Germany all the way.......this game will be very onesided and will not live up to billing.
Two outta three eh bad....
No long talk. This will be a good game but Argentina taking it.
Germany get flattered by a poor England team. If they give Argentina that mch possession Argentina will kill them. I also think that Argentina's defence is not as bad as people make out. Too bad Samuel not starting though. I would pick him over Demchelis. The one thing Argentina needs is for Mascherano to play out of his skin because Germany front 4 drops and defends better than Argentina's attackers
Imagine Germany did everything that yuh describe dey... defense wasn't that bad, Mascherano play outta he skin... dey even let Argentina dominate possession.... plus they find ah way to throw way nuff opportunities. And still win comfortably.
Anybody willing to concede that Messi pop dung yet?
Jai John wha'ppen... Maradona di'n realize which team he was playing against or what? Ent he does pick squad tuh suit de opponent?
Cant argue with you here ...I thought team selection lost the game for argentina. when i saw the team I thought ..well he there to see the the fellas in training but after 15 mins Maradona should have relasied that the 5 man german midfield was clearly superior to his with only one ball winner. as wellas mascherano he could not be everywhere and clearly needed help.
when maradona made his substitition he took off a defender and brought on another attacker ...so he probably decided ...lose by 1 lose by 5 same loss !
germany clearly superior in every department today.
There's something to that thought, but I have a sneaking feeling goals number 3 and 4 still bristled no ass. Didn't like the timing of his subs. I was looking for Otamendi's removal at 60'. Higuain coulda geh pull over Tevez (both candidates to varying degree fuh some). I understand the deference to Messi.
I think DAM went with Pastore primarily because of his mobility, but mobility wasn't being decisive re: Messi and Di Maria, so in sum he didn't add anything. Fuh me Di Maria and Pastore injected the same level of inexperience and style/quality of approach play (visible in them forcing the game). Perhaps went with Kun for penetration, but to accompany that why not Palermo for aerial strength and instincts in the box?
At the point in the game when ARG were attacking relentlessly it appears he was looking first for an equalizer before making an adjustment ... then goal #2 came and well, then he was looking for a goal to stay close ... this was around the 60' ... a few minutes later Klose netted somewhat against the run of play (because ARG was doing well to interrupt play in the midfield, but not finishing). As that was happening I was looking fuh anybody to be approaching the sidelines to at least quell the German run. Maradona showed no interest in a sub all then. Next thing you know, Otamendi fouls and well allyuh watched de game too.
As I said in a prior post on this thread, the unorthodox approach to play ... yes, attacking and dynamic, but not symmetric or with a clear enough ideology ... didn't lend itself (clearly in DAM's head) to Milito being involved. Pity. A technical striker in the box could have created a PK concern before the 2-0 scoreline.Given the thought process you say he went with (losing 1-0 v 5-0 no diff) .. . fuh me Di Maria stays on the field; return him to the left; find a way to have Kun and Milito on; play Tevez and Messi on the perimeter; concentrate play on the left with Heinze supporting and unbalance on the right. Bolatti sees the field as my third sub (think he was available?).
In a strange way, DAM was handicapped by the same problem Dunga faced yesterday ... a flank defender in card trouble, magnified by being a goal down rather than being a goal up. Realistically, given the configuration of the match, he had few players to draw on from the bench. It would have been ill-advised to put Veron on the field.
