Argentina Vs Germany 1st QFs of FIFA WC 2006
Wow! what a fascinating, intriguing and thrilling match that was. The stadium jam packed with white and blue t-shirts all over the stadium. It was like a World Cup Final to me.
I forgot to mention about Germany in my last article, well the result is in front of us. It was quite sad to see Argentina loosing, instead of playing so well in the tournament, up till now, even in this match they played good football of 120 minutes (including extra time), except for the penalty shoot out where they missed the trick.
In my point of view they made few mistakes, while substituting; firstly they made the substitution quite early, as there were still 20-25 minutes of play left, they shouldn’t have taken for granted the fact that they were 1 up by then, next mistake came when they substituted Riquilme, who was the back bone of Argentina attack, a very creative player.
Then that was not enough, they again made the substitution and substituted Crespo, one of the main striker, with Cruz who barely had a game in this World Cup, instead of Cruz they should have substituted Messi. Last but not the least, after these mistake there came the biggest misshape, when the goalkeeper got injured, and lastly substituted by default with Franco, who haven’t had any game at all in this World Cup, as also seen in the penalty shoot out, of its short match practice.
Well that doesn’t mean that Argentina lost only because of its mistakes, but it lost because of some brilliant display of football by Germany, not just in the penalty shoot out, but also in rest of the match before penalty shoot out, in not just stopping Argentina attacks but also counter attacking them. The equalizing goal was a brilliant one from Klose, the leading goal scorer in the tournament, and the contender for the Golden Boot. Also want to praise the Germany goalkeeper who stopped two of the four penalties, taking Germany to the semis with score of 4-2 beating Argentina.
Now Germany will meet Italy in the Semi Finals, as Italy beat Ukraine quite easily with a score line of 3-0.
I forgot to mention about Germany in my last article, well the result is in front of us. It was quite sad to see Argentina loosing, instead of playing so well in the tournament, up till now, even in this match they played good football of 120 minutes (including extra time), except for the penalty shoot out where they missed the trick.
In my point of view they made few mistakes, while substituting; firstly they made the substitution quite early, as there were still 20-25 minutes of play left, they shouldn’t have taken for granted the fact that they were 1 up by then, next mistake came when they substituted Riquilme, who was the back bone of Argentina attack, a very creative player.
Then that was not enough, they again made the substitution and substituted Crespo, one of the main striker, with Cruz who barely had a game in this World Cup, instead of Cruz they should have substituted Messi. Last but not the least, after these mistake there came the biggest misshape, when the goalkeeper got injured, and lastly substituted by default with Franco, who haven’t had any game at all in this World Cup, as also seen in the penalty shoot out, of its short match practice.
Well that doesn’t mean that Argentina lost only because of its mistakes, but it lost because of some brilliant display of football by Germany, not just in the penalty shoot out, but also in rest of the match before penalty shoot out, in not just stopping Argentina attacks but also counter attacking them. The equalizing goal was a brilliant one from Klose, the leading goal scorer in the tournament, and the contender for the Golden Boot. Also want to praise the Germany goalkeeper who stopped two of the four penalties, taking Germany to the semis with score of 4-2 beating Argentina.
Now Germany will meet Italy in the Semi Finals, as Italy beat Ukraine quite easily with a score line of 3-0.
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