Those who have a thunderous chest and a face like a flat lake can worship the general! The Argentine manager is such a calm man. Scaloni has used his talent and strategy to maintain the Argentine team, and the Argentine team under his leadership is invincible.
The South American World Cup qualifiers have concluded four rounds! In the just-concluded fourth round of Argentina vs Peru, Argentina won 2-0 against Peru thanks to Messi's wonderful play in 10 minutes! Achieved a record of four consecutive wins and no goals conceded in the World Qualifiers. So far, Argentina have won all their matches this year and have not conceded a single goal. This also reflects the greatness of manager Scaloni, and the perfect tactical system and response strategy have created such a record. Argentina's lead against France in the World Cup final was inseparable from Scaloni's strategy. Let's analyze the tactical play of Scaloni in the World Cup final, as well as strategic response!
First of all, Scaloni made a change in his starting line-up for the World Cup final, sending Di Maria, who did not play in the semi-finals. When everyone thought that Di Maria was playing on the right in the starting lineup, and in fact on the field we saw that Di Maria had been attacking on the left to create threats, this was a brilliant trick for Scaloni, according to Di Maria's recollection, when Scaloni told him to play on the left he suspected that he had heard wrong, because he had always played on the right side, but Scaloni told him that the weakness of the French team was on the left and needed him to break through. It did turn out to be a surprise for France, with Dembele defending Di Maria completely lacking the means to deal with it and was replaced by French coach Deschamps before the end of the first half. Argentina mainly plays on the left side, using Di Maria to transform into a spear to attack the enemy's weak points, and another advantage is that even if Di Maria loses the ball, the ball is still on the left side, and will not be immediately taken by Mbappe on the right to threaten their goal! This is a trick that kills two birds with one stone, both attack and defense.
The next thing Scaloni had to do was to limit Mbappe's catches and deliver a precise blow to French midfielder Rabiot on the right side of Argentina, the main effect of which was to cut off the link between the French midfield and the front court, leaving Mbappe unable to take the ball and push forward. On the right side of Argentina is Alvarez, a super running striker, sparing no effort in scrambling and intercepting every game, which also provides a good guarantee for Scaloni's tactics.
The third point is that even if Mbappe gets the ball, the defenders must keep their distance from him, use layered defense to defuse the attack, and do not let him use the opportunity to turn around and break through. The French team has been a talent blowout since one or six years, and the 18 World Cup was born with Mbappe, resulting in each team not coping well with the sharp spearhead of the French team, the deepest impression is the confrontation scene between Argentina and France in the 18 World Cup, in the face of Mbappe's breakthrough, the Argentine defenders were completely overwhelmed and directly crushed in speed, which eventually led to the French team defeating Argentina 4:3 and all the way to the end to win the World Cup! In both World Cups, the French team gave up passing, gave up possession and endured to play defensive counterattacks, all because the French team has Mbappe, because Mbappe's characteristics can maximize the offensive by playing defensive counterattacks.
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After four years and two World Cups, many teams have mastered Mbappe's characteristics and figured out how to deal with them. Simply put, Mbappe will use his speed to pass the ball and use the defender's turn time to break through quickly! And the Argentine player Romero in the video directly distanced himself from Mbappe and stuck his pass route to intercept the football one step ahead!
In general, the Argentine final was played by pressing high and using a small range of conduction to comb the football forward. Generally speaking, the ball is passed from the back to Messi to guide the main left wing, and once the ball is lost, it will immediately counterattack in the midfield, intercept the steal to return control. This style of play is very physically demanding, so watching Argentina's matches knows that after 70 minutes, Argentina will have a problem of reduced control, and then be frantically counterattacked by opponents, whether it is Australia or the Netherlands, and even France, which has been suppressed by Argentina for 70 minutes. But this is also a problem of the hard conditions of the Argentine team, basically it is not a problem of Scaloni's tactical strategy, and he also made timely adjustments, although he made wise decisions with a small bench in his own team, and finally won the top of the world again after 36 years with the play of all the players and the victory over the powerful French team after a penalty shootout.