The meeting will take place in another impressive
stadiums that has this competition as is the NRG, of Houston, who start time,
the 19 local (21 Argentina), contain about 35 degree weather, something
consistent with the climate of this city in the south of the United States.
The referee of this match, the fifth of the Argentinians
in the contest after four previous victories, will be refereed by the
Paraguayan Enrique Caceres.
If America is the "land of opportunity" which
will be presented to the team led by Gerardo Martino emerges as unbeatable as
it will be before a rival smaller than above comes decimated by casualties
suspensions Bobby Wood Alejandro Bedoya (both by adding two warnings) and its
main figure, midfielder Jermaine Jones, sent off in the start of the second
half of their quarter-final against Ecuador.
Of course, this is just a detail, because the individual
hierarchy of both is unparalleled, beyond that collectively the German coach
Jurgen Klinsmann took out "water stones" to take this team to be the
best representing CONCACAF in this tournament (the other semifinal will play
the defending champions Chile to Colombia).
It is that Argentina reaches this game as clear
favorites, as the exclusive candidate to win this contest with captain Lionel
Messi on after physically recover from the injury to his left intercostal
grill, and psychologically after facing Barcelona a statement to justice for
alleged tax evasion.
The only drawback I went through the team since arriving
in the United States, beyond being the most traveled, constantly waving from
coast to coast, was the left side of his attack, for which Martino will use
three different players in five meetings.
Moreover, the also unique history and passion, the one
that brought another crowd of Argentines to Houston by this time, arriving on
flights from across the country, as most of their fans reside in US territory,
although this circumstances be many who cross the border from nearby Mexico,
also give benefits to the host of here recognized by local media as "team
Messi".
It has no footballing stigma the US, to the point that it
was "visitor" in the stands when he fell into the debut of the group
stage against the Colombia Jose Pekerman, one of the three Argentinian coaches
who inhabit these semifinals with Martino and Juan Antonio Pizzi.