June 26, 20187 yr Mascherano is showing his age. He's nowhere near quick enough to defend any of Nigeria's forwards on the wings.
June 26, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, Jograves said: Wow, Masch got skinned badly there. Yep. He was showing his age. Pavon for Perez is the right call, though I thought that Higuain might be pulled or Di Maria if he was too tired.
June 26, 20187 yr That play on the edge of the box is why soccer players dive. Argentina got fouled without question but he tried to stay up to continue the play, so he didn't get the call.
June 26, 20187 yr Not necessarily a yellow card foul by Banega, but he gave the ref reason to pull the card. Pavon was fouled on the edge of the box. I like the Pavon addition, even with that "cross/shot"... though he should have dribbled into the box and made Nigeria defend him in the box.
June 26, 20187 yr lulz at ignoring the good run down the left to try to pass through two defenders to get it to Messi.
June 26, 20187 yr 10 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said: Man this argentina game gonna get fucking ugly quick They experience this all the time in CONMEBOL.
June 26, 20187 yr Di Maria appears to be gassed. This is when the Lanzini ACL tear hurts so much. I would be surprised (pleasantly surprised) if Argentina pulls this out. But the way they are hustling pleases me. Meza for Di Maria.
June 26, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, Eastwood said: Feeding the ball to Messi no matter what seems to be a bad strategy. Yeah, I hadn't actually had time to watch many matches this tournament and thought the talk about Argentina just standing around waiting for Messi to do it was overblown. But it seems perhaps understated based on this. Their first, second, and third thoughts are to get it to Messi so he can figure it out.
June 26, 20187 yr DAmn close for Nigeria even without the handball. Would be funny to see Nigeria get a second penalty.
June 26, 20187 yr There was a handball, it appeared to be incidental, Masche's face is red, and the incidental hand ball hurt more than it helped, because it gave the ball to Nigeria. That being said, it did hit his hand.
June 26, 20187 yr Yeah, that's a handball/pk on Rojo for me. Deliberate or not he shouldn't have had his arm out like that.
June 26, 20187 yr Not intentional, in my opinion. It glanced off his head and that's why it hit the arm. The arm was out for momentum to jump.
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