Argentina is moving on to the World Cup semifinals following a thrilling quarterfinal success over the Netherlands on Friday. After blowing a 2-0 2nd half lead, Argentina was able to fend off the Netherlands in additional time and win a remarkable charge shootout.
On Friday’s edition of “World Cup Now,” DaMarcus Beasley, Melissa Ortiz and previous USMNT gamer Sacha Kljestan talkedabout what stood out to them in Argentina’s triumph.
Netherlands vs. Argentina Highlights
DaMarcus Beasley: Messi is the GOAT
You appearance at the efficiency today from him, from the little magician. He was amazing from the veryfirst minute on. Coming into this videogame, we questioned where the offense was going to come from. They’ve got Julian Alvarez, and they’ve got Messi, however who else? Who is going to be the 3rd individual, who is going to be the 4th individual to include to the attack? You saw today they didn’t actually requirement it. They’ve got the little magician. He stepped up and scored a objective, had an help and scored his charge. He continuously put the group on his back.
Melissa Ortiz: Defense was secret for Argentina
Although they were up 2 and dropped that lead, defensively, let’s simply state that throughout the competition [Argentina goalie] Emiliano Martínez just dealtwith 11 shots on objective and today there were just 2 shots on him. That implies defensively, they were doing something properly from the outside and in. Goal-scoring-wise, the defense was included in both chances, whether it was Nahuel Molina down the side or drawing the charge kick. The protective gamers assisted Messi shine.
Sacha Kljestan: Respect to the Dutch and its supervisor
Respect to Louis van Gaal. I’ve actually takenpleasurein him in this competition. Not just the method he’s talked about his group and the method he’s directed things, however the modifications that he made in this videogame. He took out both of his strikers, 2 of his finest gamers and put on 2 brand-new strikers, huge people that went after the videogame in a various method in the last 15-to-20 minutes and were able to tie this videogame up.
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