HOW CANADA COULD ACTUALLY DEFEAT ARGENTINA

Ranked 49th in the FIFA Men's World Rankings, Canada will have an uphill task taking on the 1st ranked Argentina in their Copa America opening match. Defeating Lionel Messi and the World Champions may seem an impossible task, but as Steven Caldwell, Kevin Kilbane and Daniel Zakrzewski discuss, there is a path to victory.

Intro - 00:00
Argentina XI & Formation - 00:41
Canada XI & Formation - 01:47
Argentina Fluidity - 03:00
The Messi Problem - 04:01
Argentina’s Alternate Weapons - 06:46
3 Key Canadians (other than Davies) 08:56
How Alphonso Can Hurt Argentina -16:29
Two More Key Argentina Players - 18:52
Can Canada’s CB’s deal with Messi? - 20:20
How to Get the Most From Jonathan David 23:14
How Will Argentina Start Match? - 27:56
How Should Canada Start Match? - 29:16
Tactic Canada Needs to Look Out For - 30:55

[rascal]

Would be nice if TSN could care this much about Canadian soccer all the time

[milktea]

How to win vs Argentina:

1. Have them go 35 games unbeaten
2. Go 1-0 down by halftime.
3. Have a very motivating team talk at half time
4. Somehow score 2 goals and hold on for dear life as Argentina keep trying to score goals.
5.???
6. Success

[neilokpia]

Thank you TSN for the quality team dissections! 👍🏿

[megarobd]

The only hope is a close game... winning isn't in the cards yet. The future is bright for Canada Soccer, they will beat some major squads in a few years.

[conversationclasses]

It's 4:30 a.m. 21 June 2024. Argentina have just won with goals of Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez. Good night.

[Roddy]

It was definitely interesting, thanks guys.

[luigismansionpro]

I don’t think we will win by any means, but I did enjoy the video, and maybe we can tie against Argentina.

[JayKaufman]

Realistically speaking I think our best chance is getting a draw. We will have to be at our absolute best (a la France) and Argentina at their worst (a la Saudi Arabia).

[romboloide]

Argentina have an habit of loosing their first match in international competitions; even against low rated teams.
Argentina started six World Cups losing first match. The last time was against Saudi Arabia, in Qatar.

[HabtitOklib]

The only way to defeat Messi is this…
All Canadians need to pray three days row.
That may not be enough though because Messi also prays hard, and God can only make one winner unfortunately🤷‍♂️

[asmrfan]

The biggest problem Canada had at the World Cup was the ability to finish. If anything, Canada should commit significant time to practice red-zone finishing situations.

[rzjtkmc]

Canada please remember, there are (losses and there are losses) loosing 3-2 or 2-1 and you played good, it's not bad. Loosing like the Mexicans against Uruguay that's a spanking. Viva Canada from Argentina with love!!

[tballgame]

Ive watched every team Canada, mens and womens (that was on tv or streamed) since i moved to the Untited States at a young teen in 1994.

[heck]

Hoping Messi doesn’t play, Di María gets a day off, Alvarez a red card in minutes 2… maybe we can tie 😂

[johnngolf]

Just give the Argentinian players some Ontario wine and they will run far far away. THEN Canada could win. If there is one teetotal Argentinian, though, we will still lose.

[blackcrusader-uyjq]

They deliberately dropped the Messi piece so they could ask "Where's Messi?😂

[qkehsgl]

Im pretty sure they can defeat argentina if they just win the game

[OvieSnips]

TSN is hyping the team up like England haha. Canada has no chance. We have no depth and lack of stars.

[ValerieBrothers]

Quick question is Messi on Miami team or not anymore

[AvroBellow]

We can't beat Magic Mess. I do not even see us scoring a single goal against Argentina. It's ok to have hope, but not false hope.