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jpmoriarti:
Argentina 🇦🇷, I'm not sure this is how you guyz intend to defend this World Cup title.

Very passive especially once they've taken the lead. They allowed Cape Verde into the game each and every single time 😬😬

A more potent side would have beaten this Argentina tonight.

TLona1:
This game is just a one off. They were always going to struggle against Cape Verde and Cape Verde was always never going to win.

Watch how they'll run over Egypt.

jpmoriarti:
Yeah a weird game that one. But there was always a feeling that Argentina was in complete control.

I'll definitely be watching the game against Egypt. I'll expect a more focused Argentinan side.

AirBere:
Messi occupies that left half space alot. They need a Neymar, Dimaria, Raphinha on the left side to take advantage of what Messi is trying to do. T.Amada and Gonzalez are not showing good level. I think they should try Nico Paz or Locelso there.

jpmoriarti:
Yeah very strange setup by Argentina. Playing a defensive 442 against Cape Verde and relying on fullbacks to provide width whilst leaving Giulano Simeone and Nico Paz on the bench for the entirety of the game, is not what I expect from the reigning World Champion.

I don't know what they wanted to achieve by such a passive setup against the African minnows. I don't know what the plan was. It is hard for me to understand especially seeing how they handed back initiative each time they had gone ahead.

Perhaps they underestimated their opponent. Such mindset will get them kicked out of the tournament sooner or later.

Also their attackers and creative midfielder (if any), should step up. Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez (who we are coveting), offered nothing in the match. All the creative sparks has to come from a 39 year old Lionel Messi. This is not a recipe for how you will retain the world cup.

Where is the Angel di Maria in this current Argentina team? Who is stepping up to help Messi in the attack?

AirBere:
Argentina have lots of problem going forward this time around. Current left back Medina is a CB who can play LB. He doesn't attack the wing, Macalister has declined massively, Lauturo is their new Higuian, plain bad while Alvarez is recovering from injury.

Their Dimaria could be Nico Paz or Gio Simeone but I doubt Scaloni will take such risk. We'll have to wait and see. They should at least make the quarters.

jpmoriarti:
Yeah Argentina has declined. Not the force they once were. I mean, I’m very happy for Lionel Messi scoring all these goals and leading the attack, but at 39, that’s not a good look for the national team. Someone younger should be showing signs that they can take over the mantle but no one is ready to step up.

I’m very happy that Messi has already finished his football story, otherwise this current squad will fvck him up real bad 😂😂😂

AirBere:

He has finished but I want back2back world cup for Messi. I want it soooo bad

jpmoriarti:
It will be hard for Argentina to win back to back World cup. Of course, they can but on the strength of the depth of their squad, I doubt that they're able to do so.

wman:
Why are Spanish players not singing their National anthem?

jpmoriarti:
CR7 out of World Cup 😁😁😁 The baby goat that never grew to become the GOAT 😃

He will now have an incomplete career and it will gnaw away at him for the rest of his life. His last chance of ever been mentioned alongside Messi is now over.

obonujoker:

obonujoker:
BREAKING: Jude Bellingham will MISS the potential SEMI-FINAL if he gets a YELLOW vs Norway.

jpmoriarti:
If we submitted a bid for Karim Adeyemi, then it means Raphinha is going to leave. I don't know if this is a good thing or not but giving Raphinha increasingly getting injured, maybe it's time to let him go to Saudi and offset his rumoured bankruptcy.

As for Karim, I remember there was a time we wanted to sign him from BVB. I don't think he's still as good as everyone thought then. I don't think he lived up to the hype.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Not bad. Raphinha will be 30years by December. Let us cash out. The injuries is a reoccurring one, even if he recover, it will still come back mostly cox of his high intensity style of football. I think the Coolson guy is right about Raphinha injury. But no way should Barca buy Rashford for 30m on 300k plus weekly salary.

jpmoriarti:
So happy for Spain. They dominated the game from beginning to the end. Created good chances and they deservedly won the game in regulation time.

Vamos 👏