The unexpected news that Messi received hours before playing against the Netherlands
There are less than three days to go before the duel for the quarterfinals, and in the preview they have great news.
The Argentine National Team has already left Australia behind and will now face, this Friday from 4:00 p.m., the Netherlands for the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. The cast led by Lionel Scaloni comes from beating the 'Socceros' 2-1 , while the Europeans eliminated the United States 3-1. While Lois Van Gaal plans the game, Lionel Scaloni does the same.
After having between three and four days off, the Albiceleste had a margin of six days between the round of 16 and the quarterfinals, something that happens for the first time in the championship and is very useful for the coach, who in a press conference he had complained precisely about the little time they had to recover their directed after the comparisons.
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In addition to this positive item, this Tuesday another was added, since the Argentine technical director recovered a player who had been in discomfort. As reported by sports journalist Arturo Bulián on TNT Sports, Ángel Di María trained alongside the group. The Juventus player had left due to a problem against Poland and against Australia he did not even play, since they took care of him.
The 'Noodle' is recovering from an overload in the quadriceps that did not allow him to play the aforementioned round of 16 match. For his part, Alejandro Gómez did not have the same luck, since he has a sprained ankle that he suffered in the last game against the Oceania team and we will have to wait and see how he evolves in the quarterfinals.
The antecedents of Argentina and the Netherlands in the World Cups
The confrontation between these two teams could already be considered a classic. In total, they played five times, where there are two Dutch victories, two draws and one Argentine victory. In Germany 1974, Cruyff's old Netherlands thrashed 4-1. Four years later there was revenge and Albieleste won the final 3-1. In 1998, A Clockwork Orange knocked them out in the quarterfinals 2-1, in 2006 they closed group F in Germany 0-0 and in Brazil 2014 the same result occurred, but Alejandro Sabella's men went to the final on penalties.
