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Jorge Sampaoli News
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A serial meddler with selections and positioning, Jorge Sampaoli sprang a surprise by dropping Gonzalo Higuain from the starting line-up.
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Argentina faced a crushing 0-3 defeat from Croatia, after which news of their coach being sacked started surfacing.
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"We have to make our goal five games to reach the final. Tomorrow will be the first final," Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli said.
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Argentina is hungry for a win after tying 1-1 with Iceland, in which Argentina's superstar forward Messi failed to convert a penalty and went the entire match without scoring a goal.
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Gabriel Mercado said coach Jorge Sampaoli's squad "is convinced about what's ahead," referring to the match with Group D leader Croatia.
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Despite his disappointment, Sampaoli said he was heartened to see how much Messi wanted to win the game and how committed his superstar is to the national team.
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"I do not think this will be his last World Cup," Sampaoli said of his captain after announcing the starting 11 for Saturday's World Cup opener against Iceland.
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Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli revealed his starting line-up in a news conference.
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West Ham's Argentine midfielder Manuel Lanzini will miss the World Cup after injuring a knee during training in Spain, the Argentine football federation said Friday.
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Muscle problems had kept Messi out of the friendly against Italy on Friday, and although Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said in the pre-match press conference on Tuesday that the Barça star was set to play, Messi`s name did not appear on the AFA website, reports Efe.
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Five-time Ballon d`Or winner Messi has led Barcelona to 30 domestic and European trophies during a stellar career but is yet to win a major trophy with the national team, apart from a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics.
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Argentina struggled throughout the South American qualifying campaign, only securing a World Cup place in the last match against Ecuador in October with a Lionel Messi-inspired 3-1 victory in Quito.
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Sampaoli has been installed to kick-start the two-time world champions` ailing South American campaign where they lag outside the automatic qualifying positions in fifth spot with four games left.
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Sevilla remain third, just a point behind Real Madrid, who also have a game in hand on their title rivals.
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Leicester have lost six of their last eight games in all competitions, culminating in an embarrassing FA Cup elimination to third-tier Millwall on Saturday.
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a Cristiano Ronaldo-less Real looked set for defeat for the first time in eight months Sevilla lead 3-1 inside the final 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile Ter Stegen`s knee injury means Claudio Bravo will continue in goal.
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The presence of Chile's star footballers, midfielder Arturo Vidal and forward Alexis Sanchez, in the first match of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers is not certain, head coach Jorge Sampaoli has announced.
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