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Originally Posted by pare
I totally agreed with you. I think the Argentina coach needs to be fired. He made some silly mistakes that are not expected on a crucial day like this.
Firstly, Argentina was trailing and needed to score goals, yet the coach removed Kun Aguero and replaced him with Higuain. Fine Higuain is also a good guy, but if I were the coach, I will keep both of them on the pitch.
Secondly and ultimately, Argentina lacks what is called a Plan B. Their Plan A was Messi, Plan B Messi, up to plan Z. Too bad for the team, Messi is not playing as expected.
Well, Congrats to Croatia. I hope to see Nigeria wins against Iceland tomorrow. Can they?
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Lightning stuck today and Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 - have not seen the highlights yet - so don't know what happened other than the result.
Argentina has some new found hope I'm certain.
I watched the Argentina - Croatia game again last night, just looking more or less from a technical perspective - and It was obvious what one of the major tactical errors was .... Argentina used a back 3 to defend against Croatia.
Croatia is understood to be, and statistically, one of the worlds most offensively dangerous opponents (I think 4th or 5th).
They are also a very fast team with pace and a strong transition through the midfield and into the counter attacks.
The amount of open balls to the overlapping winger opposite side of the field was ridiculous - like 6-7 that I saw that could have been converted to an opportunity. Luckily Croatia missed the receipt of, or conversion of these balls and failed to hit targets a bunch of times.
Either way - Nigeria breathes hope into Argentina's lives ....
A real interesting group to watch.