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NowsufferinginSpain said:
Before last night I would have agreed with you. However, I thought Argentina were very well organised and disciplined last night. Mascherano did a fantastic job on Robben....
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That's what I thought as well. They outplayed the Netherlands and would have won comfortably except for crap finishing.

I'd always wondered what Maradonna meant when he said the team was "Mascherano and 10 others" four years ago, but it was true last night.
 
redwhiteandermblue said:
That's what I thought as well. They outplayed the Netherlands and would have won comfortably except for crap finishing.

I'd always wondered what Maradonna meant when he said the team was "Mascherano and 10 others" four years ago, but it was true last night.
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Watching Argentina in this WC, by first thought is to wonder what happened to the creative midfielders they used to produce? With the exception of Di Maria, there's no creative spark in midfield, meaning they're reliant on Orojo and Zabaleta to get things going. Compare this to 2006 where they had Riquelme and Aimar, while in 2002 they had Ortega, Veron and Aimar.
 
World Cup 2014: Fifa announces Golden Ball shortlist

Fifa has announced the shortlist for the 2014 Golden Ball, the prize awarded to the best player at the World Cup.
Argentina have three nominees in Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano and Lionel Messi, while their opponents in Sunday's final, Germany, have four.
Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, Phillip Lahm and Thomas Muller are the players nominated from Joachim Low's side.
Colombia's James Rodriguez, Brazil's Neymar and Arjen Robben of Netherlands complete the 10-man shortlist.
Fifa has also announced the nominees for the Golden Glove competition, awarded to the best goalkeeper at the World Cup.
Costa Rica's Keylor Navas, Germany's Manuel Neuer and Argentina's Sergio Romero will compete for the prize.
Meanwhile, Netherlands' Memphis Depay and Paul Pogba and Raphael Varane of France have been nominated for the best young player at the tournament.
The winners of each competitio
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Di Maria <doh>
 
The RDBD said:
So glad that Holland never made the final, when you see yet more Robben acting.
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Agreed although it now seems universally agreed by the pundits (although not by last night's ref) that planting your foot on the ground which is then tripped over by an attacker counts as 'contact' which means it's a penalty. I'm referring to the Oscar booking which was correct in my view since although he didn't have much choice but to fall over he didn't need to do it so dramatically nor appeal for the penalty.
 
"I hope Germany wins tonight because I'm baffled how Argentina made it to the final."

Because even playing well below the on paper sum of their parts, they were in the main
still better then their opponents. They should have to do quite a bit more tonight to deal
with Germany.

The amusing irony would be if they win it with Messi overall playing meh, while the
expectation on Neymar was often crushing.
 
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