Belo Horizonte (Brazil), June 20 (IANS/EFE) Argentina may have started their FIFA 2014 World Cup campaign with a win against Bosnia and Herzegovina but they will be looking for a more convincing performance when they face Iran in their next group game here Saturday.
An own goal by Sead Kolasinac and a Lionel Messi strike gave the victory for Argentina, but their performance must get better against Iran if they are to make a run for the title, reports EFE.
Coach Alejandro Sabella looked as if he agreed to Messi�s request to switch the formation from 5-3-2 to 4-3-3, which the team played with 15 games out of 35 in Sabella�s stint.
Argentina�s expected line-up at Estadio Minerao would be Sergio Romero; Pablo Zabaleta, Ezequiel Garay, Federico Fernandez, Marcos Rojo; Fernando Gago, Javier Mascherano, Angel di Maria; Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain.
Iran, part of arguably the World Cup�s most boring match to date against Nigeria, will also look to give a better performance against the Argentines, knowing that their chances of winning, and even further, qualifying to the second round, might be impossible.
Iran are third in Group F with one point, while Argentina lead the group with three points.
–IANS/EFE
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