Argentina is known for their great soccer team. They are one of the best in the world and feared opponents for many others in the game. The 2014 summer World Cup will be the 16th for the team and the 11th World Cup they have attended in a row. They are technically skilled and win many of the matches they come up against. However, for all their victory and glory they have not won a World Cup since 1986 in England when Diego Maradona scored the historic, incredible goal. Even more shocking is that they haven’t even been to the semi-finals since 1990. Perhaps their year has arrived.
Another South American country, Brazil, is hosting the games this year so they did not have to participate in the qualifying matches. With their closest rival out of the way, Argentina dominated during those qualifying rounds. After all of the games were over they had won nine and only lost two. One of the keys to Argentina’s success is there team captain, Lionel Messi. He is one of the team’s best players and he has had a great transformation from an okay player to one of the best kickers in soccer today. His ascension has a bit to do with him improving as a player, but a lot more to do with changing management and being utilized in a much more strategized manner. The new manager for the Argentina team, Alejandro Sabella, has developed tactics to use Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín, and Sergio Agüero in a coordinated effort to make a great attacking team. That is what the whole team is riding on for this World Cup. Instead of trying to field a balanced team or at least trying to give the impression that they are, Argentina is strategizing to just put as many great attack players on the field that they can and seeing where it takes them.
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