark of the style manual: the five of the Argentine National Team cannot only dedicate himself to recovering the ball. He must have enough technique to be the starting point, last man and, as Paredes did against Colombia, weigh in the rival area when necessary. Guido Rodríguez complied with that.
With less participation in the offensive creation but as a help wheel in the retreat, Rodríguez fulfilled a difficult task in a midfield that usually needs a lot of mobility (in the last stretch of the game he even recovered two balls near the Uruguay area) but confirmed that today is emerging not only as Paredes' substitute: he is also capable of playing alongside him if the National Team needs him at another time.
The sides were also spare parts.
On the left, Marcos Acuña contributed his own in the attack as usual and in his defensive role he never offered advantages.
Thus, now it seems that the position in that lane with Tagliafico will be more disputed.
On the right, Molina Lucero surprised everyone by replacing Montiel.
And he alternated good offensive bursts with the logical shyness of taking his first steps in the National Team.
In the rear,
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Romero chased away ghosts about a possible injury and once again confirmed his great appearance in defense and rounded off a sober game against both tanks this time.
Neither Suárez nor Cavani won the individual duel.
It's not little.
Brasilia.
Special.
