The rivals of the Argentine National Team in the Qualifiers, a possible argument for the absence of Guido Rodríguez
Just as Scaloni decided not to call him for this double date in November, he also chose not to call him during the October window. On that occasion, the Argentine National Team faced Venezuela y Bolivia. Now, the Albiceleste has already measured itself vs. Paraguay as a visitor and now he will have to do it in front of Peru of location.
Perhaps the response to the absence of Guido Rodríguez, who certainly has gone unnoticed in these two year-end calls, be in the previous paragraph: on rivals.
Rodríguez has always been a fixed alternative for the coach. For Scaloni, it is essential to have a steering wheel with its characteristics, with qualities of containment, more defensive, slower and more of a fight than a game. More about monkey than about creativity. That Exequiel Palacios is permanently summoned is a clear example of this.
However, given that the essence of the Argentine National Team has a creative imprint, in which it is the “hooks” who come together to play and give life to the team, and taking into account that the national team has been facing minor teams, It is not surprising that the coach has decided to call more offensive players.
Facing tighter defenses, facing teams with less forcefulness in attacking phases, Scaloni has decided to do without some defensive piece. In the balance, Exequiel Palacios has been chosen to stay and Guido Rodríguez has been chosen to leave.
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It is enough to see that on the double date of September, When the Albiceleste played against Colombia and Chile, two teams that could hurt more offensively, Rodríguez was part of the call.
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Of course, the DT’s decision also has among its arguments the flowery range of young Argentine midfielders who ask for a clue. Several of them were called for these November meetings: Nico Paz, Facundo Buonanotte, Thiago Almada. There are even other names that do not exactly occupy the midfielder quota, but that also take away place from Guido and the rest to get on the roster, such as Alejandro Garnacho o Taty Castellanos.
Lionel Scaloni has shown that in the Argentine National Team no one has won the position. It will be Guido Rodríguez’s task to give him justifications for being summoned again.
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