![]() "We'll practice at another venue this evening to settle on our team for tomorrow," said Baldivieso, a member of the last Bolivia side to reach the finals in the United States in 1994. The state of the pitch at Cordoba's Mario Kempes Stadium has been criticised in the Argentine media after damage was caused by two rock concerts held there earlier this month. The home team must select a new centre back partnership after Manchester City's Nicolas Otamendi and Ramiro Funes Mori of Everton were suspended following yellow cards in Thursday's 2-1 victory against Chile.Ĭity's Martin Demichelis looks set to play alongside Javier Pinola of Rosario Central who won his only cap nine years ago. "To play against the best in the world has to be a motivation for the players."īolivia have a mostly home-based squad containing four exiles who play their club football in United States, Israel, Kuwait and Sweden.Īrgentina, World Cup runners-up in 2014, beat them 5-0 and 7-0 in two friendlies last year. "Football is played 11 against 11 and we are a team," he told reporters. "There won't be special marking on Messi," said coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso who has been under fire since Bolivia lost 3-2 to Colombia on Tuesday. REUTERS/Enrique MarcarianĬORDOBA, Argentina: Bolivia will resist the temptation to man-mark brilliant Barcelona forward Lionel Messi when they visit Argentina for a 2018 World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Bolivia's coach Julio Cesar Baldivieso talks to reporters ahead of their match against Argentina.
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