70 % Possession in First Half
Well, if the first half is indicative of anything, my prediction about the better team is dead on. The Argentines have controlled the ball for 70% of the time. Problem: they're still scoreless. If I were Argentina I would worry about the German size and - this is something huge - the 12th man. The fans will fire up the German team. We will see a different game second half. Has Argentina lost its chance?
posted by Bob Bixby at 8:54 AM
12 Comments:
We're in over-time and I can't stand this!!!
I think the 12th man is getting the better of us...
The thing that is killing Argentina is the sub situation. Where is Messi? Having to replace the keeper really screwed things up. Although, I wonder about the coach's decision to keep to forwards on the bench when that was making all the difference in the beginning of the game. So goes my humble opinion.
Yeah, I was waiting for Messi to come in, too. I think I'm going to go into mourning.
It's too bad. I sort of think that Argentina lost it for themselves. I can't figure out what happened in the middle second half when they quit pressing like they had done so successfully up till then. The substitution issue is something that really can't be fully blamed on the coach, but I think if he had sub-ed in some attackers (i.e. Messi) they would have held their lead, if not built it.
So goes my wisdom. But did you see me on the sidelines?
Nope.
There's a reason.
Yeah, I agree they didn´t press on as hard in the second half, that´s why Germany scored. We didn´t quite recover from it for the rest of the game, although we did dominate the whole time. Oh well...life goes on (at least that´s what I´m told, but I find it hard to believe.)
Not sure. I think some of the Germans were getting in the Argentines' face about winning.
Ugh, another of my favorites bites the dust. Argentina did exactly what it did in the gold medal match in Atlanta, get the lead by playing beautiful offensive soccer. Then pulling back and trying to play defense. They lost to Nigeria in that game and Germonay in this one. (BTW, I was at that gold medal match, pretty awesome).If France loses tomorrow the World Cup is officially over. Now onto the Tour de France. Oh wait, all the favorites just got kicked out. Actually, that might make it even more interesting.
Actually, I think, Donna, that two Germans instigated the brawl.
Bob's right. The Germans instigated it. But, hey, that's soccer. I've seen worse.
I'm still trying to get over that game--at least I don't have to go to work on Monday or Tuesday!
Well, whatever. I can assure you the Argentines could care less about the brawl at the end. We're too busy crying and too depressed to worry about a stupid brawl. Like I said, it's soccer. It comes with the game. Besides, latinamericans are a little more passionate about their soccer than europeans are. Not sure that europeans would understand...
Especially Germans.
Sorry but kicking someone in the groin is not soccer!!! Walking up behind a player walking off the field and punching him is not soccer, nor is it sportsmanship. If passion for a sport means approaching a player and kicking him in such a way then their passion needs to be controlled.
As for not being passionate about the game. You are not in Germany right now, almost everyone has a flag flying from their car or their apartment. The Germans that are normally in their apartment by 19.00 are out after every game celebrating the wins their team earns. For once you cannot say that the German people are not passionate.
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