The ESPN FC Daily team react to an underwhelming performance from Argentina in their World Cup win over Australia, and ask if the form of Lionel Messi alone is enough to take Argentina deep into the tournament.
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I pray to God that lautaro doesn't turn out to be second higuain.
did u see him today?!???
All the teams have plenty ball and not being dangerous, but this Argentina is playing the best
Listening to espn people I often think we've been watching different matches. Argentina would probably have to walk on water to make espn give them some credit. Other "big" teams might play pretty mediocre games winning by just 1 goal or drawing but would be praised to the sky for just being them, big that is. We'll have to wait and see how things turn out. But this Argentina side is doing a great job given ALL circumstances
I cant believe Lautaro missed those three shots
If Argentina didn’t have Messi, they wouldn’t have won.
Messi goat 🐐
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The difference is, Argentina really need Messi playing his best every game, Ronaldo is depending on Portugal to drag on his legacy. That might be whys he’s trying to take credit for goals that he never scored lol
ffs you want them to press the whole game when they played two days ago and probably still have muscle cramps. You know the WC still goes on after that match right?
Tactically everything went well, Argentinian attackers failed to seal at least 4 goals. that's all that happened.
2 DAYS both teams had to rest
I feel like it was just 24 years ago that I saw ARG v NED in the quarterfinals for the 98 WC in France.
Lol. He's a 35 yr old who usually does not play astounding football for PSG or Argentina anymore, but he had a good game against AUSTRALIA, and the media clickbait merchants go nuts!!!🤦♂️. The media are such muppets.
I’ve been hearing this for the last 4 world cups and nothing yet 😂😂😂😂
789 goals
329 assists
1000 match (?)
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Here is my prediction they won’t play Australia again 😂😂😂 not that level going forward anymore
The more they win the more they criticize
Lautaro Martinez has always been a trash player.
Not one pundit comment about how well Australia did against 3rd in the World. Tactics were right, brilliance from Messi and a keeper error from Australia. Maybe it’s not Argentina being toothless, maybe Australia were good.
The white mustache dude shouls just enjoy the game. And the #10🇦🇷
Since Argentina is suffering almost every match, but is going through with wins , it seems they lost the best match to go all the way to the title in this manner.
it’s sound like Messi got a lot of haters tho y’all need to stop talkin ya gon see 😅 dec 18 lol we gon lift the trophy n front of all y’all
Australia was so boring, pass the ball around the back 4 and hope for a set peice
Get this American out of here lol. Clueless
Now it gets serious. Small teams are over for Argentina. FIFA always paving the way for Messi. We will see why Argentina can do against the Netherlands!
Australia was a well drilled team, and very physical compared to the teams Argentina will face going forward.
No one really gonna talk about Lisandro Martinez
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No matter how much Ronaldo keeps on comparing himself to Messi … Messi jus sincerely n always was n still is that lil bit better… Another n a whole new gear …. a seperate gravy altogether which the whole planet along wiy Ronaldo himself knew all along 💯 🌍 ..
Well looking at his track record i am highly doubtful he can. Only one goal in the knock out stages in 5 world cups. These are facts and not an opinion. And they will be going against a stronger team next round so let's see how he does.
What a player.. What a man..🐐
CR7 🐐
🏆 ALL TIME TOP GOAL SCORER IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL (815+ total goals)
🏆 Most UCL Goals in history
🏆 Most UCL Assists in history
🏆 5 UCL titles
🏆 Most International goals in history
🏆 Proven across three leagues: (3) EPL titles, (2) La Liga titles, (2) Serie A titles
🏆 FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE AT 5 world cups!!!
🏆 Humanity Trophy: Most charitable athlete in history of all sports!
🏆 Cultural Trophy: Most iconic goal celebration in football!
🏆 DOESNT HAVE MOST MISSED PKS THIS CENTURY
🏆 Better goal ratio in la liga
🏆 Better goal ratio in UCL
No he’s going home bye bye Lionel gone missing!
They definitely have the grit to make it to the final whether it’s through scrappy play, or just barely edging out the other team.
But as I’ve been saying myself, they gotta create more chances. The major difference in the last two World Cup winners (since I didn’t watch the World Cup before 2014) is that the winners always scored goals. Throughout the whole tournament they scored, and it was either one player scoring a lot or just a bunch of different players scoring. That is the difference between Germany and Argentina in 2014, the difference between Croatia and France which was actually worse than 2014. Croatia never winning a game in the first 90 minutes during the knock out stages was one of the worse things to ever witness. I bet Croatian fans were worried since they were constantly playing more minutes and always having to score at the very end of extra time.
Messi is in form, but his team need to be better. They need to start shooting more, or start just getting into the box to shoot.
Against a way better defence they will struggle, but that doesn’t mean they won’t win. More fans, more grit to win, and not being lesser than other teams could win them to tournament. Messi has definitely gotta get the ball and shoot more. He can’t go pass the whole team anymore, but just by watching you can see he’s way better at passing, way better at picking his shots than people most of the time. His body may have slowed him down but his talent and experience will always be there.
Seb is still salty that Argentina thrashed Mexico xD
Netherlands is not a strong rival ! Better Than the others Argentina played but come on… we all watching the same World Cup.
Argentina needs to focus move the ball faster and press, chances will flow…
What game did he watched? Messi gave Martinez at least 3 assists.
Everyone wants my nationteam and messi wins this world cup😂❤