This is how they finished the game tho. For the start i Guess it was Fernandez as a DM (D), De Paul as Carrilero at RCM and Mac Allister as a B2B on LCM. Di Maria as a Winger (A) on left side and Messi as a T (A) on the right side, and Alvarez maybe as a DLP (A) or PF (A).
Then they reverted to this 4-4-2, at the beggining at the game was clear that Argentina was defending in a 4-3-3 with Messi and Di Maria not that wide, crowding the central areas.
About the defence, isn't Otamendi the NCB?
Cheers,
Bitner