Tactical Analysis : Argentina 2-0 Mexico | More Signs Of Danger For Mexico |

Hello and welcome back to football made simple. It was a must-win match for Argentina when they faced Mexico and Argentina did just that with a resounding 2-0 victory thanks to impressive goals from Messi and Enzo Fernandez. The XG shows how poor both teams are. were when it came to creating chances, but how did Argentina finally manage to defeat Mexico? In this video we take a look and will focus mainly on Argentina in possession as they had the majority of the ball, although they were largely ineffective with it from the golden cake. They sought to build short spaces by dividing their center backs next to the goalkeeper with Rodríguez becoming the only pivot.

Akuna pushing up on the left side would allow McAllister to drop in to have the midfield 3. In these scenarios, Mexico really wanted to defend on the front foot looking to press much higher up and that involved pushing their two central forwards higher up the pitch. ready to put pressure on any of the centre-backs depending on where Argentina started, while the rest of the team would support this pressure and in these In some scenarios, the pivot would have been the easy exit option, so Mexico would push a midfielder towards him so that they still had the man to man situation in midfield, so that when the ball was activated, the back would be the only remaining option and when Mexico was efficient with their wider midfielders when the ball went wide, it committed a midfielder towards the side to put pressure on them, which would usually force them to make a longer or riskier pass, since the backwards option had been chosen, which is what Argentina was looking for here. to build short and Mexico had committed their two forwards to press their central defense, so it is their midfielder who then looks to move outwards to meet the pushback before he can advance further up the pitch, even in play open.

Argentina experienced similar problems. At times, Argentina would often look to strengthen the midfield 3, either dropping Messian or,

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likely, McAllister with Akuna pushing up to provide width on the left side and again this would provide the opportunity for Mexico to put pressure on the centre-backs. . man to man, leaving only the winger as the wide option, but Mexico wanted to have the ability to press high while keeping their five defenders quite compact, so Martino did not want to commit his wing to the Argentine winger, as this would see the wider center. The midfielder was forced to come out to cover the winger so he kept his win deep and again it fell to midfielder 3 to be highly reactive and come out before the back had the chance to move further up the pitch and move of the Mexican midfielder.

It was crucial as although they were technically three against two down, if they crossed quickly enough the easiest exit options would be cut off, making it almost impossible to access the extra midfielder if they got the angles right, so Argentina He had to adapt to these situations. and he began by relieving the pressure on the center backs and this was placing Rodríguez between them to be the third center back, since he is good at the national level with the ball, he was also an extra body to make a three against two in these situations. DePaul and McAllister would still be in midfield, but Messi also had a lot

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responsibility to come in as well either in the center or just down the right side to try to maintain that midfield 3 structure.

Rodriguez has now left him to be the third. central defense and again Acuña pushes high early as the full-back becomes a winger, meaning McAllister can now operate as a more traditional midfielder here Messi has rotated with Martínez, but will move to look to be the third midfielder, so he recognizes that They were outnumbered on the front line and Argentina had the potential to push the right defense up so Di María could come too. The Mexico center decided that for the most part it no longer made sense to maintain the height of their forwards to press and instead they would look to sit in midfield to protect the center again and particularly when Montiel pushed further up the right side, the poor They identified this region as the area with the most space and he was often able to receive in this region getting the second most touches. for Argentina, but now that Argentina has one less man in the midfield, Mexico could put pressure again and could now be one of the Fords that would look to attack DePaul knowing that they still had a lot of cover, alternatively, the Mexican midfield was again effective to move With the widest central midfielder entering the pool, the others were covered, meaning DePaul often operated under pressure and already had limited passing options, making progression down Argentina's preferred right side much more difficult, so the pivot has fallen. being the third man, so neither of Mexico's two forwards are looking to press as aggressively as they did before with the midfield 3 still quite deep, means that space has opened up in the wide regions for Argentina and the poor people identify this as a region. to collect the ball, but as soon as he receives it, a Mexican midfielder is ready to press him looking to force him back or even recover the ball and in this match we had occasionally seen Di María have success one on one against his full back.

Akuna on the left side was struggling to provide any offensive threat, so by having three defenders we could see Montiel push further up the right side and Di María could now move to the left side to hit. Argentina were more threatening down that flank but again this was to no avail and even as we saw Argentina look to use a wide overload pushing their wide center back and forwards up to support the lack of half space. The runners and Mexico The five at the back meant that even if there had been a substitution there was no qualitative advantage and these One Against One situations make it much less useful, but Mexico will be disappointed with how the goal came about, as discussed throughout of the 90s, had been so effective. in moving to make passes to the free midfielder almost impossible, however for the goal they did not get the right angles, giving Messi the opportunity to attack, so the Mexican midfielder 3 is changing to cover the wide regions as always as he looks to make this pass back to the center almost impossible but here they haven't gotten the angles right meaning a pass can go too messy and he produces an outstanding finish overall it was the win Argentina needed but not I would. fill many with confidence, however the beauty of knockout football is that it only takes a short period of form to go deep, so these things can change at any time for the manager.

Tactical results. Argentina was lukewarm at times, although it was able to protect its own. Quite well-intentioned goal Scalone wins a four Mexico sought not to lose and their tactics were only surpassed by two gray goals, however, they did not exist in the attacking bird, so Martina only wins a five, but what do you think of the coaches who do they drop it? below I hope you enjoyed this video and if you did, you might enjoy the content available on my patreon. Patreon not only helps support the continued production of content, since I'm a one-man team, but it also gives you early access to the videos. that will come on the channel, you'll also get exclusive videos, you'll be able to vote in polls and much more, and it's cheaper than ever to no longer have a tier system so everyone on patreon has access to all the content, so head over to patreon. com Football is easy to check out and a special thanks to my latest sponsors, Justin Robinson, one, two, bagat, Constantinos and Caesar, but that's all for today and remember, keep it simple.