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Fatigue a factor in Argentina’s performance: coach
Santiago: Argentina’s lacklustre performance so far in the 2015 Copa America championship is due to fatigue, according to national team coach Gerardo Martino.
Answering reporters questions following Argentina’s low-scoring 1-0 win against Jamaica Saturday, Martino said his line-up has already played a total of 708 games between them in the 2014-15 season, prior to the Copa.
“We’re lacking effectiveness,” said Martino. “It’s something that has dogged us since (our first) match against Paraguay” on June 13, which ended in a 2-2 tie.
But Argentina’s disappointing performance “was difficult to predict given our football players’ goal-scoring capacity”, Xinhua quoted Martino as saying.
The Argentine footballer who has played the most matches this season is Gonzalo Higuain, who took part in 58 games with his team Napoli.
He’s trailed by Lionel Messi, with 57 games, Roberto Pereyra (52), Ever Banega (49), Carlos Tevez (48), Mascherano (47), Javier Pastore and Erik Lamela (46), Pablo Zabaleta (44), Ezequiel Garay and Sergio Aguero (42), Martin Demichelis (40), Nicolas Otamendi (38) and Angel Di Maria (32).
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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