The Argentine team will assume a "tactical battle" this Friday against the Netherlands team, one of the four undefeated, with the aim of qualifying for the semifinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.The match will be played from 4:00 p.m. at the Lusail Stadium, with capacity for 88,966 spectators, under the refereeing of the Spanish Antonio Mateu Lahoz, who will be accompanied by his compatriots Pau Cebrian (assistant 1), Roberto Díaz (assistant 2) and Alejandro Hernández (VAR ).
The meeting between the Argentines and the Dutch, sixth in the history of the World Cups, is presented as a rematch of the semifinal in Brazil 2014 when Alejandro Sabella's team won on penalties against the team led, as at present, by the prestigious coach Louis Van Gaal.
At 71 years old, Van Gaal is the oldest coach at the Qatar 2022 World Cup and exhibits validity reflected in statistics. His third cycle in the "Oranje" began in September 2021 due to the lack of results of his predecessor Frank De Boer and gave birth to an unbeaten streak of 14 wins and 5 draws. The current squad, without the stars of other times but with footballers of proven hierarchy, stands faithfully behind a leader who wanted to remain in the national team despite fighting cancer.
The Netherlands, the eighth best team in the world according to the latest FIFA ranking, won Group A undefeated, which they shared with Qatar, Ecuador and Senegal, and subsequently eliminated the United States in the round of 16.
His style of play is far from the traditional school of Johan Cruyff, a characteristic naturally accepted by the coach. "I changed my way of thinking about football," said the manager of the aesthetic Ajax champion of Europe and the Intercontinental Cup in the '90s.
Van Gaal did not want to reveal the cards to face Argentina but hinted that he has studied the current champion of America very well, who went from less to more in this World Cup after debuting with an unexpected defeat against Saudi Arabia.
Scaloni in the run-up to the match for the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. On Friday, the Argentine national team will face the Netherlands.
Lionel Scaloni, who is the youngest coach in the World Cup at 44 years old, also fueled that hide and seek game without giving any clues about the tactical drawing, the strategy or the formation that he will use in the return to Lusail, the scene of the first two games of the " Albiceleste". Speculation about the names includes the wingers, midfielder Rodrigo De Paul and striker Ángel Di María.
"We never play 4-3-3 because we don't have a left winger", Scaloni clarified today, that in the part of the training session that was not observed by the press, he also tried with a 3/5 line in defense, with Lisandro Martínez entering as a center back on the left and not playing from the start Di María, "the only winger who has the team", the Pujato coach completed his description.
And just today Di María was on Van Gaal's lips for a personal dispute that they have had since they met at Manchester United. "Fideo" went so far as to affirm that the Dutchman was "the worst coach" of his career. "I didn't like him, but he is one of the few who has said it," minimized the coach with a past in other greats in Europe such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
Scaloni assumed the complexity of the confrontation in the preview but avoided projecting how the game could be considered, aware that "all rivals play differently" when facing his team.
Argentina reached the quarterfinals led by its captain Lionel Messi (3 goals), a respected figure but far from being feared in the orange squad, which has one of the best defenders in the world as captain, Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool). .
"Messi does not participate without possession", declared Van Gaal, perhaps as an indication of what he can look for in this sixth World Cup matchup.
In the previous five, Argentina could never beat them in the 90 minutes of regulation but celebrated the two most important: the '78 World Cup final (3-1 in added time) and the semifinals of Brazil 2014 (4-2 on penalties).
The Netherlands prevailed in the other direct elimination match (2-1, quarterfinals in France '98) and thrashed 4-0 in the second round of Germany '74. The only tie (0-0) occurred in the group stage of Germany 2006 when both were already classified.
This Friday's game will be defined with a 30-minute overtime and eventually kicks from the penalty mark if it remains tied in regular time.
Argentine national team: Emiliano Martinez; Gonzalo Montiel (or Nahuel Molina), Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez (or Ángel Di María) and Nicolás Tagliafico (or Marcos Acuña); Rodrigo De Paul (or Leandro Paredes), Enzo Fernández and Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi; Ángel Di María (or Lisandro Martínez) and Julián Álvarez. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Netherlands: Andries Noppert; Jurrien Timber, Virgil van Dijk and Nathan Aké; Denzel Dumfries, Marten de Roon, Frenkie de Jong and Daley Blind; Davy Klaassen; Cody Gakpo and Memphis Depay. DT: Louis Van Gaal.
Stadium: Lusail.
It will be Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain), accompanied by his compatriots Pau Cebrian (assistant 1), Roberto Díaz (assistant 2) and Alejandro Hernández (VAR). Lahoz led the Argentine Olympic team, in a 1-1 draw against Honduras with elimination in the group stage.
In addition, he was the one who admonished Lionel Messi after his tribute to Diego Armando Maradona after his death. He led the Netherlands twice, with one victory and one defeat.
The Argentine team and the Netherlands have met nine times and the advantage is in favor of the Dutch team that has recorded four wins, four draws and one loss. Argentina has never been able to defeat her in the 90 minutes of regulation.
- Lionel Messi will play his 24th match in the World Cup, being just one game away from the record held by Lothar Matthaus, with 25. If he advances to the semifinals, he will be able to match and even exceed that mark.
- Argentina will try to beat the Netherlands for the first time in 90 minutes. He has only been able to beat him once, needing extra time in the 3-1 victory in the 1978 World Cup final.
- Argentina will play its 86th match in World Cups. They won 45, drew 15 and lost 24, with 60% effectiveness.
- The Argentine team played seven times in the quarterfinals under a direct elimination format, going through four times (two on penalties) and failing three (consecutively: 1998, 2006 and 2010).
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