“I can repeat the team”, Lionel Scaloni said in the preview. He did not have the tone of someone who is announcing his plan. In fact, when talking about the formation, he came and went with statements that could well leave other types of signs. However, in practice in the afternoon at the University of Qatar, once the training session was closed for the press, the DT started with that idea, although later he added some variants… A classic.
The team’s main doubt was the central midfielder, although other venues were also open. But the issue of five, of course, had preponderance at the moment of Enzo Fernández, even due to the request of the fans for the former River. Something that Scaloni, in a conference, was in charge of damping: the DT did not go on speaking highly of the Benfica midfielder and only said that it was an option.
At that point, he spoke more about Guido Rodríguez. He explained why he had used it against Mexico and, indeed, the Betis midfielder was the one who started training again as a starter. Although then the DT made some changes: precisely the entry of Enzo in that place, that of Cuti Romero for Lisandro Martínez, that of Foyth for Montiel and that of Julián for Lautaro.
