Argentina have won the World Cup for only the third time in their history with a stubborn penalty shootout victory over defending champions France at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Argentina’s overall performance in this World Cup is good. Now let’s talk about Lautaro, Argentina’s most expensive player in this World Cup.
It should be said that before the game I was not optimistic about Lautaro, I felt that Lautaro has no body, no speed and no technology, Lautaro and Italy’s former striker Inzaghi is similar, are the hot point type, such a striker in the situation of VR video referee is difficult, as expected in the first game, Lautaro on 2 goals were judged offside, especially the second ball, In the old days it would have been impossible to call offside.Expert predictions.
After losing to Saudi Arabia in the first game, Argentina’s coach changed his squad against Mexico in the second game, but Lautaro and Di Maria still started. If Lautaro was not used to the video referee in the first game, Lautaro was completely out of his game and replaced him with Alvarez early in the second half, which made Lautaro lose his starting position completely.
The third match of the group stage, Argentina against Poland, this time the starting of Argentina has been basically decided, Lautaro and Di Maria were replaced by Alvarez, Enzo, because Argentina early 2-0 lead, Lautaro substitute, come up a single goal.
In the knockout match against Australia, Argentina lead 2-0 early, the coach put on Lautaro to adjust the form, but this time Lautaro again missed the goal chance, which is why Messi did not assist the reason.
Then against the Netherlands, Argentina again 2-0 lead, the head coach or according to schedule to replace Lautaro, did not expect just on the pitch was the Netherlands into a goal, the last moment also was the Netherlands equaliser, extra time Lautaro again missed the chance to score, the only role is the penalty shootout key penalty.
In the semi-final against Croatia, Argentina were 3-0 up. This time the coach did not bring on Laetaro to find his form because he knew that he was not going to let the substitutes play in the World Cup, and those substitutes might not have a chance to play in the World Cup. The coach brought on a lot of players who had not played before, such as Dybala, who came on and passed a good ball to McAllister. Too bad McAllister didn’t catch it.
The final against France, Argentina and 2-0 lead, this time the head coach dare not find the state on Lautaro, after all, this is the competition for the championship, but did not expect the final moment or France equalized the score, extra time again thought of Lautaro, Lautaro or as before many missed the chance, fortunately, Lautaro shot at the last moment did not hit the fly, which gave Messi the opportunity to make up, It was probably the only thing Lautaro did right.
Lautaro deserves the most credit for Argentina winning the World Cup. If it were not for his poor performance in the first two games, the manager would not have taken him, and it would not have been possible for Alvarez to score the last four goals. Seriously, by the time Lautaro starts in the knockout games, Argentina might have gone home long ago.