The interesting thing about Argentina is that they haven't really showcased their strength yet. They're playing it safe, keeping things simple, which keeps the big teams guessing about their strategies.
“You have to be here, aggressive, patient, but always focused.”
He shaped Kompany into a monster. Turning him into a fearless, confident, and brilliantly intelligent manager.
😳🧠 Luis Enrique: "My dream is to have 20 players who can play EVERYWHERE. I'd love to have 20 footballers who can play all over the pitch: Nuno Mendes as a full-back, as a midfielder, as a forward, as a 9... Except for the goalkeeper. Imagine the opposing coach who sees the lineup and wonders how one player covers every zone on the pitch. It'll be tough. I'll try to achieve it in that sense." (@AndiOnrubia)
Curt Cignetti has a fascinating philosophy...don't waste anyone's time, coaches not expected to work nights just get work done, limited practice to keep players healthy
🚨 EXCL: Gabriel Heinze joining Arsenal as part of coaching staff. Former Argentina international defender being added to group after Carlos Cuesta became Parma head coach. 47yo played alongside #AFC boss Mikel Arteta at #PSG. W/ @gunnerblog@TheAthleticFC https://t.co/LmHOGZUVRX
“Yo le daría el Balón de Oro sólo por cómo ha defendido en esta final al señor Ousmane Dembélé. Eso es liderar a un equipo desde la humildad y el liderazgo”.
Las palabras de Luis Enrique. 😅🇫🇷
All positional teams are not the same. They do operate under a similar logic, but there are a lot of variations. Primarily, positional teams can be differentiated by 4 major categories.
1) Structure.
2) Tempo.
3) Positional rotations.
4) Dribbling/passing dependence.
Inzaghi - 3-5-2/4-2-4, medium tempo, high positional rotations, and passing dependence.
Enrique (PSG) - 3-1-6/3-2-5, low tempo, high positional rotations, and dribbling dependence.
Guardiola (City treble) - 3-2-5, low tempo, low positional rotations, and passing dependence.
You can definitely make an argument against the logic itself, but it is inaccurate to claim that all teams play the same way.
Argentina are so hungry. Scaloni has turned them into mentality monsters.
You can’t provoke them. Any fuel you give them, they’ll use against you.
This is one of the best performances in the Scaloni era and Messi didn’t play.
Argentina can go back to back, with or without Leo.