Argentina

Name	Pos	Age	Height	Foot	Team	Status
N.Guzmán	GK	31	191	right	Tigres UANL
W.Caballero	GK	36	186	right	Chelsea
F.Armani	GK	32	189	right	River Plate
N.Otamendi	DEF	30	183	right	Manchester City
F.Fazio	DEF	31	195	right	Tottenham Hotspur
M. Rojo	DEF	28	187	left	Manchester United
C.Ansaldi	DEF	31	181	left	Internazionale
N.Tagliafico	DEF	25	169	left	Ajax
G.Mercado	DEF	31	180	right	Sevilla
M.Meza	MID	25	180	right	Independiente
É.Banega	MID	29	174	right	Sevilla
L.Biglia	MID	32	178	right	Milan
G.Celso	MID	22	177	left	PSG
M.Lanzini	MID	25	170	right	West Ham United	Inj OUT
E.Perez	MID	32	177	right	River Plate	Repl IN
J.Mascherano	MID	33	174	right	Hebei CFFC
M.Acuña	MID	26	172	left	Sporting CP
E.Salvio	ATT	27	173	right	Benfica
Á. Di María	ATT	30	180	left	PSG
C.Pavón	ATT	22	167	right	Boca Juniors
L. Messi	ATT	30	170	left	Barcelona
G.Higuaín	ATT	30	184	right	Juventus
P.Dybala	ATT	24	177	left	Juventus
S.Agüero	ATT	29	173	right	Manchester City

World Cup 2018 – Group D

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	7	1	6	9
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1

Players to Watch

Leo Messi

In probably his last chance to win the World Cup, Leo Messi is expected to lead the “Albiceleste” to silverware, bringing back home the only major trophy missing from his collection. (Photo: Reuters)

Javier Mascherano

As the most experienced player in this Argentina squad, “El jeffecito” is expected to rally the troops in the last World Cup of his career. (Image Source: Getty / JUAN MABROMATA)

Sergio Aguero

Kun Aguero’s versatility and composure will prove crucial in Argentina’s journey throughout the competition. (Photo: Reuters)

Jorge Sampaoli

Among the talented and visionaries of his generation, Jorge Sampaoli is expected to deliver results managing one of the most talented teams of the World Cup. (Photo: Reuters)

Passing UPIs

full_name	POS	assists	creativity	inbox	tospace	toadvpos	intel	tunnel	cross	long	short	promposs	constr
N.Otamendi	DEF	30	60	63	54	94	66	97	71	83	98	98	96
F.Fazio	DEF	46	46	36	47	61	48	91	62	62	90	85	82
M. Rojo	DEF	90	61	58	86	78	30	92	80	92	92	94	92
C.Ansaldi	DEF	73	59	79	45	49	63	52	90	61	57	52	51
N.Tagliafico	DEF	58	60	65	75	83	80	75	52	49	81	86	78
G.Mercado	DEF	46	47	50	30	59	71	80	62	52	83	79	72
É.Banega	MID	68	78	83	80	93	82	87	45	89	89	94	90
L.Biglia	MID	29	64	75	57	95	62	92	80	83	94	93	95
G.Celso	MID	77	89	89	83	93	81	94	66	85	93	92	93
M.Lanzini	MID	95	66	85	59	91	77	72	64	71	79	87	81
J.Mascherano	MID	71	67	63	84	70	63	82	20	82	77	78	80
M.Acuña	MID	79	59	74	70	64	61	51	74	52	67	59	58
M.Meza	MID	83	70	62	61	66	61	59	51	66	63	60	64
E.Salvio	ATT	73	78	79	82	71	80	56	49	55	70	64	64
Á. Di María	ATT	95	77	70	76	70	72	52	69	56	63	47	57
C.Pavón	ATT	90	77	84	64	64	71	49	67	57	58	57	56
L. Messi	ATT	97	92	96	87	89	83	70	52	75	71	77	78
G.Higuaín	ATT	77	70	59	70	55	68	58	46	75	44	38	53
P.Dybala	ATT	76	70	78	68	84	70	73	65	82	73	62	79
S.Agüero	ATT	86	66	88	78	70	80	50	79	43	53	52	54

Passing Productivity

player_name	position	inbox	tospace	toadvpos	intel	tunnel	cross	long	short	promposs
N.Otamendi	DEF	42	54	95	57	99	38	82	99	99
F.Fazio	DEF	39	55	80	46	95	41	79	90	90
M. Rojo	DEF	43	73	87	30	91	53	99	89	98
C.Ansaldi	DEF	90	50	66	60	60	96	87	47	61
N.Tagliafico	DEF	60	63	77	76	71	60	56	82	86
G.Mercado	DEF	49	30	68	46	77	65	67	78	82
M.Meza	MID	77	77	66	79	68	62	54	71	53
É.Banega	MID	94	97	99	97	97	53	95	99	99
L.Biglia	MID	62	59	96	53	97	57	79	97	90
G.Celso	MID	92	94	95	97	98	53	79	98	94
M.Lanzini	MID	84	68	86	92	74	62	46	87	81
J.Mascherano	MID	81	90	90	67	89	20	90	89	90
M.Acuña	MID	91	75	74	66	63	94	63	67	65
E.Salvio	ATT	76	80	52	87	56	65	39	73	50
Á. Di María	ATT	96	97	64	96	70	95	60	77	53
C.Pavón	ATT	93	70	48	80	66	89	42	71	49
L. Messi	ATT	99	99	93	99	74	60	74	86	85
G.Higuaín	ATT	58	79	45	79	46	49	50	37	35
P.Dybala	ATT	78	77	69	89	73	64	62	76	49
S.Agüero	ATT	78	80	40	90	42	65	34	50	41

Passing Efficiency

player_name	position	inbox	tospace	toadvpos	intel	tunnel	cross	long	short	promposs
N.Otamendi	DEF	77	55	94	73	97	94	84	98	98
F.Fazio	DEF	35	43	49	50	89	77	51	90	82
M. Rojo	DEF	68	96	72	30	93	99	88	94	92
C.Ansaldi	DEF	73	43	39	66	47	87	44	65	46
N.Tagliafico	DEF	69	84	87	83	78	47	45	81	86
G.Mercado	DEF	52	30	54	88	83	61	42	87	77
M.Meza	MID	53	51	67	50	54	44	74	58	65
É.Banega	MID	77	69	89	72	81	40	85	83	92
L.Biglia	MID	84	56	95	69	90	96	87	93	96
G.Celso	MID	88	76	92	71	92	75	90	91	91
M.Lanzini	MID	87	53	95	68	72	66	88	75	91
J.Mascherano	MID	51	80	58	61	78	20	78	69	70
M.Acuña	MID	63	67	58	58	43	62	45	67	56
E.Salvio	ATT	81	84	84	76	56	39	67	68	74
Á. Di María	ATT	54	62	75	56	41	53	54	54	44
C.Pavón	ATT	79	60	76	65	38	53	68	50	63
L. Messi	ATT	94	80	87	73	68	47	77	61	73
G.Higuaín	ATT	61	65	62	61	66	45	92	49	41
P.Dybala	ATT	78	63	94	58	74	66	96	72	72
S.Agüero	ATT	95	77	91	74	56	89	49	56	60

Offensive UPIs

full_name	POS	off_prod	cre_cha	prom_sit	key_touch	pt_ref	supp	comb_pl	runs	ab_bl	off_cont	off1vs1	dng_pos	sht	fin	hea_conv	ret_pos
G.Mercado	DEF	41	49	41	59	47	78	30	39	50	49	63	57	55	30	30	88
N.Otamendi	DEF	40	36	43	58	62	99	30	56	62	66	64	30	53	70	86	96
F.Fazio	DEF	44	43	44	41	54	86	29	36	51	70	57	29	45	65	67	79
M. Rojo	DEF	38	48	55	47	62	89	30	41	44	76	74	50	41	30	30	92
C.Ansaldi	DEF	96	72	71	60	62	56	53	84	79	93	90	29	70	50	29	39
N.Tagliafico	DEF	52	62	57	57	54	79	24	60	68	74	52	24	32	45	24	78
É.Banega	MID	85	87	61	56	86	98	76	80	77	79	80	68	67	57	30	48
L.Biglia	MID	46	63	56	31	61	96	29	41	64	66	69	29	46	44	29	82
G.Celso	MID	82	83	58	66	76	97	69	94	88	90	86	28	82	72	93	73
M.Meza	MID	92	90	77	86	72	73	66	86	81	80	73	77	64	73	25	42
M.Lanzini	MID	83	91	77	71	81	81	63	90	87	78	70	72	84	66	30	74
J.Mascherano	MID	53	79	20	47	53	89	20	20	61	66	67	20	46	20	20	56
M.Acuña	MID	89	61	67	70	71	76	70	70	77	71	75	73	55	65	27	39
E.Salvio	ATT	93	83	93	94	75	77	78	86	78	68	65	82	84	81	82	43
Á. Di María	ATT	96	95	98	98	80	91	89	89	87	81	75	83	85	88	82	39
C.Pavón	ATT	93	92	78	92	81	82	86	87	84	74	76	76	68	72	25	37
L. Messi	ATT	99	99	97	99	81	91	88	96	95	94	91	86	91	90	30	43
G.Higuaín	ATT	84	68	94	92	64	38	80	83	77	60	70	73	87	91	69	65
P.Dybala	ATT	93	87	93	86	81	84	93	81	83	82	74	80	87	90	29	49
S.Agüero	ATT	92	93	98	99	70	56	85	89	73	76	77	78	91	95	80	73

Offensive Productivity

player_name	position	comb_pl_prod	off_cont_prod	off1vs1_prod	sht_prod
N.Otamendi	DEF	30	35	38	56
F.Fazio	DEF	29	45	50	40
M. Rojo	DEF	30	42	37	43
C.Ansaldi	DEF	58	94	96	64
N.Tagliafico	DEF	24	60	53	34
G.Mercado	DEF	30	40	35	54
M.Meza	MID	64	94	93	78
É.Banega	MID	57	92	87	72
L.Biglia	MID	29	54	48	50
G.Celso	MID	52	86	78	81
M.Lanzini	MID	62	85	84	81
J.Mascherano	MID	20	54	55	49
M.Acuña	MID	78	89	88	66
E.Salvio	ATT	91	91	93	91
Á. Di María	ATT	98	83	88	97
C.Pavón	ATT	94	88	92	84
L. Messi	ATT	99	99	99	99
G.Higuaín	ATT	95	86	84	95
P.Dybala	ATT	97	94	91	97
S.Agüero	ATT	99	89	89	99

Offensive Efficiency

player_name	position	comb_pl_eff	off_cont_eff	off1vs1_eff	sht_eff
N.Otamendi	DEF	30	86	82	51
F.Fazio	DEF	29	86	62	48
M. Rojo	DEF	30	99	99	40
C.Ansaldi	DEF	49	92	86	73
N.Tagliafico	DEF	24	84	51	31
G.Mercado	DEF	30	55	82	56
M.Meza	MID	67	71	60	54
É.Banega	MID	89	70	76	63
L.Biglia	MID	29	75	83	43
G.Celso	MID	80	93	92	82
M.Lanzini	MID	63	73	61	86
J.Mascherano	MID	20	74	75	44
M.Acuña	MID	65	59	66	48
E.Salvio	ATT	70	53	46	79
Á. Di María	ATT	83	79	67	77
C.Pavón	ATT	80	65	65	58
L. Messi	ATT	81	90	86	85
G.Higuaín	ATT	69	43	61	82
P.Dybala	ATT	90	74	62	80
S.Agüero	ATT	75	67	69	85

Defensive UPIs

full_name	POS	def_prod	def_wrk	slp_pl	vs_opp	def_cont	def1vs1	def_spc	antic	retriev	def_high	press	key_retr	def_deep	rem_dng	posagsh	Aerial Presence	exp	liab	yc
G.Mercado	DEF	89	79	52	81	91	91	74	81	90	54	47	65	85	81	90	82	83	48	49
N.Otamendi	DEF	82	74	47	71	90	72	67	68	98	52	33	50	78	83	82	96	69	61	49
F.Fazio	DEF	97	77	44	67	88	61	79	92	95	63	36	64	86	88	88	98	83	44	72
M. Rojo	DEF	90	77	37	54	84	30	67	91	97	44	49	30	79	87	73	92	78	30	36
C.Ansaldi	DEF	61	64	51	70	81	69	80	69	62	68	64	86	76	79	55	34	94	43	53
N.Tagliafico	DEF	86	83	83	73	83	78	70	82	88	57	37	66	67	65	64	92	73	78	42
É.Banega	MID	49	67	83	69	77	71	75	51	81	95	60	91	60	50	48	42	82	52	49
L.Biglia	MID	79	81	78	77	73	77	83	87	87	97	49	87	78	63	88	62	84	85	58
G.Celso	MID	66	71	60	85	94	77	75	60	87	96	72	77	64	53	47	55	89	49	71
M.Meza	MID	53	59	87	68	56	68	64	49	60	83	72	88	43	55	25	63	49	66	80
M.Lanzini	MID	41	52	57	47	50	54	63	52	60	95	53	76	47	32	43	32	67	84	57
J.Mascherano	MID	55	66	72	62	53	80	69	56	87	85	36	53	52	59	20	63	77	71	40
M.Acuña	MID	58	66	92	73	80	66	69	59	62	82	79	74	56	59	41	38	70	83	47
E.Salvio	ATT	48	53	67	59	67	42	68	54	48	87	80	90	47	43	45	39	53	83	65
Á. Di María	ATT	32	37	32	58	46	39	56	40	41	81	93	83	40	34	45	33	42	88	94
C.Pavón	ATT	34	41	51	48	45	43	47	38	39	66	63	52	36	37	25	51	45	83	78
L. Messi	ATT	30	35	44	58	63	69	59	33	35	71	85	74	47	31	30	38	79	95	89
G.Higuaín	ATT	32	43	71	58	44	76	55	38	36	61	94	64	47	55	29	47	57	88	79
P.Dybala	ATT	31	40	57	62	43	53	52	37	43	70	91	82	33	30	29	37	39	90	95
S.Agüero	ATT	31	40	73	52	34	54	50	32	32	55	94	76	39	34	30	47	54	30	90

Defensive Productivity

player_name	position	def_cont_prod	def1vs1_prod	posagsh_prod	aer_prod
N.Otamendi	DEF	84	81	79	89
F.Fazio	DEF	79	42	88	97
M. Rojo	DEF	89	30	73	79
C.Ansaldi	DEF	82	93	55	33
N.Tagliafico	DEF	87	89	61	80
G.Mercado	DEF	94	88	91	82
M.Meza	MID	47	69	25	74
É.Banega	MID	74	92	48	38
L.Biglia	MID	89	61	87	53
G.Celso	MID	97	94	47	42
M.Lanzini	MID	45	53	45	30
J.Mascherano	MID	64	86	20	50
M.Acuña	MID	84	61	41	47
E.Salvio	ATT	61	40	45	36
Á. Di María	ATT	38	39	45	28
C.Pavón	ATT	39	48	25	43
L. Messi	ATT	37	41	30	32
G.Higuaín	ATT	37	58	29	41
P.Dybala	ATT	40	37	29	31
S.Agüero	ATT	32	38	30	44

Defensive Efficiency

player_name	position	def_cont_eff	def1vs1_eff	posagsh_eff	aer_eff
N.Otamendi	DEF	95	67	85	95
F.Fazio	DEF	94	75	89	97
M. Rojo	DEF	81	30	73	95
C.Ansaldi	DEF	81	54	55	34
N.Tagliafico	DEF	81	71	66	91
G.Mercado	DEF	89	94	90	79
M.Meza	MID	62	68	25	54
É.Banega	MID	79	57	48	44
L.Biglia	MID	63	88	90	70
G.Celso	MID	92	67	48	70
M.Lanzini	MID	54	55	42	30
J.Mascherano	MID	46	77	20	72
M.Acuña	MID	78	70	41	40
E.Salvio	ATT	72	44	45	46
Á. Di María	ATT	52	40	45	28
C.Pavón	ATT	49	41	25	59
L. Messi	ATT	81	88	30	41
G.Higuaín	ATT	50	88	29	52
P.Dybala	ATT	46	65	29	38
S.Agüero	ATT	36	66	30	51

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