Saturday, 30 June 2018

Ever Banega the key to freeing up Lionel Messi, rescuing Argentina's World Cup

From the lineups, to the use of VAR, to Marcos Rojo's winner, the FC crew examine all the talking points following Argentina's 2-1 win over Nigeria. The ESPN FC team answer your tweets on the varying definitions of a handball, Paulo Dybala's substitute role and Gonzalo Higuain's shortcomings. Former Argentina striker Hernan Crespo has hope that Argentina will have a chance at beating France on Saturday. At the end of Argentina's pre-match news conference, Ever Banega got up and promptly walked out of the wrong door. He was quickly guided in the correct direction but the episode raised a smile given that, at this critical juncture in the World Cup, Banega is the man charged with directing La Albiceleste's traffic to the intended destination. Banega was brought in from the cold to smooth out Argentina's transitions against Nigeria and promptly produced exactly what Jorge Sampaoli wanted: a beautifully-flighted,...

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