World Cup 2022| Argentina National Football Team: Five Key Players!
Argentinian hopes will be higher than they have been for many a year when they run out at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. With the best player of all time, Lionel Messi still leading the way, and with a down-to-earth coach.
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Argentina will head to Qatar in 2022 with designs in the glory.
Messi set for fifth FIFA World Cup™ appearance.
Scaloni has built a team around a clutch of key players.
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Four years ago, following their last-16 elimination at the hands of France at Russia 2018, the outlook was bleak for a side that had to replace the generation that finished runners-up in Brazil 2014 and embark on a transitional period, the duration and outcome of which were shrouded in uncertainty.
Doubts about the players brought in to replace the old breed only seemed to be confirmed in the months after Russia 2018, with several well-known and experienced coaches turning down the Argentina job.
One man who did not rule himself out was Lionel Scaloni, who eventually took on the impossible task and began to make things happen, overhauling the squad and building a side and a squad that rallied around the figurehead, Lionel Messi. After Scaloni had found new men for each position and given them time to bed in.
La Albiceleste then went and ended a 28-year quest for major silverware at the Copa America in 2021, backing that performance up with a near-perfect Qatar 2022 qualification campaign, followed by a comprehensive win over European champions Italy in the Finalissima. Argentina is sure to be one of the favorites at the world finals later this year. Here are five of the players well worth watching when Qatar 2022 kicks off.
Lionel Messi Prepares For The World Cup!
One man who did not rule himself out was Lionel Scaloni, who eventually took on the impossible task and began to make things happen, overhauling the squad and building a side and a squad that rallied around the figurehead, Lionel Messi. After Scaloni had found new men for each position and given them time to bed in.
La Albiceleste then went and ended a 28-year quest for major silverware at the Copa America in 2021, backing that performance up with a near-perfect Qatar 2022 qualification campaign, followed by a comprehensive win over European champions Italy in the Finalissima. Argentina is sure to be one of the favorites at the world finals later this year. Here are five of the players well worth watching when Qatar 2022 kicks off.
Lionel Messi
Position: Forward.
Age: 35.
The World Cup is the one major trophy the Argentinian has never had his hands on. Seven years after coming up just short at Brazil 2014, the legendary Messi gained a significant measure of consolation by winning the Copa America, his first title with the senior national team. La Pulga ('The Flea') will now go in search of the biggest title of them all as the icon of a rejuvenated side and still one of the best players in the world, despite the passage of time and the fact he is now midway through his 30s.
Though he might lack the pace and stamina he once had, Messi has modified his game and remains a matchwinner thanks in great part to his ageless left foot. Scaloni has come up with a system that frees him of all responsibility bar the need to create, a role he fulfills as his side’s main provider and most decisive player.
Not everything revolves around him, however. Profitable new partnerships and understandings have been forged, relieving the Paris Saint-Germain man of some of the creative burden and of the need to take part in every single move. Argentina will arrive in Qatar with their least 'Messi-dependent' side since he made his international debut in August 2005, though they can take comfort from the fact that their eternal superhero is as ready as ever to don his cape and come to the rescue.
Emiliano Martinez
Position: Goalkeeper.
Age: 29.
Argentina’s first-choice keeper had to wait a while before getting an opportunity that he seized with both hands. After joining Arsenal in 2010, he was farmed out on loan six times before an injury to the then Gunner's No1 Bernd Leno in June 2020 gave the Argentinian a long-awaited chance to show what he could do. His performances in a struggling Gunners side caught the eye and went a long way to helping the north London club lift the FA Cup that year.
When Leno regained full fitness, Aston Villa paid out £20m for the services of Martinez, who quickly became the Birmingham club’s main man and whose name started to crop up about the Argentina No. 1 jersey.
Cristian Romero
Position: Defender.
Age: 24.
There was a time when Romero was thinking about giving up the game. The Cordoba-born defender was living out his lifelong dream of playing for his beloved Belgrano only for a disagreement with the club’s directors to throw his future in jeopardy.
He ended up moving to the Italian club Genoa, the first step in his development into a mainstay of Scaloni’s side. Romero quickly caught the eye of Juventus, who loaned him back to Genoa and then to Atalanta, where he had a big hand in the club's surprise run to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in 2019/20. Voted the best defender in Serie A, he was then whisked off to the Premier League by Tottenham.
In wearing the Atalanta, Spurs, and Argentina jerseys, Romero has proved his worth at the highest level. Nicknamed Cuti and a player of many attributes, he has become the defensive leader Scaloni has been looking for, the kind of player who can change the course of a game with his interventions, the kind of player that defenses can be built around. Strong in character, he has become a leader of his country.
Rodrigo de Paul
Position: Midfielder.
Age: 28.
Like his two partners in the Albiceleste midfield, Leandro Paredes and Giovani Lo Celso, De Paul started his career as a playmaking No10, a role none of the trio currently fulfills after undergoing several reinventions. While Paredes is now a sublimely gifted central midfielder and Lo Celso a wide midfielder, the Atletico Madrid man has become something of a multi-purpose player, supplementing his natural talent with commitment, endless running, and determination.
Appearing alongside Messi at the Copa America, he proved to be his ideal partner, thanks to his tireless running and creative instincts. A driving force in the Albiceleste midfield, he nailed his place down in the team and made a telling contribution to Argentina’s biggest achievement of the last few years, providing a superb assist for Angel Di Maria in the final against Brazil.
Lautaro Martinez
Position: Forward.
Age: 25.
Argentina’s main goal threat of the Scaloni era. After bursting onto the scene with Racing, Martinez moved to Italy to lead the line for an Inter Milan side that was crowned 2020-21 Serie A champions thanks in no small part to his goals. That season saw him score 25 in 49 appearances in all competitions and having now re-established his partnership with Romelu Lukaku, the ever-improving Martinez should be at the peak of his powers when Qatar 2022 comes around.
Aside from his attacking attributes, El Toro (“The Bull”) has an important role to play in Scaloni’s system as a hard-running first line of defense, helping to conserve Messi’s energy by freeing him of any defensive duties. After missing out on a place at Russia 2018, Martinez is ready to shine in Qatar and provide the cutting edge Argentina lacked in the three finals they lost before ending their trophy drought against Brazil at the Maracana last year.
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