Egypt lack the 'firepower' to upset Argentina
Jay Croucher analyzes the upcoming Argentina vs. Egypt World Cup matchup and explains why a 'very limited' Egypt squad will have a difficult time pulling off the upset against Lionel Messi and Co.
Video Transcript
Jay, let's talk about the World Cup.
It's been one of the most exciting ones that I've ever seen.
We've got the round of 16, and Argentina is taking on Egypt, very heavy favorites tomorrow.
We saw Argentina in an absolute dog fight against Cape Verde, in, their last matchup.
I wonder what your thoughts are, though, on Egypt to try to do some of the same things that Cape Verde did, and what the best way is to bet the matchup.
Yeah, Argentina's a fascinating team.
I think the shine has come off a little bit after their last match where, yeah, 10 minutes away from being in a coin flip penalty shootout for their lives.
And I thought that game, it was They created a lot more chances, than Cape Verde, and they should have probably won that in regulation.
But the fact that they only created three big chances in 120 minutes, I do think shows some of the weaknesses of Argentina.
I just don't think that Egypt is necessarily going to be the team, that's able to exploit them, as Egypt's team is very limited.
Mo Salah's been dealing with a hamstring injury.
they outplayed Australia, and they deserved to win that game, and eventually got it done on penalties, but not super impressive.
I think it's been a huge issue for Egypt that Omar Marmoush, who in theory should be their best player along with Salah, just hasn't had a good tournament at all.
was subbed off late against Australia.
So the fact that Marmoush hasn't been able to get it going, now the fact that Salah is limited, at the moment, I don't think they're gonna have the firepower to match up with Argentina.
I think someone's gonna get this Argentina team.
I think they are very flawed.
The lack of pace that this team has, I think will be exposed.
But I suspect that's gonna come in the quarterfinal or the semifinal.
Ultimately, I think Argentina should roll through this one.
