Klaus wrote:
This seems to happen mostly when he plays for the national team though, and I think part of the issue is that Argentina are so simple. Di Maria will run up and down the flank for 90 minutes and that's pretty much as advanced as their combination play will get. There's no real connection between the midfield and the attack unless Messi takes it upon himself to drop deep and perform that role, but then he won't be up front where he should be of course.
They are a far cry from the side that scored this goal:
That goal is a thing of stunning beauty, loved it then, love it now.
Argentina can certainly pass it better, they are all above average footballers. They just don't have that combination play though. Too many individuals trying to do too much. They will be a much better team if they get some team effort into their attack as they will isolate individual players from the opposition against Messi much more.
