Basile gave a press conference today and said that he would confirm the starting eleven on Saturday afternoon.
However, the training sessions have offered some clues.
The GK and the backline appear to be set with Abbondanzieri and Burdisso, Demichelis, Heinze defending.
The remaining questions revolve around Riquelme and Veron.
The first one is the status of Juan Roman Riquelme. If he is not 100% healthy then Basile will probably not include him in the lineup as it would make more sense to save him for the game against Brasil.
Will they play together again?
Based on what's been seen in the practice sessions it appears that Basile will go with Mascherano & Gago in the midfield and if Riquelme does not play then the team will probably have 3 players upfront. Messi, Aguero, Cruz. Basile will likely go with the 3-4-3- formation. This would leave Veron out of the lineup.
But, if Basile decides against going with Masche/Gago in the midfield then Veron might take Gago's spot. The other scenario is Basile including Riquelme & Veron in the lineup with Mascherano alone in the central midfield spot and Maxi Rodriguez on the left side.
At this point, nothing is officially confirmed so there is still a possibility that Veron will be in the starting eleven against Ecuador.
These are some of the lineup possibilities:
Lineup 1
-------------------------------------Abbondanzieri----------------------------------------
------------Burdisso------------------Demichelis--------------------Heinze----------------
---Zanetti------------------Mascherano---------Gago-------------Maxi---------------
---------------------------------------------Riquelme----------------------------------
-------------------------------Messi------------------------Aguero----------------------
Lineup 2
-------------------------------------Abbondanzieri--------------------------------------
--------Burdisso---------------------Demichelis--------------------------Heinze----------
----Zanetti-----------------Mascherano----------Veron-------------Maxi------------
--------------------------------------------Riquelme-------------------------------------------
---------------------------Messi---------------------------Aguero---------------------------
Lineup 3
---------------------------------------Abbondanzieri-----------------------------------------
----------Burdisso---------------------Demichelis---------------------Heinze-------------------
-----Zanetti----------------Mascherano-----------Gago--------------Maxi-----------------
---------------Messi-----------------------Cruz-------------------Aguero----------------------
2 comments:
Come on!!!!
No No No No to Cruz. What is El coco thinking. Maybe Veron but no Cruz. He is absolutely useless for our team. I already am having an absolutely bad feeling now. My last hope El Coco will learn from the mistake with Ecuador and say goodbye to Cruz from the team.
I definitely agree with you. I've never been a Cruz fan.
I don't even know why he was calledup other than the fact that Basile likes to have a tall center forward on his teams.
I don't think it's a stretch to say that Cruz's time with the national team has come and gone.
The only way I see Cruz in the starting lineup on Sunday is if Riquelme sits out the game.
I would actually prefer to have a fully rested and recovered Riquelme for the Brasil game even if it means having to see Cruz against Ecuador.
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