I remember befroe this WC how Argentina's defense was seen as their main weakness, but it has looked good so far
However, do you think it could also be due to the fact that Argentina is not playing an open style of football?
Or should we give credit to the backline?
Since Di Maria got injured, Argentina is playing with a 4-4-2 format.
The team is better tactically, more balanced,but loses some punch upfront.
Agüero and DiMaria were replaced by a midfielder and Lavezzi, who also colaborates on D.
Demic is is more experienced than Federico Fernández, and the defense has gotten better. Rojo and Garay playing decently.
Honestly, I don´t know why we are not being scored on...it´s a miracle.
It's surreal with all the ing that the Argie's been making since the qualifiers that they have proven to be the best in the WC so far
Not sure Argentina has played an offensive team yet
- Worst Group
- Swizz
- Belgium: struggled scoring in Group State, couldn't put the ball in net versus USA for 90 minutes
- Netherlands: Took 90+ minutes to score against Mexico. Couldn't score in 120 minutes versus Costa Rica
Infinite limit, you have the worst football takes ever.
-Belgium didn't score against USA before the 90 minute just because Howard beat a 50 year old record.
-Netherlands score 5 against Spain. Everyone now is acting like Spain is all the sudden Saudi Arabia but those same people just one month ago had Spain winning it all. Mexico has always been an extremely tough opposition in WCs and Ochoa made amazing saves. Against Costa Rica it took several miracles for that game to go to penalties (three shots hit the posts) and keylor with his great saves.
Belgium struggled to score throughout the entire Tournament
- vs Algeria: 80th minute
- vs Russia: 88th minute
- vs Korea: 78th minute
- vs USA: 93rd minute
Netherlands Final 3 Matches
- vs Chile: 77th minute
- vs Mexico: 88th minute
- vs Costa: 120 minutes
lol, good for you. You watched the games scoring stats! Next time you should watch the actual games instead.
Argentinean defense is the MVP of the team tbh
I watched the Netherlands games and Louis Van Gaal changed his strategy adter the Spain game
They played an open, all out, style vs Spain because they knew that the Spanish D and Casillas were ; same thing against the Aussies, they were not worried.
Then, after that, it was less offense
FFS, just watch the Costa Rica game
OK, whatever, I watched a different game as you then, it must be an argentine thing because in every place, on every forum, it's the same . Before the game, Netherlands had this amazing attack (which I think they have and showed in their previous games). Robben was going to score 5 on our clumsy defence. And now everyone is saying how the Netherlands offense suck. The same happened with Belgium (I was one of those who thought we were getting raped) and in a lesser scale against the Swiss. If this trend continues I like our chances against Germany.
I thought all those were better than Argentina?
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Nono, what do you think, how will your defence fare against the German attackers?I thought all those were better than Argentina?
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tbh, surprise of the tournament... the defense and Romero... on the other hand, the offense has been underwhelming...
The team was attacking better 5-6 months ago... the middle being weak and players being banged up don't help with that. It's just one game now, hope they go all out.
I think Demic is is the weak spot... but he's also the most familiar with German guys, so I have no idea...
I've seen Rojo do absolutely stupid things, same with Romero, but so far, they've delivered.
At this point, they only need to keep it going for one more game.
They can't rely on penaldos again to win the world cup. Germany are gonna throttle Argentina before they even think they can get to 120 minutes.
I thought the same thing with the Netherlands, and here we are. Germany is definitely the more experienced team, tbh, but if you look past the Brazil game, their offense also hasn't been anything special, IMO.
I agree. Will be a very interesting game. The total goalscore from Argentina so far is 8-3. Germany's is 17-4.
Yeah, but Germany really padded their numbers in the last game, which is fine, you still gotta go out there and do it.
Any injuries in Germany, tbh?
Well, yeah, there was some padding in the last game, but if you remove the whole 7-1 and assume it was decided by penalties the German total goal score would stand at 10-3 (Argentina 8-3). Let's see who's better.
Based on my latest information Hummels will play. He had some tendinitis in his popliteal space (hollow of the knee), which was the reason he got subbed at half time against Brazil due to precautionary issues. But according to the German medical staff he will be fine to play on Sunday. All other players are healthy. Well, except Mustafi who got injured a couple of games earlier. But he is not going to be missed tbh.
yeah, 10-3/8-3 is pretty good... I'm surprised both teams received such few goals... but more was expected of the ARG offense. They have one game to show up.
I read Dive Maria is testing the leg, but they're mostly waiting for a miracle there. Agüero won't start, but will be available.
Today a journalist asked Sabella if they played so hard against Netherlands to avoid facing Brazil...
yeah, 10-3/8-3 is pretty good... I'm surprised both teams received such few goals... but more was expected of the ARG offense. They have one game to show up.
I read Dive Maria is testing the leg, but they're mostly waiting for a miracle there. Agüero won't start, but will be available.
Today a journalist asked Sabella if they played so hard against Netherlands to avoid facing Brazil...
sometimes journalists are crazy
Regarding any news concerning injuries I maybe should send a message to one of the German fitness coaches and ask him as he was a fellow student of mine
I hope Di Maria doesn't play. He won't be 100% fit and will be scared of getting injured again. Enzo had and amazing game the other day, and if you don't take into consideration Di Maria's goal against the Swiss, Enzo played much better.
The are two things with Germany that worry me:
- Set pieces: they scored like this against France and the first one against Brazil. In 2010 Muller scored on a set piece too.
- You have to cover a team. Against Holland it was just Robben. With the germans I wouldn't be surprised if Neuer comes out of nowhere and scores after a nice play. It seems everyone attacks, everyone defends. Compact team.
The second goal against Portugal as well as the equalizer against Ghana were also after set pieces. I might even miss one.
It is 99% because of that.
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