Most sides have a pretty definable all-time xi, perhaps save a couple of positions at most, but Argentina? Their xi is a mess with several DIFFICULT PERSONALITIES, who, outside of names on paper, could just never co-exist in the same xi, right?
Passarella; Di Stefano; Maradona, Moreno and Messi... two of them hated each other, and four from the five of them would rightfully expect the team to be built around them. Unless there's a Brazil '70 scenario going on, one, two or even three of them, would have to be omitted to create a functional team, wouldn't you say?
On paper:
----------------------------------------Moreno
-----------------------------------------------------------Messi
---------------------Maradona
----------------------------------------------Di Stefano
------------------------------Monti
---------------------------------------------Mascherano
Marzolini----------------------------------------------------------------Zanetti
-------------------------Passarella--------Ayala
---------------------------------------Fillol
Even if you take out Moreno for Batistuta or Kempes, not much changes; the team has too many ridiculously strong egos and figures with barely any comprehension of sharing a spotlight equally with anyone else - it could even be argued that to get the best out of the individual superstars, they need this to be the case.
Moreno and Di Stefano shone together at River, but Di Stefano wasn't Di Stefano yet; Messi also proved he could function with great players such as Xavi, Ronaldinho, Iniesta and Neymar, but none of them are going to take over everything, like Maradona did, so how would things pan out? What, for you, would be a functional Argentina all-time xi, and why?
Passarella; Di Stefano; Maradona, Moreno and Messi... two of them hated each other, and four from the five of them would rightfully expect the team to be built around them. Unless there's a Brazil '70 scenario going on, one, two or even three of them, would have to be omitted to create a functional team, wouldn't you say?
On paper:
----------------------------------------Moreno
-----------------------------------------------------------Messi
---------------------Maradona
----------------------------------------------Di Stefano
------------------------------Monti
---------------------------------------------Mascherano
Marzolini----------------------------------------------------------------Zanetti
-------------------------Passarella--------Ayala
---------------------------------------Fillol
Even if you take out Moreno for Batistuta or Kempes, not much changes; the team has too many ridiculously strong egos and figures with barely any comprehension of sharing a spotlight equally with anyone else - it could even be argued that to get the best out of the individual superstars, they need this to be the case.
Moreno and Di Stefano shone together at River, but Di Stefano wasn't Di Stefano yet; Messi also proved he could function with great players such as Xavi, Ronaldinho, Iniesta and Neymar, but none of them are going to take over everything, like Maradona did, so how would things pan out? What, for you, would be a functional Argentina all-time xi, and why?
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