Indonesia vs Argentina, the colors of the Tango team remain the same without Messi

The Indonesian national team is ready to face the 2022 World Cup champion, in the FIFA Matchday match Indonesia vs Argentina, at the Bung Karno Main Stadium, Monday (19/6/2023) evening WIB. Ahead of the match, the two coaches spoke about Lionel Messi being absent for the Tango team.

The coach of the Indonesian national team, Shin Tae-yong, alluded to the rotation of the Argentine national team which will be carried out by the tactician of the Tango team, Lionel Scaloni. According to him, whatever rotation is done by Argentina, and even without Messi, the world champions are still a great team and have character.

“Even though the rotation is actually the same. In the Argentina team now there are no players who play in their own league, but all the players are indeed players who have careers abroad,” said Shin Tae-yong in a press conference, Sunday (18/6/ 2023).

“So, even if one or two players leave this team, the team’s color will not change and because it’s a really good team even though Messi and Di Maria are not there, it’s still the best team in the world,” said the coach from South Korea.

Not only Messi, other Argentine national team stars namely Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Otamendi will also be absent in the match against Indonesia later. Coach Lionel Scaloni decided to give the three players an early holiday.

A number of Agentina national team players have light training at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Sunday 18 June 2023. The Indonesia vs Argentina national team match will take place at the GBK Stadium on Monday (19/6) evening. The match against Indonesia is a series of the Asian Tour undertaken by Argentina on the FIFA Matchday this June.

The reason is, Messi, Di Maria, and Otamendi have gone through a very busy season with their respective clubs in Europe.

“Messi and Di Maria, Otamendi and others need to rest and they need to train for the other Argentina games, whoever the players are. enjoy Just fight later,” said Scaloni.

Regarding the rotation that is planned to be carried out, Scaloni also said that this would not change the character of the Tango team.

“Every minute there are changes that are important to make and there are many things that need to be followed from these changes. There are many new people, that doesn’t mean changing the color of Argentina’s game,” explained the 45-year-old coach.

Even without Messi, the Tango team squad brought to Indonesia still contains many star players who have appeared in Europe such as Alexis Mac Allister, Leandro Paredes, Alejandro Garnacho, Rodrigo de Paul, to Enzo Fernandez who is the best young player at the 2023 World Cup .

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