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Argentina treated France like they were their kid brother. I missed the first 30 minutes because I was napping (tomando una siesta), but after I woke up, it seemed like Argentina was in control. Then they scored in the 40th minute.
After that, the second half was a joke. As the announcers said, Argentina was always closer to scoring a second goal than France was to tieing it up.
Then Tevez (arguably the ugliest player in "football") came in and on a counter attack, raced down a ball, held it up, then tapped it over to Messi who was cruising along. Messi cut left (his preferred foot) and then fired to make it 2-0 in Marsailles, FR.
As Argentina ran out the clock, it looked like UNC's "Four Corners" in the Dean Smith days. France couldn't do anything.
Notable Absences: Riquelme & Veron
I don't know if they were injured or if Maradona chose to only use European based players, but those two didn't play and I think that the team might have been better for it. Riquelme is amazing, but he can be marked out of a game with aggressive play, as he was in the final of the Copa America '07.
The team is just so much faster without those two guys that maybe today we saw the future.
More Spoilers...
Argentina treated France like they were their kid brother. I missed the first 30 minutes because I was napping (tomando una siesta), but after I woke up, it seemed like Argentina was in control. Then they scored in the 40th minute.
After that, the second half was a joke. As the announcers said, Argentina was always closer to scoring a second goal than France was to tieing it up.
Then Tevez (arguably the ugliest player in "football") came in and on a counter attack, raced down a ball, held it up, then tapped it over to Messi who was cruising along. Messi cut left (his preferred foot) and then fired to make it 2-0 in Marsailles, FR.
As Argentina ran out the clock, it looked like UNC's "Four Corners" in the Dean Smith days. France couldn't do anything.
Notable Absences: Riquelme & Veron
I don't know if they were injured or if Maradona chose to only use European based players, but those two didn't play and I think that the team might have been better for it. Riquelme is amazing, but he can be marked out of a game with aggressive play, as he was in the final of the Copa America '07.
The team is just so much faster without those two guys that maybe today we saw the future.
