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Sergio Aguero on for Ezequiel Lavezzi

by Kim McCauley

Here’s a surprising substitution. After Ezequiel Lavezzi had a very solid first half, he’s been replaced by Sergio Aguero. No injury to Lavezzi has been reported, but it’s tough to believe this is a strictly tactical substitution. Aguero has been struggling for fitness recently and is less of a true wide player than Lavezzi.

If Sabella just wanted to get Aguero into the game no matter what, Gonzalo Higuain would have been the man to take off. Instead, Argentina are now very short on width and have a bunch of center forwards in the game.

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