The argentine national team began his defense of the throne of the America Cup successfully, after beating Canada and Chile in the first two of this edition. Last Tuesday, the group led by Lionel Scaloni achieved a significant victory against the ‘red’ and, after that, secured their qualification to the quarterfinals of the competition. In this context, the coach of the gaucho team made an important decision regarding the last match they will face against Peru in Group A.
With the ticket now at your disposal, the ‘albiceleste’ He only has to focus on the next stage of the tournament and hopes to have his best weapons for these upcoming challenges. Therefore, for the Argentine coach it will be necessary to take care of his players, mainly Lionel Messiwhich ended the last confrontation with physical discomfort.
In fact, in the midst of this favorable context, Scaloni has decided to face the remaining duel against the Peruvian team with an alternate lineup. The strategist of the Argentine team will choose to make important changes to his scheme to give a chance to players who have not yet been able to add minutes in the Conmebol competition.
“It is fair that the next game is played by the boys who did not play these two games (against Canada and Chie). I think they deserve it and I also need to see them,” the 46-year-old coach announced in a press conference as a strategy to play the knockout stage of the Copa América 2024.
Everything indicates that Lionel Messi It will not be part of the clash against Peru. Although the same player assured that the physical discomfort suffered in the last match against the ‘red’ is not due to a tear, it is most likely that Scaloni prefers not to risk him in the clash against the ‘bicolor’ so that I can be 100% physically in the quarterfinals.
The coach will choose to give prominence to young figures on the team such as Alejandro Garnacho and Valentín Carboni, who have not yet made their debut in the Copa América. “The logical thing would be that they have minutes because they are kids who are contributing a lot to us, they are behaving well and they are watching their teammates compete,” he said in this regard.
The peruvian team will play with the knife between its teeth the confrontation against Argentina that will put an end to Group A of the Copa América 2024. After the recent loss against Canada, the ‘bicolor’ He was left with few options to reach the next stage of the competition, since he has only been able to add one point in these two dates that have passed.
The ‘bicolor’ He debuted in the tournament with a tough draw against Chile. In a ‘Pacific classic’ Quite a bit of friction, the national team emerged victorious from the clash; However, they then faced the Canadian team and could not keep the three points to take an important step in their classification.
The team led by Jorge Fossati knew how to complicate the group of ‘canucks’ on several occasions, but the expulsion of Miguel Araujo took its toll from the 60th minute, changing the turn of the duel. Peru could not deal with the numerical inferiority on the field and was left empty-handed after a goal by Jonathan David in the 74th minute.
This adverse result left the ‘bicolor’ They are currently bottom of the table but still have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals. However, they need a win against the reigning world champions to achieve this ambitious goal and, in addition, it depends on what happens in the clash between Canada and Chile on the final day.
