The Argentine coach who led Ecuador already knows what it is to play against the Dutch team, achieving a historic tie, and now he wants the gaucho team to end up defeating them in the quarterfinals
An exciting duel is coming between Argentina Y Netherlands for the quarterfinals of Qatar World Cup 2022Y Gustavo Alfaro could be key in this commitment. The Argentine coach who led the South American team has already faced the tough team led by Louis van Gaal, and knows how to repel their attacks and break their defensive lines.
Let’s remember that Ecuador was close to winning against dutch national team but it only reached him for a valuable tie that would have served if he had equalized at least with Senegal. Even so, it was an important achievement for the gaucho coach and the tricolor team. Now it is Alfaro who can give the keys so that Argentina I beat the Netherlands.
Alfaro’s first two tips for Argentina to defeat the Netherlands
The former Boca Juniors coach begins by pointing out a “Mirror Scheme” that is based on the following. With this we seek that they could not generate their game through the center of the field. The idea is to be closed and cause them to play on the outside with the ball under control”. Basically Ecuador played with two lines of 5 that defended as a block and counterattacked quickly.
Immediately afterwards, the idea was for Ecuador to have the ball and play control football. “Having good-footed footballers on the field to overcome rival pressure. We had to take De Jong and not let him grow and with our forwards try to put pressure on the midfielders so that the center-backs are the ones who handle the ball” said Alfaro.
Alfaro ends by emphasizing the dead ball and affirms that Argentina has the advantage over the Netherlands
Set pieces are a double-edged sword that the gaucho team could make the most of, explains Alfaro. The Netherlands is a team with good height, which is why we decided to bring in Jackson Porozo. Gakpo has a good footing, the shipments usually go to the near post. Van Dijk is the most dangerous. They are also strong defending set pieces, putting Gakpo at the first post and they line up in the zone with Virgil in the middle and have a goalkeeper who is tall and dominates the area. What did we do? We work the centers at the angle of the small area to look for the advance”.
Finally, the Ecuador coach made an observation regarding the efficiency of the Netherlands. “In terms of effectiveness, there is not much to say. They are usually games with not many situations and you have to take advantage of them. The Netherlands kicked us twice on goal and came with an average of six”. In this way, everything is served so that Lionel Scaloni takes note and can get a positive result.
