Daniel Lagares
07/05/2021 5:00
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/05/2021 5:00 AM
The 3-0 is a liar, as Lionel Scaloni well recognized to Gustavo Alfaro.
A marker that can set traps of excessive optimism
, well seasoned, too, of a certain triumphalist chauvinism.
It has happened countless times with the National Team.
Afterwards, the blow hurts more.
The coach's idea is clear
. And it is clear that the players, no matter what the formation is, interpret it. But it does not finish curdling, it does not affirm itself, it leaves fringes and the evidence makes the nails of the nerves eat. ¿
What happens to most demanding rivals, Colombia and eventually even Brazil
? What would this team be without Messi? It is scary to look in the mirror alone and answer yourself the first if the one who attacks through the air is England or if the opponent who takes and handles the ball is Italy. The second is one of devastating obviousness: having Messi is extraordinary. Not having it would be devastating.
The main idea is exit from below, possession, circulation and change of rhythm to reach the opponent's area.
That is, you know how you want to create and define.
How do you recover and how do you defend yourself?
There in the other two facets of the game appear the black holes.
Not because of the idea, but because of the performers.
Paredes plays, but it is not a natural "5".
He himself admitted it in a recent interview with Olé.
And he explained the learning he is doing from the position.
While studying, Guido Rodríguez, who is a lifelong "5", is relegated.
Evidence: De Paul grew up when Rodríguez entered.
The position of "5" ordered everything
.
Paredes is not guilty of imbalances in recovery and defense, but his undeniable characteristics of "recycled hook" in the learning period potentiate structural deficiencies.
It is attractive to go press up
, recover soon and attack fast.
How
much time out of the 90 minutes can you do
?
Not always.
So then you have to see how it recovers.
And if the spaces are not reduced with the setback of the forwards, the proximity of the "5" with the other steering wheels and in turn of the sides and the overtaking of the centrals, the team becomes long.
And it is exposed in the voids that the rival leaves.
Dangerous.
He defends poorly because there is no support in hand-to-hand or because there are unnecessary fouls that lead to another problem: the weakness of the passing game.
It was seen against Ecuador, but also against Chile and Colombia in the Qualifiers.
Then there is the moment of each player.
Molina and González, regulars on Friday, are undoubted findings of the technician.
Romero - he is injured - and Martínez Quarta, don't they give more security than Pezzella-Otamendi?
Another chapter is the administration of minutes of each one.
Did I say María for 90 or a while, very good, like against Ecuador? And Ángel Correa?
And the same Lo Celso?
The Selection is not bad.
But to be an elite and competitive team at the highest level, seeing what you see, it is missing.
A lot is missing.
