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A Debut Better Than Expected Despite the Loss Hello to the Full Deportes community, today I have to write from the losing side, or I could say it that way, and sometimes it’s not worth crying over spilled milk, but rather analyzing critical points. I won’t talk much about what happened in the match, but rather about 5 key elements that led to the defeat of the Cuban team against the Albiceleste. 1. Conceding a Goal Early On In any football match, the worst thing that can happen is allowing a goal within the first 5 minutes; it is simply inconceivable. This can be explained by two simple theories: the first, which is the most logical, is defensive inattentiveness, because there is no justification for a team or a national selection not being alert during those first few minutes. The second is the efficiency of the Argentine forward line, as it is no secret that Alejo Sarco, playing in a European club, has much higher skill than the entirety of our selection. 2. Not Taking Advantage of Having One More Player on the Field This season at the club level, I have heard about many goals conceded when a team has a player sent off, and that is something textbook. Especially if that player is sent off in the 10th minute, because if it were in the 90th minute with the score 3-0, that’s another story. But in the 10th minute, with the score 1-0 against, there is no justification. In fact, the Cuban goal miraculously came in stoppage time at the 45th minute, with the score at that moment being 0-2 against. There is no justification; they should have done their job following the Argentine's expulsion. 3. Not Knowing How to Lift Spirits After Conceding a Goal When you have one more player, you get back in the game, and if you can’t even make a short pass correctly, then you are simply wasting your time miserably. A goal will always be that emotional boost that lifts spirits and lowers others, but it seems that this did not have an effect on the Cubans; or rather, it did have an effect but in reverse. The Argentines continued to dominate possession as if they were the ones with an extra man on the field. I didn’t see any clear dangerous actions in the second half; it was a total disaster. It’s very difficult to win like this. 4. The Ease with Which We Are Sentenced in Matches Honestly, with the score at 2-0, I felt sentenced; the consolation goal at that moment gave me hope that quickly faded with another goal in the 90th minute. I can tell you that based on how we played, we didn’t even deserve to draw the match. We lost across the board, and the Argentines were far superior despite not having most of their players based in Europe. 5. We Weren’t Thrashed and That’s Positive I think the only redeemable aspect was not coming away with a scandalous defeat; although if we had faced the senior national team, they would have scored 7 or 8 goals against us with ease. The best thing about Cuba was Karel Pérez, who despite conceding 3 goals, was defensively our best player and excelled in ball distribution. He was rewarded with his first World Cup goal, breaking a 12-year drought for Cuba without scoring in a World Cup at this level. The images used in the publication were provided by the sources. Texts translated into English by [Deepl Translate](https://www.deepl.com/mobile-apps/?utm_source=android&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=share-with-friends).
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