Argentina vs Croatia preview

November 12, 2014
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Argentina vs BosniaBoleyn Ground in London will host an international friendly before full-strength Argentina and what looks like Croatia’s B side.

Former Barcelona boss Gerardo Martino was elected as the man to replace Alejandro Sabella following a very successful World Cup tournament, where los Albicelestes finished as runners up.

Unsurprisingly, the new coach has opted again making major changes to the side, while he finally decided to call Juventus star Carlos Tevez.

The highly rated forward returns after more than three years and seeing as how he is in excellent form at the moment, Tevez can be backed at 2.30 (13/10) to score anytime.

Gerardo Martino has called his strongest side for friendly games against Croatia and Portugal, so no wonder Argentina are just 1.85 (13/20) for a half-time/full-time win.

Carlos Tevez is expected to start up front alongside Angel di Maria and Leo Messi, whilst Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Aguero will be on the bench.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Romero – Zabaleta, Demichelis, Fazio, Ansaldi – Lamela, Mascherano, Biglia – Messi, Tevez, Di Maria.

The match at West Ham’s home ground could have been a perfect opportunity for Croatia to test their skills against one of World’s top sides, but coach Robert Kovac has already decided to leave his star players out of this game.

Namely, Vatreni will take on Italy in an important Euro 2016 qualifier four days later and the boss doesn’t want to risk any of his star players getting injured.

This is why he has decided to field a second-string side that will mostly feature players who don’t have too many caps for the national team.

The likes of Modric, Mandzukic, Rakitic, Perisic and few others will be rested against Argentina, so a big home win appears on the cards.

Barcelona starlet Alen Halilovic should play some part, while 18-year-old defender Tin Jedvaj is tipped to start.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): L. Kalinic – Vrsaljko, Jedvaj, Leskovic, Leovac – Kovacic, Badelj – Antolic, Sharbini, Milic – Cop.

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