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This year's World Cup final championship battle, by the defending champion France against Messi final battle of Argentina, the strength of the two teams in the middle, now both teams belong to the attacking force of strong defense in the middle of the upper team, and the personnel of the two teams also belong to the starting lineup is more reliable, the substitutions of the players have a gap in the situation.
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Argentina has had a hard time in the World Cup, starting with a big mess in the beginning with the defeat to Saudi Arabia, then many of the players who were reliable in the out-of-conference matches were not able to perform, including the main scorer Lautaro Martinez and the main winger DiMaria did not perform as they should have, Argentina was in a very bad situation in the first part of the group stage, and the coach Scaloni kept adjusting the formation, including Papu Gómez and Guido Rodriguez, but the performance was not good enough. The first part of the group stage was very bad, coach Scaloni kept adjusting the formation, including Papu Gómez, Guido Rodriguez, but the performance was not satisfactory, finally in the latter part of the game, they used the young Enzo Fernandez, put him in the center of the field to control the ball, and put MacAllister in the left side, so that the right side of the work of DePaul is relieved to be able to cover the right flank better.
The left back was decided to be Acuña, who has the ability to play in the midfield, entering the midfield after the start of the match to thicken the density and push MacAllister forward, giving enough support to Messi up front after the midfield was stabilized. These changes took shape step by step from the latter part of the group stage to the knockout stage, and were finally completed in the quarterfinals against Croecia. Messi and Alvarez, who is in explosive form, will be paired together, mainly in the midfield density and support each other, and when they want to strengthen the defense, they will send in Lisandro Martinez, who is suitable for the left side of the field, and push Acuña into the middle of the field without having to go back to the defense, which is the main focus of the Argentinean team at the moment.
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France also had a big problem at the beginning of this year's World Cup, a lot of starters were injured and withdrew from the World Cup before the start of the World Cup, so Deschamps had to use the inexperienced Tchouameni, Camavinga and Fofana as the back four, and then in the first group stage against Australia, the star left back Lucas Hernandez was seriously injured, but fortunately his brother Theo Hernandez replaced him and did very well. His brother TheoHernandez replaced him and performed very well. Deschamps put Rabiot in the back and reused him with Tchouameni, forming a good configuration of one attacker and one defender. Rabiot and Griezmann are in the left and right side of the midfield, and both of them have very good passing ability. As a result, France's offense is completely liberated, Mbappe can focus on offense, and Giroud can concentrate on staying in the penalty area to attract the center back to give the back more space, and France's attacking lineup will take shape only in this way.
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Defensively France has not been tested so far, the main center backs Varane and Upamecano have been playing well so far, right back Kounde has been playing very well, he has been able to block the right side of the field from the opponents, and he has been very consistent with the ball forward, Kounde and Varane have had some great performances in crossing the ball from the back field to the front to form a one-touch game. Left back TheoHernandez was also very good, he kept pressing forward, and used his personal breakthrough power to press the opponents all the time, so the opponents couldn't guard Mbappe completely, allowing Mbappe to have relatively free space, after France pressed the opponents with their attacking power, the defense at the back was greatly relieved, and Tcouameni's line guarding the middle of the field was less prone to mistakes.
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When the two teams meet, France should still play in a 4231 formation, with Mbappe on the left as the main attacker, Giroud in the center to hold down the center back, Dembele on the right to use his special rhythm to push forward and pass quickly, and Griezmann in the middle as a free man, who can go to the two wings to support, and also pull back very deeply, using his passing ability to make the French team's formation can push forward quickly. This is especially useful in counterattacks. In the back line, Theo Hernandez presses forward while Kounde defends at the back, but what may change is the position of the back, Deschamps used Forfana to replace Rabiot in the quarterfinals, and the result was not bad. Rabiot is very helpful in offense, while Forfana is more capable of consolidating the backfield. In the face of Argentina, they will have to face Messi, who is the strongest in the front position, and it may be very hard to rely on Tchouameni alone, so it will be important for Deschamps to choose whether to continue to start with the offensive Rabiot, or to send Forfana to consolidate the backfield with the two backs.
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