Nico González had the large burden of changing Messi after the captain’s damage within the Copa América and the left-footer had his good and dangerous occasions, a problem that he referred to as soon as as a champion in a approach that was as curious because it was good.
“They are going to curse me as a result of I missed quite a lot of targets. It does not sink in, I am actually pissed off. I hope they’re completely happy and do not curse me,” the previous Argentinos participant requested, between laughs and never a lot, throughout a dialog with the streamer Nico Occhiato, who managed to sneak onto the sector of play.
González, who had a great sport for Página/12, had three goal-scoring alternatives: the one disallowed for offside, a rebound after a nook that he despatched sky-high nearly in entrance of objective and within the space, and the left-footed shot to the center that the goalkeeper saved after an amazing play by Di María and De Paul.
A relentless menace as a consequence of his nice aerial play, Nico was key to the group’s restoration after the captain left, by offering a continuing show on the left flank. Though, in fact, he has been struggling when it comes to scoring targets, one thing that got here simple to him in his first matches at La Scaloneta.
The person who is anticipated to switch Di María performed 5 matches on this Cup – he solely missed the opening match – and was a starter towards Chile and Ecuador. Presently with Fiorentina in Italy, he has performed 39 matches and scored 5 targets for the nationwide group (4 within the qualifiers and one in friendlies).
This was the third of his profession on the nationwide group stage, as he was additionally a part of the conquests of the 2021 Cup in Brazil and the 2021 Finalíssima in England. It’s value remembering that he missed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as a consequence of damage.
