Esse gol é história para Messi, mas também um símbolo da identidade argentina firmada por essa inteligência coletiva: toco y me voy, esvaziar e invadir espaço, ritmo (pausa e aceleração), diagonal, escadinha, corta-luz.
Argentina and the art of progressive passing through deception.
Argentina has something different from many other teams: they have an incredible number of players capable of playing progressive passes.
They don’t need players holding the width to create spaces inside and find players between the lines. They can do it through deception.
Their ability to find players between the lines comes from disguising their intentions before playing the pass. De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Mac Allister, Messi, and even their centre-backs, Cuti Romero and Lisandro Martínez, are excellent at manipulating opponents before progressing the ball.
This is one of the key differences. They have multiple elite passers who can break lines. And at a time when many coaches avoid taking risks with these types of actions, Scaloni continues to encourage his players to attempt them. Having many players inside, close together in short distances, also helps them manage the risk. If a progressive pass is intercepted, they are immediately positioned to counter-press and recover the ball.
That combination of technical quality, deception, and structure is one of the reasons Argentina are so difficult to defend.
This is the result of being loyal to the type of players you produce. In Argentina, deception is an art.
@Rup4kC bh i think it was just hard for the players to adjust to his relational game as they are so in-tuned to positional logic. also I wouldn’t say the hype fails when teams clealy show it can work at an elite level: (malmo under rydstrom, middlesbrough, racing satander, etc)