Messi makes the difference
The game was full of suspense. The swiss made things extremely difficult for the argentinians. Argentina had all the ball possession and the swiss had the dangerous attacks and the goal chances in the first half.
Argentina dominated the second half but was denied repeatedly by a very strong swiss keeper.
This time, Messi was really active. He participated in almost every attack and even helped out in the defense.
Unfortunately, the only other argentinian player that had any quality was Di Maria.
This picture is symbolic for the whole game.
He was alone against the swiss.
And it was Messi's brilliant run and the pass to di maria in the 118th minute that ended the swiss hope of reaching the quarter finals.
Argentina was of course incredibly lucky that one minute later the swiss did not score:
Argentina will have a difficult time against Belgium in saturday. If something does not change drastically, they will lose and they will lose badly.
Messi was awarded the man of the match award for a fourth time. His Whoscored.com rating was 9.4
Messi was awarded the man of the match award for a fourth time. His Whoscored.com rating was 9.4
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