Unstoppable, the reason why Nico Gonzalez should be a starter in Argentina

Outside forward Nicolás González has a good chance of starting tomorrow's match against Paraguay in the third round of the South American qualifiers, which Argentina leads along with Brazil with six points each after two victories in September.

As defending World Cup champions, the Argentine national team will have to prove every game that it is the clear favorite to repeat for the fourth time the world senior national team crown and, for this reason, the pressure is greater than when they started with Lionel Scaloni's first cycle at the helm of the Albiceleste team. Taking into account the large number of injured players, there were several surprises in the list of players.

Without the presence of strikers Ángel Di María, Paulo Dybala and, Alejandro Gómez, the appearance and continuity in the starting lineup of the former Argentinos Juniors striker is becoming more and more noticeable. In addition, with Lionel Messi on one flank as a fixed and a center forward, the opposite side of the offensive line is left vacant to be occupied: all the numbers by characteristics and position on the field give Nicolás as the best performer to fill that void.

The reasons why Scaloni must rely on Gonzalez for this and Tuesday's match against Peru

According to the Twitter account @sudanalytics_, in the last 15 official matches that the Argentine played for Fiorentina, together with his compatriot Lucas Beltrán, his performance is sublime and deserves to be mentioned from now until the end of his career: he scored 11 goals and provided three assists. His opponents who suffered were the following: Internazionale, Basel, West Ham, Sassuolo, Lecce, Rapid Vienna, Napoli, Cagliari, Ferencvaros, Atalanta and Frosinone, respectively. On the other hand, the only three games in which the South American striker did not play a role in the final result were against Austria, Milan and, Genk. Does the coach know these statistics to call him up or did he call him up because of his past performances in the national team?