Messi & Mascherano to pick starting XI against Nigeria amid Argentina chaos
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Ahead of the vital World Cup Group D cracker between Nigeria and
Argentina on Tuesday, there is no hiding the fact that the Albiceleste
camp is in shambles as latest revelations has portrayed it thus.
According to a report from Daily Mail UK, the South American nation
has allegedly stripped Jorge Sampaoli of his managerial powers over
the team and a select group of senior players tasked with choosing the
team that will face Nigeria in Saint Petersburg.
The fallout from the country’s 1-1 draw with Iceland and the 3-0
defeat versus Croatia in their first two World Cup games has greatly
affected the national team and manager/player relationship has
deteriorated to an irremediable level that superior powers has stepped
in.
Former Argentine World Cup star, Ricardo Giusti who won the tournament in 1986 has claimed that he has spoken to AFA general manager, Jorge Burruchaga in respect to having the likes of Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano pick their best suited team for the game against the Super Eagles.
”The players will decide the team, that’s a fact. If Sampaoli wants
to sit in the bench, he can do it. If not, no problem”, Giusti was
quoted as saying.
Argentina would be dumped out of the World Cup in the group stage for
the first time since 2002 if they fail to beat Nigeria at the
Saint-Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday evening.
Iheanacho urges Rohr to stick to 3-5-2 formation against Argentina
Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho wants manager Gernot Rohr to
employ a 3-5-2 formation when they face off with Argentina in their
crucial World Cup match on Tuesday.
Iheanacho was one of the beneficiaries when Rohr opted to change the
formation to a 3-5-2 system that worked so well in the second half of
the 2-1 loss to England three weeks ago, as he was named in the
starting lineup for yesterday’s game with Iceland.
”It was a good result for us, we changed the formation and it wasn’t
good in the first half but we came back strong in the second half,”
Iheanacho told reporters in the mixed zone.
”They say the voice of people is the voice of God, but I think the
coach has a big part to play, so he has to make the final decision at
the end, so any formation that he comes out with, this formation is
giving us what we want.”
In contrast to their opening match against Croatia, Nigeria were a lot
better dealing with set-pieces against Iceland.
”We really worked a lot on set-pieces before coming to this game.
African teams, they say we are not good in set-pieces, but we are
working on set-pieces so we can be strong to fight against (teams) in
set-pieces, corner kicks and free-kicks.”
The Super Eagles avoided an early flight home after beating Iceland
2-0, with Iheanacho’s teammate at Leicester City Ahmed Musa netting a
brace, and are now favorites to progress to the last sixteen on
Tuesday, June 26.
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