What a game and what a shame. It was an excellent game of football of the highest standards. The ARG-GER quarter-final stretched to the penalty-kicks and finally the Argentines did not have the nerves to clear the last hurdle. And I really cannot understand what the Argentine coach Jose Pekerman did!!! In such a high profile play-off, there was no Lionel Messi, no Saviola. It was a real shocker and the Argentines had to pay for it in the end.
1 goal up in the second half, with 60-40% ball possession in favour of Argentina, what was the coach afraid of? He adopted a defensive approach; replaced a striker for a mid-fielder and in the end, he was left with no alternatives by the time the game moved into the closing stages. Things came to such a pass that during the penalties, they did not have their front-line strikers for penalties.
Neither of the teams had lost till date in the WC on penalty shoot-out. And today it had to be Argentina's black day.
Anyways, it was wasted talent and I see a Germany-Brazil final in the offing. Wouldn't it have been great if the two Latin-American giants had met in the finals. But that was not to be:-(
Adios Argentina...
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1 goal up in the second half, with 60-40% ball possession in favour of Argentina, what was the coach afraid of? He adopted a defensive approach; replaced a striker for a mid-fielder and in the end, he was left with no alternatives by the time the game moved into the closing stages. Things came to such a pass that during the penalties, they did not have their front-line strikers for penalties.
Neither of the teams had lost till date in the WC on penalty shoot-out. And today it had to be Argentina's black day.
Anyways, it was wasted talent and I see a Germany-Brazil final in the offing. Wouldn't it have been great if the two Latin-American giants had met in the finals. But that was not to be:-(
Adios Argentina...
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