http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Venezuela-c3039 vs. Argentina – Player Ratings for Argentina (Part 2)
Faustino Marcos Alberto Rojo – 7
While Sergio Batista was in charge of the Argentinean team, the young http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Zanetti-c18096 being the first choice left back, Rojo barely got the chance to impress throughout
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Batista-c7379’s reign as manager of the Argentinean team. He did get the call-up but he was rarely played by the Argentinean boss. This time with Sabella being in charge, he made sure that he calls up Rojo for the Argentinean side. It seems quite obvious that Sabella
now looks forward to making a team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. That is the reason why the new Argentinean manager calls up younger players who will be available for the Argentinean team after three years. Javier Zanetti did not feature for the Argentinean
team and neither did Esteben Cambiasso. Alberto Rojo had a good game for the Argentinean side. Despite being young, he showed that he can be a good left back if he is given time on the pitch. He was not only phenomenal at the back; his runs forward caused
havoc in the Venezuelan defence. His crosses were well met by the Argentinean side and the Venezuelan right back, Rosario had plenty to worry about as Rojo closed him down and did not give him much space on the ball. It was generally a good performance by
the young Argentinean star.
Nicolas Otamendi – 7
The Porto centre back finally got the call-up he deserved. Despite being playing for the Portuguese side for such a long time, he never really interested the national coach of the Argentinean team. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-Maradona-c11160 played him but he never really made it to
the first team. Later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Batista didn’t give the chance to shine with the Argentinean side. However, Sabella made sure that Otamendi gets to play for the Argentinean side and it really did pay off as he scored the only and winning goal of the game. Not
only did he get the winning goal, he also had a great game while playing as a centre back. Nicolas Otamendi was made to partner up with the Malaga centre back Martin Demichelis who was also called for the first time after the FIFA World Cup 2010. The two centre
backs had a good game and Nicolas Otamendi alone was quite phenomenal at the back. With a performance like this, Otamendi has definitely booked his place into the Argentinean first team. He proved that his partnership with Martin Demichelis can easily surpass
the former Argentinean centre back partnership of Gabriel Milito and Nicolas Burdisso. Burdisso was quite solid at the back compared to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Milito-c14321 but with Nicolas Otamendi and Martin Demichelis at the back, the Argentinean defence line looks stronger
than before. Nicolas Otamendi helped http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296. He easily headed the ball at the near post to find the back of the net. Besides the goal, he was rock solid at the back and he has definitely
impressed the new coach who will now keep him in the Argentinean first team in order to get the better results.
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