I would prefer Vangioni personally, but Casco is good as well.

My god what a borring match. Invisible midfield. Parked bus = 30 shots from midfield. A million crosses, roughly speaking, none of which have reached their intended target. Even with Parkella we didn't play this boring.

Mancuello the Argentine Lampard getting ready to come on. Expect more long range shots.

WHAT A GOAL MANCUELLO! Having Ray Hudson to narrate it makes it twice as good

Martino: "Tests didn't show anything, but Messi's foot still hurts. No risks. If it continues, he won't play on Tuesday either."



Agent Tata.

The first half of the game against Paraguay was played at such a lackluster pace, almost in first gear, and Paraguay looked so dead that I went off to sleep at half time with the thought that there was nothing left to see in the match. Imagine my shock when I woke up next morning to read the final result!

#TataOut

So Tevez injured as well along with Messi and Aguero.

Higuain the only striker and with his form and without Messi hindering Argentina's attack, he is bound to score.

Dybala should be called up though.

Higuain, Dybala, Icardi that Serie A trio.

Icardi finally in! Take that Conte!

Can't wait for Mascherano to injure Dishmar before the Clasico.

futbol wrote:Can't wait for Mascherano to injure Hamez before the Clasico.

So is it not true Tata Martino hates Icardi ?
Not call him for Olympic Games when then you call Vietto

Robespierre wrote:So is it not true Tata Martino hates Icardi ?
Not call him for Olympic Games when then you call Vietto

argentina coach nowadays are famous for been stubborn comes with clueless

Robespierre wrote:
Not call him for Olympic Games when then you call Vietto

Where did you read that? I don't see the olympic list out yet

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Robespierre wrote:
Not call him for Olympic Games when then you call Vietto

Where did you read that? I don't see the olympic list out yet

There were Italian sources that interpreted badly his words .
Now he said he will choose or Icardi or Calleri ( Calleri is ours too according some sources, I opened  even a thread on him at Inter section ) , Vietto won't be called .
Anyway he said about Icardi " When "When ppl ask me about Icardi ,  it is not for football matter , but for the scandals. Now he is in the same conditions than other players, however, people doesn't care if I call him or not.  Everyone looks at Barcelona, but noone does for  Inter-Sassuolo. If they looked Inter , they 'd ask certainly about Icardi .  I have to choose between him and Calleri ".

Is really so despised Icardi in Argentina ?
" Scandals" . lol . Argentina looks like a moralist country ( Catholic fundamentalists ) similar to Italy in 50s  ffs
Anyway .. It's a pity , Icardi is even improving like a player, he's going over to be  just a poacher.

Vietto was great last season, shame he seems to have regressed this season.

Tottenham are also after Calleri

All 3 made the 57 player 'short' list

Argentina is '90% catholic' but only 20% are practicing. That being said having an Argentine pope is a matter of national pride and some people have been going to church more often because of that.

It's not so much that Argenina is moralist though, as because in Argentina friendship is hugely valued, much more than in the US where I now live. So to betray your close friend and do all the things he has is seen as a cardinal crime, a man without codes.

FFS Rojo could you learn to shoot? This guy has expert positioning for goal scoring position and no finishing instinct whatsoever...

The Argentine government has intervened in the AFA because of instability there and inability to schedule a new election, whuch might force FIFA's no government clause and cause the NT to return from the US.

Interesting times.

Yeah. The government is sending a team of auditors in to assess it and is very careful not to call it an intervention so as to not invoke the clause. They are trying to get FIFA's buy in, and tbh FIFA stands nothing to gain from expelling us.

It was resolved, Argentina plays.

Tata leaving Dybala out of the squad.

Messi still in pain, might miss the first game

Argentina will comfortably win it then

Pretty interesting graphical representation of Argentina's squad:

https://i.imgur.com/ZqkfUwM.png

At this point Messi looks unlikely to make it for the Chile game

"Once again waiting on a plane to leave for our destination, what a disaster the AFA are. My god!" - Messi

And the next day:

ICYMI: FIFA quietly took over the Argentine FA today. Will run it, rewrite statutes, hold new election by 2017. http://m.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=6/news=normalisation-committee-appointed-for-the-argentine-fa-