Angel di Maria, is the leadership we need?

Leo Goal!, The soccer blog of the New York Times, an interesting reflection on the role that would Angel di Maria in the selection of Argentina. According to analysts, there are many expectations placed on albisceste for South Africa 2010. And no wonder: if you have a template so completely and with the best player in the world, you can not expect anything to fight for the championship.

The problem is that Maradona should find harmony to the chaos that reigns in his front. For powder should not be. Each of the options that are gunners account Diego formidable. The portfolio is led by Lionel Messi in a state of grace with Barcelona, there is Carlos Tevez, responding with goals in Manchester City; behind it is the Kun Aguero, who began to revive with Atletico. For if need be, we have to elect Gonzalo HIGUIA always compliant, saint of lost causes at the Bernabeu, or how about Lisandro Lopez, promising step by France. Since many teams in the world would like to have even an attacker from this list.

However, much dynamite does little without someone to feed balls. What good is the punch if the ball does not go the spoils? And here comes Angel di Maria. The midfielder, 22, currently in Benfica, could be the missing piece to the puzzle of Maradona. Why him? Why not think, for example, Juan Sebastián Verón or Enzo Perez? The answer lies in the pass. Di Maria knows perfectly-Messi Aguero tandem, with whom he shared the bill at the World Under-20 Canada 2007 Olympic Games in Beijing 2008. Di Maria could be the solution of the ineffective offense, a football-kiloton bomb that requires a wick to light. It is a matter of seeing if the direction of Angel is capable of converting the world's best soloists in an orchestra unstoppable.

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