Against Australia, Argentina dropped their starting midfield altogether and used only DePaulo, but this time they played Gomez, who was worse than Di Maria. Especially after leading 2-0, it was a huge mistake to replace Lautaro too early, but Australia's strength was limited and they managed to win 2-1.
Against Holland, Scaroni dropped Gomez entirely and used three centre-backs, which was a timely adjustment, but he made the same mistake as against Australia, replacing Romero, the main centre-back, with a 2-0 lead. Sure enough, this man's late foul gave Holland the chance to equalise. The match was exactly the same as the match against Australia. 2-0 up, the replacement was totally overpowered and Argentina would have gone home if it hadn't been for the superb goalkeeper.
Against Croatia, Scaroni brought back Paredes, and with Argentina leading 3-0 early, he brought on his unused substitute, no Laetaro, and there were no surprises.
Against France in the final, Scaroni suddenly brought on Di Maria, who had not played in the knockout matches, and the substitution was fantastic. Di Maria played nicely and scored from the penalty spot, but when he was 2-0 up, Scaroni started to make stupid mistakes, first replacing Di Maria and bringing on Arcunha, who was also attacking. Even if it was 2-0, there should have been some defensive players, such as Manchester United centre-back Martin, and the late replacement Laetaro missed a number of chances.
Broadly speaking, Scaroni can only be qualified. Argentina lead 2-0 in four knockout matches, and three of them went wrong. It can be seen that he can't make the right choices when his team leads, but these mistakes didn't have serious consequences at last.
Just how useful Scaroni is at this World Cup
Argentina's World Cup victory over France was mostly attributed to coach Scaroni. Here's how much of a role he played in the tournament.
It is fair to say that Scaroni played a part in Argentina's victory in this World Cup, but not by much. In the first game against Saudi Arabia, Argentina lost unexpectedly, which gave Argentina a chance to adjust, because if you lose in the knockout round, you don't have a chance to adjust.
The game against Mexico was Argentina's first major match of the World Cup. Following the surprise defeat, Scaroni made a number of changes to Mexico, bringing in full-back Luis Figo for Alcunia and dropping Paredes Gomez in midfield, but the squad was obviously unable to cope with the Mexican.Match Analysis. Argentina had no hope of winning the game until the 60th minute, and it would have been difficult for Argentina to beat Mexico without Messi's inspiration.
Against Poland, Argentina finally gave up the previous main starting force, using McAllister, Enzo, Alvarez, these 3 youthful people. It should be mentioned that the adjustment of these 3 people to Argentina to win the World Cup is fatal, although still using Di Maria, but at this time Argentina was already ready to give up Di Maria.
Against Australia, Argentina dropped their starting midfield altogether and used only DePaulo, but this time they played Gomez, who was worse than Di Maria. Especially after leading 2-0, it was a huge mistake to replace Lautaro too early, but Australia's strength was limited and they managed to win 2-1.
Against Holland, Scaroni dropped Gomez entirely and used three centre-backs, which was a timely adjustment, but he made the same mistake as against Australia, replacing Romero, the main centre-back, with a 2-0 lead. Sure enough, this man's late foul gave Holland the chance to equalise. The match was exactly the same as the match against Australia. 2-0 up, the replacement was totally overpowered and Argentina would have gone home if it hadn't been for the superb goalkeeper.
Against Croatia, Scaroni brought back Paredes, and with Argentina leading 3-0 early, he brought on his unused substitute, no Laetaro, and there were no surprises.
Against France in the final, Scaroni suddenly brought on Di Maria, who had not played in the knockout matches, and the substitution was fantastic. Di Maria played nicely and scored from the penalty spot, but when he was 2-0 up, Scaroni started to make stupid mistakes, first replacing Di Maria and bringing on Arcunha, who was also attacking. Even if it was 2-0, there should have been some defensive players, such as Manchester United centre-back Martin, and the late replacement Laetaro missed a number of chances.
Broadly speaking, Scaroni can only be qualified. Argentina lead 2-0 in four knockout matches, and three of them went wrong. It can be seen that he can't make the right choices when his team leads, but these mistakes didn't have serious consequences at last.
Against Australia, Argentina dropped their starting midfield altogether and used only DePaulo, but this time they played Gomez, who was worse than Di Maria. Especially after leading 2-0, it was a huge mistake to replace Lautaro too early, but Australia's strength was limited and they managed to win 2-1.
Against Holland, Scaroni dropped Gomez entirely and used three centre-backs, which was a timely adjustment, but he made the same mistake as against Australia, replacing Romero, the main centre-back, with a 2-0 lead. Sure enough, this man's late foul gave Holland the chance to equalise. The match was exactly the same as the match against Australia. 2-0 up, the replacement was totally overpowered and Argentina would have gone home if it hadn't been for the superb goalkeeper.
Against Croatia, Scaroni brought back Paredes, and with Argentina leading 3-0 early, he brought on his unused substitute, no Laetaro, and there were no surprises.
Against France in the final, Scaroni suddenly brought on Di Maria, who had not played in the knockout matches, and the substitution was fantastic. Di Maria played nicely and scored from the penalty spot, but when he was 2-0 up, Scaroni started to make stupid mistakes, first replacing Di Maria and bringing on Arcunha, who was also attacking. Even if it was 2-0, there should have been some defensive players, such as Manchester United centre-back Martin, and the late replacement Laetaro missed a number of chances.
Broadly speaking, Scaroni can only be qualified. Argentina lead 2-0 in four knockout matches, and three of them went wrong. It can be seen that he can't make the right choices when his team leads, but these mistakes didn't have serious consequences at last.