Winning the 2022 World Cup was the pinnacle of the duo Messi and Di Maria. But the 2021 and 2024 Copa América rode this wave. But according to the coach, even without the duo, Argentina has life, they have already proven that they can win without the big stars.
I disagree with the first part. Although Ángel Di María was an important player for Argentina, it would be wrong to state that his position can't be replaced. Argentina has a lot of younger players coming up through the ranks. They have some of the best emerging players in the world, such as Lautaro Martínez, Alejandro Garnacho, Julián Álvarez, Enzo Fernández, Valentín Carboni and Valentín Carboni. Other teams like England or France have 1-2 such players, but Argentina has half a dozen at least.
Well, I think that DiMaria was a very important player for Argentina and it is definitely going to be hard for Argentina to actually find a player who will be able to give as good service as him. And remember even though Argentina to have some young players, experience is something that is always important in football. Actually experience alone is not good just like only young players is probably also not a very good idea. Anyway, players are going to retire and young players are going to take their place. That is the role and that is the natural process. For someone to say that Argentina is going to be the same without Lionel Messi and DiMaria is probably just dumb but Argentina is also not all about Lionel Messi and Maria as well.
By the way Argentina losing against Moro in the Olympics 2024 was something unexpected.