Argentina (v Croatia)
Caballero
Tagliafico
Otamendi
Mercado
Mandzukic
Perisic
Acuna
Mascherano
Pérez
Rebic
Rakitic
Modrić
Salvio
Meza
Messi
Agüero
Strinic
Vrsaljko
Vida
Lovren
Subasic
In the Croatia game, Argentina’s shape was more of a 3-4-2-1, but not only did that fail to offer any additional protection on the flanks, it also led to Lionel Messi operating in a congested area and being smothered, with Strinic and Rakitic closing him down.
Argentina (v Croatia)
In the Croatia game, Argentina’s shape was more of a 3-4-2-1, but not only did that fail to offer any additional protection on the flanks, it also led to Lionel Messi operating in a congested area and being smothered, with Strinic and Rakitic closing him down.
Caballero
Tagliafico
Otamendi
Mercado
Mandzukic
Perisic
Acuna
Mascherano
Pérez
Rebic
Rakitic
Modrić
Salvio
Meza
Messi
Agüero
Strinic
Vrsaljko
Vida
Lovren
Subasic