Argentina has had a rough go of it this SheBelieves tournament. They’ve lost both their games, the first one going down 4-1 against Brazil, and the second cruelly losing 1-0 to Canada at the last minute despite doing their best to open up the game and make it end-to-end.
Argentina’s bad night was capped by the announcement that midfielder Lorena Benitez indeed tore her ACL when she had to be stretchered off, and so they’ll be facing the US without one of their most watchable and creative playmakers.
In his press conference the day before the game, Vlatko Andonovski talked about some of the general tactics he expects might come into play:
From the attacking standpoint, they have a very good strong center forwards.