Monday, September 5, 2016 Argentina to play without its kingBy Dan EdwardsFor the HeraldCoach Bauza looks for team to control both possession and tempoThe stories of Lionel Messi’s international demise, to paraphrase Mark Twain, were highly exaggerated, even if it was the Argentina captain himself that put them in motion. Tomorrow, however, Argentina will be without its king. Those two casualties were the only negative points of an Argentina debut which left plenty of credit for Bauza, often maligned as a defensive, safety-first coach. Bauza wants a team that will impose itself on the opposition, controlling both possession and tempo, and keeping play far from Sergio Romero in the Argentina net. The last time Messi dropped out of an Argentina squad, the team made a disastrous start to the World Cup qualifiers that has only now, a year later, been rectified.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 05, 2016 03:00 UTC