By Rick Minars

(Official ONELOVE World Cup Argentina Correspondent)

It has been rumored that Diego Maradona’s starting eleven will be exactly the same or similar to that of the most recent friendly and international clash of titans between Argentina and Germany this past February.

Maradona intends to play a 4-1-3-1-1. Yes as strange as this might be this is exactly the formation he wants to play. Lets take a closer look at this possible starting eleven for the World Cup, broken down by position.

Defense:

The back line for Argentina will be played with defenders that are all naturally and strictly center backs. He believes by playing with a back line with four center backs will be much more solid
defensively. Diego believes that outside fullbacks that participate in the offense will only cause more problems and leave the back more exposed for opposing teams to attack.

Possible Starters:

Otamendi
Demichelis
Samuel
Heinze

Holding Midfield:

Maradona believes by having a holding midfielder who can defend and transitional well should play in between the back line and the  offensive midfielders. Basically this players role is to cleanup mistakes from the offensive and help the back line transition the ball to the midfield.

Possible Starter:

Mascherano

Midfield:

Maradona will play with a line of three in which he will have the outside midfielders play tightly tucked in defensively and wide offensively. These outside midfielders are going to have to be very hard working and extremely fit since their roll also entails to work very hard up and down the field offensively and defensively through the middle. The creative mind and conductor of the team will be the center midfielder who will have more freedom to play but will also have to work hard to fit defensively in the middle. Diego believes that this player has to be the brain of Argentina’s attack.

Possible Starters:                                                                                    

Jonas  
Veron  
Di Maria

Forwards:

El Diego wants a shadowing forward to play with all the freedom he wants. Basically he wants him all over the field and participating in the offense and collecting the ball through the midfield. The other forward is to be a lone striker to be used as a  target for support.

Possible Starters:                                                                                                       

Messi
Higuain