Argentina 6 S/M 0
Now THAT was soccer. That was as much domination as I've seen in a while against a team that was supposed to be pretty good (i.e., discounting blowouts against the likes of Saudi Arabia). After all, S/M had gotten through qualifying without losing and giving up only one goal in, what, 10 games?
It was too bad that S/M gave up after the fourth goal and the red on Kezman. Pathetic to see a team get whupped so much that they really just wanted to go home. And it could have been even worse, given that an Arg goal was called back in the first half on a horrible offsides call.
I was interest to see Messi, and am glad he got in the game. He didn't have a lot of time, and the game was over by that time. Too bad.
Update: I forgot to mention - interesting that there were 6 Arg goals, and Riquelme was directly involved in NONE of them. I was hugely impressed with him in the first game. And yet while he played a decent enough game, it was more the forwards than the midfield that did the damage against S/M. Crespo had a great game - he set up Cambiasso. Maxi Rodriguez (who is more a forward than a midfielder) had a game too, obviously.
It was too bad that S/M gave up after the fourth goal and the red on Kezman. Pathetic to see a team get whupped so much that they really just wanted to go home. And it could have been even worse, given that an Arg goal was called back in the first half on a horrible offsides call.
I was interest to see Messi, and am glad he got in the game. He didn't have a lot of time, and the game was over by that time. Too bad.
Update: I forgot to mention - interesting that there were 6 Arg goals, and Riquelme was directly involved in NONE of them. I was hugely impressed with him in the first game. And yet while he played a decent enough game, it was more the forwards than the midfield that did the damage against S/M. Crespo had a great game - he set up Cambiasso. Maxi Rodriguez (who is more a forward than a midfielder) had a game too, obviously.
posted by Al at 11:14 AM
2 Comments:
i've only seen a little of Messi myself (in Barcelona matches) but when ronaldinho says "how can i be the best player in europe when i'm not even the best player on my team" (referring to messi), i tend to listen!
Exactly! I can't have seem him more than once or twice. It would have been a lot better if the S/M game was closer when they brought Messi in, so we could actually see him in a real game situation instead of the garbage time it ended up as.
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