tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112228.post474290329969029728..comments2023-08-24T03:41:03.133+12:00Comments on the beautiful game: Argentina starting line-up against the United StatesLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09807392842004716065noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112228.post-23437058053632040992007-06-28T20:24:00.000+12:002007-06-28T20:24:00.000+12:00Rio: mostly Roman, but also Messi. I like your ar...Rio: mostly Roman, but also Messi. I like your argument and agree that Aimar would be Roman's natural substitute. Hopefully we won't need that. As for communication between Veron and Roman, this is where I'm worried about the team not having played together as they are quite enough. As I keep saying, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09807392842004716065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112228.post-86263545079626893602007-06-28T18:27:00.000+12:002007-06-28T18:27:00.000+12:00oh and roman and veron.veron played enganche for i...oh and roman and veron.<BR/><BR/>veron played enganche for inter, wasn't extremely well at it unlike roman, but he obviously has good understanding of the role by now.<BR/><BR/>he's definitely better if someone else is supporting him laterally. which is enganche's job. he support the more offensive outside mid laterally and position the more defensive mid vertically to restrict space...<BR/><BR/>anyway, veron and roman just need to know how to communicate with each other, since they've never really played togather. so as long as they can get that done, the pair should function pretty well.Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512604882510689737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112228.post-65758885164905195812007-06-28T18:23:00.000+12:002007-06-28T18:23:00.000+12:00your last question obviously is about roman. basil...your last question obviously is about roman. <BR/><BR/>basile allowing veron to start means he has full confidence in either Roman himself, or the team's ability to perform without roman.<BR/><BR/>logic is quite simple. <BR/>Aimar is roman's sub. So if roman sucked, basile will have to put aimar in. but that could be an impossibility due to sub limits. <BR/><BR/>the safer option would be to have aimar on the field at a position he's not necessarily best at, but would be able to play. This way when roman isn't satisfying, you could just tell aimar and him to switch place, then worry about whether you have the slot to sub in a more dedicated outside midfielder for roman.<BR/><BR/>Option 2, you could risk playing rest of the game without a proper enganche if you start aimar on the bench and roman failed to perform. This option is less risky if the team could still function (to certain extend) without the enganche moving them around. which must of been basile's priority in the friendlies, because he started both games without enganche, and used a player who's not familiar with the methods at the position---messi.<BR/><BR/>Basile brought back veron as soon as the friendlies were over, indicating he was satisfied by the team's performances without enganche. <BR/>because by this logic,at that point the 2nd option became safe enough, so he could just sit aimar on the bench and use the best outside midfielder choice--- Veron. <BR/>Veron has issues with other players, so unless you know you have the spot to play him, he should be kept outside.<BR/><BR/>in other words, worry about roman when you see basile start aimar instead of either cambiasso or veron. I was therefore pretty worried when they said aimar was going in...Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512604882510689737noreply@blogger.com