Rio de Janeiro.- With the memory of a fresh 3-1 victory in memory, Venezuela looms like a hard pit for an Argentina coming less, trying to rediscover their football and give for the first time a satisfaction to Lionel Messi.More dependent on Messi than ever , Argentina meets on Friday against Venezuela in the quarter-finals of the Copa America. Messi and company return to the iconic Maracana Stadium, five years after succumbing to the World Cup final.
“We don’t have a nice memory of what the World Cup was, but we’re calm and tryto to do the best,” said Sergio Agoero, Messi’s partner in that 1-0 loss to Germany in 2014.HELP us click on the Google News star and follow usArgentina doesn’t win a great title since the 1993 America’s Cup, nearly six years after Messi was born. The last consecration at a World Cup dates back to 1986.
In the lead-up to the Copa America in Brazil, Messi gave an interview to the Argentine channel TyC in which he expressed his disappointment at the 2014 defeat at the Maracana.” God will tell if I’ll look at myself with the World Cup. It’s the biggest dream I have left to fulfill,” Messi said. “That selection was at a peak. We had an awesome group.” In the America’s Cup, Messi has only scored one goal, from a penalty. But it could have more opportunities, especially if Argentina reaches the final on 7 July, to also be played in the Maracaná.La current version of Albiceleste is far from the team assembled by then coach Alejandro Sabella in 2014. He suffers in midfield in the absence of brand players and is vulnerable on the sidelines. He suffered the unspeakable to survive the first phase, sealing the standings with a 2-0 win against Qatar in the last day of his group that began with a defeat by the same score against Colombia.
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Argentina has not employed the same starting training with current coach Lionel Scaloni since being eliminated in the eighth round of the World Cup in Russia. It is assumed of new modifications for Friday. Scaloni could insert Juan Foyth as right-back by Renzo Saravia. Germán Pezzella would enter for Foyth in the central defender role and the steering wheel Marcos Acuña would replace Giovani Lo Celso.
The last game was a confidence volley,” Scaloni said. “We are confident that we can keep moving forward, we breathe a positive air.
Beyond the problems in Argentina, Venezuela is a boiling team that has hit albicelestes in recent times. In the last six matches, two wins are split per side and two draws.
La Vinotinto watches the game with the feeling that it is a unique opportunity to beat one of the heavyweights of world football.” It can be a good time in our history to strike the table,” said the steering wheel Tomás Rincón. “At times in our history we talked about growing selection, that Venezuela may not have been a bad selection, but today I think we can change that reality… After a lot of effort, we’re not afraid to expose ourselves.” Venezuela overtook Argentina in the last envite between the two. That was last March in Madrid, a friendly who marked Messi’s return to his team after the World Cup in Russia.” For me, Messi is the best footballer in history,” Venezuelan coach Rafael Dudamel said in an interview with Colombian channel Win Sports. “Whether or not he wins titles with everything he got in his career goes to the fore.” Venezuela has only scored one goal in the tournament, and Dudamel argues that his team must face Messi like any other opponent, warning that “it is time to compete and not to continue admiring him”.
Another warning was given by the steering wheel Luis Manuel Seijas: “Argentina is Argentina for all that it stands for. For people, there’s no good time, but this is football and there’s a thin line between trust and nontrust.” After a rushed ranking, Argentines feel full of confidence to face the final instances.” We know we’ve charged batteries,” striker Lautaro Martinez said. “We started another Cup and it’s a match. We will try to get focused from the first minute to get a positive result.”
