Argentina has made official the 23-man squad for the WC:
GK: Sergio Romero, Wilfredo Caballero and Franco Armani.
Defenders: Gabriel Mercado, Cristian Ansaldi, Nicolás Otamendi, Federico Fazio, Marcos Rojo, Nicolás Tagliafico and Marcos Acuña.
Midfielders: Javier Mascherano, Eduardo Salvio, Lucas Biglia, Giovani Lo Celso, Ever Banega, Manuel Lanzini, Maximiliano Meza, Ángel Di María and Cristian Pavón.
Forwards: Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuaín and Sergio Agüero.
Surprisingly, no Icardi, and they went for Ansaldi (who?)...the midfield looks average, probably one of the weakest I've seen from Argentina. I would've left Mascherano and Higuaín for Paredes and Icardi, but I guess Messi wanted his friends in the team so the manager had to comply to his requests.
Btw, in the press conference, Sampaoli said that he's looking to use a 2-3-3-2 system in the WC...what?
Overall, if Messi wants to play the final, they will reach the final, if he doesn't play at 100%, they'll probably reach the QF at best.
Roberto Martinez has definitely made one of the most biggest mistake i have ever seen a manager make by not select Naingolan for the upcoming world cup whiles the likes of Fallaini and Januzaj all made the squad.He has since then retired from international football as a result.
Yeah, choosing Fellaini over Nainggolan is just stupid but, to leave one of the best midfielders in the world out of WC is a disgrace, Martinez probably had a personal problem with Radja and that's he didn't call him to the squad, that's the only reason that could explain his decision. About Januzaj, he had a good season in Spain, I think he deserves a spot in the squad.