Given that Argentina were beaten in their opening match of the Copa America, the biggest fixture of the two on Wednesday night will have to be their one against Paraguay, which forms the second match of an important evening.
Both teams head into the contest looking for their first win of the tournament so this clash in Belo Horizonte is huge for both teams. All eyes will be on Argentina to see if they can get up and running or if the negatives over them heading into the campaign was justified.
Argentina
I was unsure about the prospects of Argentina in this tournament before a ball was kicked in it and they did nothing to ease my concerns in their opening match when they delivered a very sluggish looking performance. Their key players were unable to impact the contest and the issues they have had defensively came back to haunt them eventually, albeit they went behind to something of a wonder strike.
I want to see much more from the attacking dynamic of this Argentina side in this match. They need to win the game anyway for their position in the tournament as much as anything but I want to see a really good, dominant performance to get their confidence up and indeed my confidence in them because I have absolutely zero faith in them from a defensive standpoint I have to say.
Paraguay
I must admit I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Paraguay heading into the tournament so in a way I wasn’t surprised with what I saw. I thought they looked very spritely early on but you could tell they are a side not used to winning because when the pressure was put on them by Qatar in the second half, they got deeper and deeper and ultimately paid the price when they should have been pushing up and controlling the football.
They will need to tighten up a little defensively in this match but if they play with a little more freedom because they are the underdogs in the encounter it might serve them well as they will not be quite so intense should they go in front. The one thing they did show in the draw with Qatar is that they have the attacking options at their disposal which was a concern heading in.
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Argentina have plenty of options available to them if they want to freshen things up. Paulo Dybala, Matias Suarez and Ricardo Pereyra are just three of the options. Sergio Aguero has come under fire after another blank and could be replaced.
Paraguay may well decide to reward Derlis Gonzalez with a start after he came off the bench to put them 2-0 up against Qatar in their opening match of the tournament. Newcastle United fans should get to see Miguel Almiron once again.
Betting
I don’t trust Argentina. I didn’t trust them before the tournament and I don’t trust them after their defeat to Colombia either. I’m not convinced I trust Paraguay to win the game though after seeing them look like a side who have forgotten how to win in their first game. A handicap on Paraguay tempts me but they might need to find the back of the net for that to land so I’ll just back them to do that instead.
Paraguay might have had some issues getting over the line in recent times but there seemingly isn’t as much of a difficulty in finding the net and as I highlighted heading into the competition and before their first game, Argentina are not as strong as you would like them to be defensively. With that in mind the 10/11 that Paraguay score could be the best bet in this contest.
Tips
WON – Back Paraguay – Over 0.5 goals for a 4/10 stake at 1.91 with BetVictor
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