Quote (fender @ Jun 22 2018 01:56pm)
see that might be the problem: of the six players you mentioned, five were on the bench yesterday (alongside dybala and di maria), and otamendi frankly had a shocking game.
and while i agree that sampaoli is not exactly a great coach, we all know that messi has major influence on their line-up and team selection. now obviously that doesn't make him alone responsible for all of argentina's shortcomings, but i do think he has a major role to play when it comes to team structure and chemistry...
Badly coached by trying to squeeze in into starting line up as many attackers possible rather than play a balanced team.
I'm not sure how much influence Messi has on the team but Sampaoli doesn't look like someone who takes shit from anyone
