Messi

[Ravshoutsatbeck]

I think Croatia will beat them.

 

[Quicksilvera]

They will be in the final

I hope not but if they are in a final it would make Englands victory all the sweeter

 

[TeaCider]

Aye, just can't write off Croatia.

No team has been amazing in this tournament, and they're more than capable of dragging the game all the way.

 

[Chutney]

I still can't believe the player was not sent off when he put in a terrible tackle and then blasted the ball into the Dutch bench - as clear 2 bookings as you are likely to see.

The tackle was worth a red on its own.

 

[The Card Cheat]

Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Lionel Messi Messi Lionel Messi Messi Lionel Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi.
That's my prediction.

It's crazy the pundits talk a lot about the greatest player to ever play the game after all he did was a brilliant assist and a goal. Currraaaaayzzzeyyyy.

 

[exeterboro]

The tackle was worth a red on its own.

He won't get the final, if it did turn out to be Arg v Eng I feel more comfortable it's not him, the Spanish if they admit it have a preference for Latin Countries and there could be a bias.

 

[TeaCider]

No call for that behaviour, some right d***heads on the Argentine team.

 

[Littlefella68]

Why not? The dutch players were getting in firnt of martinez trying to put him off

 

[JustTheGent]

Argentina are the best team in this tournament but seem to stop playing when they take the lead. They were unbeaten in 3 1/2 years and 36 games coming into the tournament; it's a world record. That takes some doing against South American teams, it's not like the easy games in Europe.

 

[Glover_elbow]

I think Croatia will beat them.

they will have to change their strategy from playing for penalties with the Argentinian keeper

 

[TeaCider]

Argentina are the best team in this tournament but seem to stop playing when they take the lead. They were unbeaten in 3 1/2 years and 36 games coming into the tournament; it's a world record. That takes some doing against South American teams, it's not like the easy games in Europe.

It's not a world record.

37 games is the world record, held by Italy.

They failed to equal that record after losing to Saudi Arabia.

Their last 4 matches before that defeat were against Estonia, Honduras, Jamaica and the UAE.

It's definitely harder to achieve as a South American side though, I'd grant that.

10 solid teams compared to Europe's 55, with many minnows.

 

[Jan_Aage_Fjortoft]

Argentina are the best team in this tournament but seem to stop playing when they take the lead. They were unbeaten in 3 1/2 years and 36 games coming into the tournament; it's a world record. That takes some doing against South American teams, it's not like the easy games in Europe.

That’s b***ks. They hardly play the top European sides anymore. And most of the South American ones are rubbish.

The Nations League has made it difficult for Brazil / Argentina to face the top European sides.

You notice how they and Brazil ducked out of playing their rearranged game to help maintain their unbeaten records too.

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Go through that list and tell me how many top tier sides they faced in that run.

 

[Muttley]

Worst refereeing performance of the tournament.

The Dutch got nowt off that ref. Some very strange bookings and non-bookings. Should never get another game in this tournament (I hope)

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

The best 2 teams left in the world cup play tomorrow night.

 

[JustTheGent]

Argentina's unbeaten run included 3 games against Brazil and beating the European Champions 3-0 at Wembley. But those South American games are much harder than against most European teams.

 

[WeeGord]

Messi should have had a yellow card for his blatant handball, legend or not it's a bookable offence.

That ref was truly awful though, I'd be surprised if he ends up at any major tournaments again.

Argies are a dirty, diving, cheating team and I hope Croatia beat them.

 

[The Card Cheat]

Argentina are the best team in this tournament but seem to stop playing when they take the lead. They were unbeaten in 3 1/2 years and 36 games coming into the tournament; it's a world record. That takes some doing against South American teams, it's not like the easy games in Europe.

It's a world record except it wasn't.

Italy were unbeaten in 37.

 

[JustTheGent]

It's a world record except it wasn't.

Italy were unbeaten in 37.

Just mentioned it above - Argentina beat Italy (European Champions) 3-0 a few months ago.

 

[JM14]

Enjoy it while we can, we will never see another player come close to these levels.

Such a shame half of that Argentinian side is awful, a World Cup win would have been the perfect way to end it but they won’t get past France or England

 

[WeeGord]

Just mentioned it above - Argentina beat Italy (European Champions) 3-0 a few months ago.

The ones that didn't qualify for the World Cup?