{"id":269947,"date":"2022-12-18T14:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T14:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/18\/fifa-world-cup-2022-final-angel-di-maria-starts-for-argentina-rabiot-upamecano-return-for-france\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T14:03:52","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2022-final-angel-di-maria-starts-for-argentina-rabiot-upamecano-return-for-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/18\/fifa-world-cup-2022-final-angel-di-maria-starts-for-argentina-rabiot-upamecano-return-for-france\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2022 Final: Angel Di Maria starts for Argentina, Rabiot, Upamecano return for France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><h2 class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d\">FIFA World Cup 2022 Final: Angel Di Maria returns for Argentina for the final of the tournament against France. The winger hadbeen out of Argentina&#8217;s starting line-up up in the knockout stages due to injury.&#13;<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_profile__pic__ASpda\"><a title=\"India Today Web Desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/author\/india-today-web-desk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" type=\"author_small\" alt=\"India Today Web Desk\" title=\"India Today Web Desk\" src=\"https:\/\/akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com\/indiatoday\/images\/reporter\/202105\/india_today-1200x768.png?VersionId=T_nem13aZnO3kckGUdUvsTnM19XsgtT0&amp;size=50:50\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" class=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_profile__details__wyZj7\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_stryloction__IUgpi\">Doha<!-- -->,<\/span><span class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d strydate\">UPDATED:<!-- --> <!-- -->Dec 18, 2022 19:33 IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Story_associate__image__bYOH_ topImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com\/indiatoday\/images\/story\/202212\/angel_di_maria_reuters-sixteen_nine.jpg?VersionId=Xdyghp8aFur8zlSkhN_QZzM5WR2biDUT&amp;size=690:388\" width=\"690\" alt=\"\" title=\"Angel Di Maria is set to start for Argentina for the first time in the FIFA World Cup 2022 knockout. (Courtesy: Reuters)\" height=\"388\" class=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Angel Di Maria is set to start for Argentina for the first time in the FIFA World Cup 2022 knockout. (Courtesy: Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"India Today Web Desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/author\/india-today-web-desk\"><b>By India Today Web Desk<\/b><\/a>: Angel Di Maria has returned to the Argentina starting line-up for the FIFA World Cup final clash against France as coach Lionel Scaloni opted for a 4-3-3 formation on Sunday, 18 December.<\/p>\n<p>Di Maria, who has not started since the group phase and played only eight minutes in the quarter-final victory against the Netherlands, is on the right flank of attack, with Lionel Messi set to become the player with most appearances at the World Cup finals (26). Set to be played in the Lusail Iconic Stadium, Scaloni looks to have gone with the strategic line-up that helped them defeat Brazil in the Copa America final in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>France coach Didier Deschamps reverted to his preferred lineup after centre back Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot shook off a virus that had ruled them out of the semi-final against Morocco.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/17WJST155i6z40bqXFSy9L?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Upamecano starts alongside Raphael Varane after the Manchester United defender also recovered from a virus, while Olivier Giroud starts up front flanked by Kylian Mbappe on his left and Ousmane Dembele on his right.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Lionel Messi&#8217;s final outing in the Argentina jersey in the FIFA World Cup, as the player has already confirmed that he will not be returning for the 2026 edition of the tournament.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Argentina Playing XI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Emiliano Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernandez, Alexis Mac Allister, Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi (captain), Julian Alvarez<\/p>\n<h3><strong>France Playing XI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hugo Lloris (captain), Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_authors__container__i9YKo\">\n<div class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_authors__by__MnMLD\">\n<p>Edited By: <\/p>\n<p>Kingshuk Kusari<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-99cc083358cc2e2d Story_published__on___89yu\">\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Dec 18, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/sports\/fifa-world-cup-2022\/story\/fifa-world-cup-2022-final-argentina-vs-france-line-ups-lionel-messi-angel-di-maria-adrian-rabiot-2310672-2022-12-18?utm_source=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] FIFA World Cup 2022 Final: Angel Di Maria returns for Argentina for the final of the tournament against France. The winger hadbeen out of Argentina&#8217;s starting line-up up in the knockout stages due to injury.&#13; Doha,UPDATED: Dec 18, 2022 19:33 IST Angel Di Maria is set to start for Argentina for the first time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[312392,78361,325028,323960,323961,325029,3774],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}