Soccer followers have expressed their frustration with Argentina beginning Papu Gomez for his or her 2022 FIFA World Cup Spherical of 16 conflict towards Australia.
The 2 groups are set to conflict horns on Saturday (December 3) on the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium within the second last-16 conflict of the match. La Albiceleste have largely caught to the line-up from their 2-0 win over Poland of their remaining Group C conflict. Their solely change has seen Gomez are available for Angel Di Maria.
Di Maria was notably substituted in the course of the second half of the sport towards Poland after selecting up a knock. The Juventus winger recovered in time for the match towards Australia, however needed to accept a spot on the bench.
This meant Gomez, who hasn’t performed since Argentina’s 2-1 defeat to Saudi Arabia of their 2022 FIFA World Cup opener, was handed a beginning berth. Lionel Scaloni’s determination to convey the midfielder again into his XI has not gone down effectively with the followers, with one in every of them writing on Twitter:
“Bruv papa Gomez is unhealthy luck for Argentina… he performed vs Saudi they usually misplaced”
One other tweeted:
“Papu Gomez was AWFUL towards 🇸🇦 Cannot imagine this”
@RoyNemer Papu Gomez was AWFUL towards🇸🇦Cannot imagine this
Listed here are some extra reactions to Gomez’s return to La Albiceleste‘s beginning XI:
Argentina XI vs. Australia: Emiliano Martinez; Marcos Acuna, Nicolas Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina; Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandes, Rodrigo De Paul; Julian Alvarez, Lionel Messi, Papu Gomez.
How has Papu Gomez fare in Argentina’s 2022 FIFA World Cup loss to Saudi Arabia?
Argentina opened their 2022 FIFA World Cup marketing campaign with a shock loss towards Saudi Arabia on November 22. La Albiceleste took the lead by way of a Lionel Messi penalty within the tenth minute, however conceded twice simply after half-time and could not muster a response to lose 2-1.
Papu Gomez began that sport and did not endure too unhealthy an outing on a person stage. The Sevilla star accomplished 22 of his 24 cross makes an attempt whereas profitable 4 fouls and 6 of his 9 duels, whereas additionally recording a sort out and an interception.
He was hauled off within the 58th minute together with his facet trailing and was changed by Julian Alvarez. Gomez hasn’t acquired a single minute on the pitch since then, with Scaloni maintaining him on the bench for the dual 2-0 wins over Mexico and Poland.
