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Johnny (Thailand)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 9:43 PM 0 @fesa-Clemente is right footed, but uses the left well.

fesa (Singapore)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 9:34 PM 0 me reckons,the team is doing alright,tot dats should b more x'perimentation against ecuador? dun forget,dis game ,they 're x'pected to win easily. Clemente r 're ok,he 've not being in the nt for quite a while but i like him.suppose sosa cannot b used as a creative player,gotta used him as a runner/destroyer. can anybody tells me is clemente rodrigues a right/left footed player? always reckon AFA team is the most balance team in the world,with the all their natural left legger player? they 've more than their quota of left footed talent!

el principe (United States)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 11:53 AM 0 Here is the rating according to Ole: 1-S. Romero (7): Tapó abajo, en el primer palo, las dos más peligrosas de Ecuador. Rápido con los pies. 4-P. Zabaleta (5): Su costado fue el más fértil para el rival. Lo desbordaron seguido y zafó de la amarilla. Además, timidón para pasar la mitad de cancha. 17-F. Fernández (7,5): De arranque, salvó un resbalón de Zabaleta. Expeditivo, aportó dos buenos cierres ante los remates de Montero y Jaime Ayoví. En el área de enfrente, casi la mete de cabeza. Gran presencia. 2-E. Garay (6): Veloz en los cruces, ganó y perdió por arriba y sólo se complicó en una salida. 15-C. Rodríguez (4): Un par de desatenciones posibilitaron tibios avances del rival. Se proyectó poco y sin sorpresa. Valencia lo complicó por habilidad. 5-F. Gago (6): Jugó siempre limpio, sencillo y sin complicarse. Importante en la recuperación y no tanto en la elaboración. Inició la contra del gol de Higuaín. 14-J. Mascherano (5): De un gran corte suyo comenzó a gestarse el golazo de Messi. Se complicó en pases fáciles y, con su experiencia, no se entiende que se haga amonestar a los 41’ del segundo tiempo, una amarilla que no le permitirá jugar contra Paraguay. 7-A. Di María (9): En una ráfaga de tres minutos metió dos asistencias picadas, geniales, la primera para el gol de Agüero y la segunda que definió mal Higuaín. Estuvo pillo, también, para tocar rápido en el inicio de la contra del tercero. Muy escurridizo, indescifrable, se movió de izquierda hacia el centro, y terminó por derecha, ahí donde metió esa cachetada de volea, el broche ideal para su enorme actuación. 10-L. Messi (9): Activo. Imparable. Unico. El dueño del equipo. Con mayor o menor influencia, participó de los cuatro goles, tuvo dos apiladas con su sello que merecían haber terminado en gol y Domínguez le sacó un buen tiro libre. No deja de sorprender su precisión a velocidad supersónica. Buena vibra con Di María, el Kun y Pipita. 9-G. Higuaín (7,5): Desperdició la primera que tuvo y en la segunda ya no perdonó. Precisa pared para el golazo de Messi. Tuvo mucha movilidad y, al no estancarse como 9, siempre fue opción de pase. 16-S. Agüero (7): Yendo de izquierda hacia al medio, siempre jugó con la última línea de Ecuador y así picó apenitas adelantado en el gol que empezó la fiesta. Fue el más individual de los de arriba y no podrá jugar el próximo de Eliminatorias por acumular su segunda amarilla. 8-J. Sosa (6): Atento para capturar el rebote tras un jugadón de Messi y ojos bien abiertos para asistir a Di María en el 4-0. Entró para armar dos líneas de cuatro, él por izquierda. 22-E. Lavezzi (5): Explotó su habilidad y lo bajaron en la puerta del área. Ahí tenía pase pero agachó la cabeza. 11-M. Rodríguez (-): No tuvo tiempo para nada.

Mik (United Arab Emirates)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 10:15 AM 0 Hehe whatever SOSA do is turning out to be controversy...If he gets into the penalty box and do make an assist then also hes blamed..Poor Guy..Kidding..(*_~)

el principe (United States)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 7:18 AM 2 Even his assist to Di Maria is kinda back pass too :D

el principe (United States)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 7:16 AM 0 Sosa made back passes more than all other players in just 25 minutes or so. I count them. It is his signature move...

Mik (United Arab Emirates)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 3:22 AM 0 Hmmm may be Matias Roderiguez will be played against Brazil and Zabaleta in left....lets see if hes selected what he gonna bring to the table...ANZALDI,,INSUA...have been said soooo many times in rumour lineups but both has never featured for us in recent games...

Dante Pastrana (United States)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 2:30 AM 0 I'd like to see Ansaldi for Clemente. Sosa as a sub. Zabaleta while not world class has plenty of room for improvement. If Sabella gave Sosa all these chances then he better give Zabby a few more. I'd also like to see other fullbacks display their talent. Overall we had a great team. One that made People fall in love with the national squad or at least that's what diario Clarin quoted :)

Dante Pastrana (United States)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 2:21 AM 0 Overall as a group you guys rated Lavezzi better than Sosa and we all know that's not fair. I'm all for the Sosa bashing but it's his best performance thus far.

Tonoy (Bangladesh)

Posted on 6/3/2012 at 12:39 AM 0 My match preview : .Now i will explain in player wise............... GK S.ROMERO(rating-7.0):he had nothing to do in first half.but in second half he saves two shots. CB F.FARNANDEZ(rating-7.5):he done a really good job.he had some excellent block.definitely the best defender on the the night. CB E.GARAY(rating-7.5): he also done a good job. one great heading stop. RB P.ZABALETA(rating-6.0):not a great game.he is good in defense but very poor in offense. he gave some foul also. LB C.RODRIGUEZ(rating-5.5):flop player in the field foe albiceleste. he was not going in forward.often give ball in defense.very poor game. DM J.MASHCHERANO(rating-6.5):average game for him.but often stop flow of attack of Ecuador. CM F.GAGO(rating-6.5): not a great game. CAM DI MARIA(rating-8.0):great game. 1 assist and 1 goal.very good chip to aguero then another chip to higuain but he could not finish it.then a very good volley to score 4-0. CAM L.MESSI(rating-8.5):must be man of the match.excellent game 1assist and 1 goal.he often test opposition goal keeper.leading in the front. CF S.AGUERO(rating-7.5):good finish at start.then excellent team up with leo and papita. CF G.HIGUAIN(rating-7.5):another great game.good finish and good assist to leo.good game. SUB: CM J.SOSA(rating-6.5):good game coming from sub.good assist to di maria. CF E.LAVEZZI(rating-6.0):let sub but he test opposition defender. CAM M.RODRIGUEZ(rating-5.5): N/A. So In this match defense was average, midfield was below average but attack was excellent.now against Brazil matias should come for clemente and zabaleta should play as left back.

pablo.d (New Zealand)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 11:53 PM 0 mik, i know what you are saying but zab has already a lot of caps and has not impressed and how long are we suposed to wait for him?as i think its time to try other options.

Mik (United Arab Emirates)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 10:56 PM 0 Hmmm before reaching further conclutions...lets see what our full backs gonna do against brazil....brazil will be a great test for our defenders and midfield...sometimes mistakes happen....so lets see wheather zabaleta or clemente both have learned something or not....eagerly waiting for the big test...but have to say all in all a great performance...the players is slowly geling up they r getting familiar more to each other...congrats

Diego10 (Bangladesh)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 10:04 PM 0 There are 3 players in this line up that were crap in this game pablo Zabaleta Not good at all,mediocre,caught out so frequently that it looked appear that he was invisibe..attacking outlet 0 C.Rodriguez He was so poor that he does not deserve to be in Latvia NT Mashcherano Playing horribly in midfield for quite a while now Fernandez,Gago,Messi,Di Maria,Aguero was world class today

fanfrom78 (United Kingdom)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 10:01 PM 0 dimaria pushed up and sosa in midfield vs brazil drop a forward maybe

fanfrom78 (United Kingdom)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:59 PM 0 sabella on the right track i think zab was so bad and clementie not much better gago is one fine ball player and needs to man up his a great deep 1/4 back type the ideas are there and i think theres a eliment of bielsa type all action speed attacks a gago and a dimaria are better for this than a roman or veron we need better outside defense even going more solid would held dont really need over lapping wing backs

OmarD10sDubai (United Arab Emirates)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:40 PM 0 Congrats from AlWasl/Dubai/Legendary Diego Maradona's team!!

pablo.d (New Zealand)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:32 PM 0 ddr1123 a good wite up. our full backs are a problem and zab has had enough chances with the n/t and sadly is not good enough at this level. subs sabella got these very wrong and at 4-0 this is when a lamera, pastore or xxx player should be tried. mash to either as a cb or dont play him. i was fustrated about how many balls we lost through bad passing-this is simply not good enough at this level and its not like we were under pressure.

Johnny (Thailand)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:21 PM 0 Is that the Brazilian player "Fred" with his player ratings ?! Cheeky f#%*&r !

Johnny (Thailand)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:17 PM 0 @ddr1123-Best quick player assessment yet.:)

ddr1123 (United States)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:11 PM 2 Romero - I like him. Decent. Tall, big. The best we have got. Federico - Like him a lot so far. Great aerial threat. Can score also for corners and set pieces. Garay - Good. Hope they pair up well. Tall, good at set pieces (though he won't get a chance). Slow. Zabaleta - Will do better I think. Still have hope. Clemente - Not good at all. Need to find someone. Mascherano - Nothing new to say. He is great and indispensable. Gago - Like him. Plays good for NT. Dimaria - Good. Seal the place. Messi - What to say. He will grow leaps and bounds for NT. Pipita - Again does very well for NT. Kun - Great for NT. Links up well with Messi. Maxi - He is over. Should try others instead, like Tino Costa. Sosa - If he plays 15 mins, I do not care. Lavezzi - Very good. Lost of speed. Finishing not so good. Overall good day. I will in NY next Saturday. So hope to see a good game.

Dante Pastrana (United States)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:06 PM 1 No one should have gotten lower than a 6 people. Geez. 4-0 game. 6 is bad as is

QuothTheRaven (Singapore)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 9:01 PM 0 Clemente and Zabaleta both did not replicate their club form for country. They were kind of struggling against the pacy Ecuadorian wingers. I'm opting for young bloods in the full-backs. Since there are strong calls for Monzon and Matias Rodriguez, i shall follow as well. Even though i have never seen them play.

ddr1123 (United States)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 8:52 PM 0 Federico Fernandez Fernando Gago Lionel Messi 3 best players in my opinion in 3 areas. Why can't Zabeleta play like he does for Man city???

Diego10 (Bangladesh)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 8:48 PM 0 Gago superb 4 first 45 mins,Mashcherano Poor game for me,Zabaleta does not convince me a world class RB,but both CBs were good,Lavezzi simply a counter attacking player..

Diego10 (Bangladesh)

Posted on 6/2/2012 at 8:44 PM 0 Clemente Awful,not a single pass completed,shd never play for NT(Insua,Monzon)