Pretty sad how Argentina is playing given some of the talent on that team, even beyond Messi. Has so much more to work with than a Ronaldo does with Portugal but can't get the results.
They're stacked offensively in the forward positions but have nothing else anywhere else on the pitch.
Aguero always wants to score himself. That's how he's planning his paths, that's how he plays with the ball.
It's like these two players don't exist for each other.
Dybala needs to be starting for them in midfield. Although he seems to have issues fitting in with the national team for whatever reason. A lot of where the game was lost today was that Croatia just abused Argentina in the midfield. Modric with the absolute class stunner.
Dybala would play where in midfield and do what? Based on today's evidence anything is possible for Sampaoli as that 3-2-3-2 to start was nuts and then just fucking went crazy from there but I'm pretty sure Dybala is not a midfielder and wouldn't have solved any of their issues.
Without looking at the stats yet I'd bet this is similar to the Iceland game where Messi had the most or 2nd most shots, take-ons and progressive passes in the WC up to that point so he was their midfield and attack rolled into one. I'd agree that the rest of the team is pretty shit outside of the forwards but that shouldn't mean some type of functional system couldn't have been figured out. For me it would be Banega on the field as at least he can progress the ball and then you free up Messi for more attacking. No idea why he hasn't played at all yet when Salvio, Meza and Acuna are just fucking garbage.
Messi vs Ronaldo argument is turning into a joke at this point. Anyone who is still trying to say Messi is the superior player is either high on modern chemistry, or is just blatantly biased. When is the last time Messi even scored with his head in a match of consequence?