Why Argentina Under performs despite having such a talented squad

Copied from Twitter @andywest01, I agree with the guy

  1. Argentina have many, many problems, tactical and psychological. Not knowing how to deal with Messi is one of the most important…managing that balance between wanting him to be the central figure while remembering he is only one of eleven. Invariably, they do neither.

  2. Argentina have many, many problems, tactical and psychological. Not knowing how to deal with Messi is one of the most important…managing that balance between wanting him to be the central figure while remembering he is only one of eleven. Invariably, they do neither.

  3. The federation is hopelessly disorganised (only one warm-up game for this tournament…against Nicaragua). They are placed under enormous prsssure by fans and media, and are unable to either isolate themselves from that pressure or use it in a positive way.

4.All told, it’s a dysfunctional mess, with the basic consequence that when eleven Argentine footballers step onto the field, they simply don’t know what they want to do collectively. No confidence in their methods. So they become reliant on sporadic individual outbursts.

5.Mostly those sporadic outbursts come from Messi. Sometimes Aguero will score from nowhere. Sometimes Di Maria will thump home a 25-yarder. Sometimes Marcos Rojo will pop up at a set-piece. But they are all isolated fragments, resulting from frantic desperation rather than control

6. Summary: Argentina are shit.

Argentina play poorly because of over reliance on Messi…

No 1 and 2 are the same…Too many good players which is difficult for any coach

Not true! When Messi retired from the national squad they still underperformed in Copa America.

they play Dybala sometimes and it does not better their results…Methinks selection of players is not easy there…choosing between Higuain/Aguero ,Dybala/Messi,Pereyra/Di maria…et.c

na pia Icardi huachwa nje yet he’s a prolific player

Toa hii mbwa Higuain kwa list alifanya messi asiwin world cup

Messi is not a leader

Ircardi’s problem lies in his attitude. He is a trouble-maker.

Kabisa. I read somewhere that he can’t even express his thoughts or opinions to coaches! He prefers to text them! Leadership is something CR7 beats him hands down

icardi’s problem is that he snatched lopez’s wife, a former national team player and close friend of Messi so Messi will never select icardi to the national team

Have u heard how much he gets confrontational with fans? Still, he stole his team mate’s wife who is became his manager. This shows Icardi is shortage of people management skills

Aty whot?

They need to get themselves composed and stop relying on Messi. I like how France play. Everyone is a star and they collectively perform

Messi is about to retire from the National team… again…

but he’s a prolific striker…

Boss unaitwa staff room na teacher @gashwin .

samehea…he dreamed….

This summarizes him. CR7 flourishes because he can rally a team behind him even when the odds are high

CR told Ancelotti he prefers to play in the wings since he performs better than as a striker, Ancelloti listened and they won UCL