The tactical variant that Scaloni tried and the furor grows in the National Team hotel

Tuesday of the Argentine National Team in Atlanta was busy. First, because some tactical tests of Lionel Scaloni which, two days before the debut in the Copa América against Canada, may be more than just an indication. And then because The presence of fans at the departure and arrival of the hotel on the way to Kennesaw University for practice tripled and it was quite boisterous.

In training behind closed doors, as he learned Clarion, we worked for an hour and a half. In the most intense section, Scaloni planted several teams and the tactical variant that was repeated was to add a fourth midfielder.

A Rodrigo DePaul they joined Leandro Paredes y Alexis Mac Allister -relegating Enzo Fernández who underwent surgery a little over a month and a half ago for an inguinal hernia, and them a Ángel Di María lying on his right sideperhaps thinking of holding back the escalations of Alphonso Davies, Canada’s captain and best player. Something similar to what he put together for the 2022 Qatar World Cup final against France, thinking about Jules Koundé.

The other unknown that remains is that of the center forward. Captain Lionel Messi’s companion this Tuesday was Lautaro Martínez. The Bahi native has just scored a double against Guatemala and would win the fight against Julian Alvarez facing the debut, against a defense that will surely group lines closer to its own goal than to someone else’s goal.

Deep down, what was known to support Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martínez con Nahuel Molina, Cristian Cuti Romero, Nicolas Otamendi y Nicolás Tagliafico.

This Wednesday there will be a conference by Lionel Scaloni and, afterwards, the last training session prior to the debut of the defense of the continental title, with 15 minutes open to the press.

A while later, in the heart of the downtown area of ​​the capital of Georgia, the Scaloneta once again received a mental bath. The fans with t-shirts and cell phones crowded like every day against the fences that divide them about 30 meters from the entrance to the Westin hotel.

There was much more weather than on the previous two days. This also caused the security to be much more zealous in trying to guard the descent of the footballers, who greeted timidly by raising their arms on both sides.

Argentina has almost everything ready for the debut and the fans begin to invade Atlanta.