2024-10-11 03:01:00
Roll (7): He responded with confidence and ubiquity without allowing “Dibu” Martínez to be missed. And that is the best compliment that can be given. He conveyed confidence and gave Herrera a great header. Nothing to do in the tying goal.
Molina (6): As a right back in the first half, he did little in the attack and Soteldo made it difficult when he faced him from his point. In the second stage, he began to play as a midfielder and gave the team a start in his sector.
Pezzella (8): The flooded field made it difficult for him to drive from the back. But he made up for it with great firmness in the air, timely crosses on his right and several one-on-ones won when he left the area. He had a great presence and on balance, he was the best of the National Team.
Otamendi (7): As against Paraguay and Brazil, he went to the front area and scored the first goal of the game. He was quick and clever to capture the rebound in Osorio. He defended firmly from above and below, but could not anticipate Rondón in the Venezuelan goal.
Tagliafico (6): He started being held up despite the fact that his side was the one with the least water. He released more in attack in the second half but without making a great contribution. When Balerdi came in, he started playing as a flying winger.
From Paul (6): Some of his passes were stuck in gaps on the court. He gravitated more as a central midfielder in the second half than on the right in the first. He had drive and connected well with Messi. .
Enzo Fernández (6): He had to move in one of the most complicated sectors of the terrain. Sometimes, he had to splash in order to play. He also grew in the second half. He complemented himself better with De Paul than with Lo Celso
Lo Celsus (5): He started as a flanker for Enzo Fernández and the field made his movements difficult. Several times the ball stuck to him. It weighed less than other times. He moved to the left in the second half.
Almada (5): He was a midfielder from the left but the ball passed little by his feet and therefore, he did not gravitate to the set-up either. He did not meet Messi. He contributed more in defense in retreating and occupying spaces. Scaloni replaced him at halftime.
Messi (7): In Otamendi’s goal, he took the free kick with a thread and forced the bad rejection from goalkeeper Romo. Afterwards, he was in the usual register of his last times. Few and sporadic interventions but none unwise. The heavy field ate his legs and that is why he could not resolve a favorable situation in the second half. Good comeback.
Julian Alvarez (5): He did what the coach asked of him and put pressure on the Venezuelan centre-backs. He always showed himself and took good diagonals in the area but was able to create few situations. Before his replacement, he started playing as a left-wing midfielder and was left far from the area.
Montiel (5): He entered through Almada and Soteldo also made the night difficult for him with his spikes and dribbles. In fact, he was out of position in the play for Rondón’s goal and made the overflow and the center possible. He formed a tandem with Molina to go on the attack, but he didn’t do it that many times.
Balerdi: He entered for Lo Celso to make up the line of five at a difficult moment of the night, when Venezuela brought in Cádiz to create the double spearhead with Rondón. He stopped between Pezzella and Oramendi, carried out aerial control of the area and even dared to go out and cut away from there. A good return to the National Team
Paredes: He replaced Enzo Fernández to oxygenate the midfield in the final ten minutes. He was seen more in friction and discussions than with the ball at his feet.
Lautaro Martínez: He came on for Julian Alvarez to play in an unexpected left-wing midfielder position. Scaloni demanded that and the scorer had no choice but to comply.