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What’s crazy is Di Maria has only played 4 minutes since the Poland match. Really need him for the final.
Depends on who makes the final. France have shown they are not shy of giving them awayHow many more penalty to award to Argentina in the final ?
Even I didn't know about it till yesterday.That's a fun tidbit of history i don't know about, kinda cool.
He's been fit though has he?What’s crazy is Di Maria has only played 4 minutes since the Poland match. Really need him for the final.
What’s crazy is Di Maria has only played 4 minutes since the Poland match. Really need him for the final.
Love the muchachos song as well. The digs at Brazil, the self depreciation, the maradona and Messi references and its so damn catchy.
I don't think it's any different from the team spirit and determination other countries (who aren't collapsing internally) have. Argentina's strongest opponent has been Netherlands who is coached well but also don't have the elite squad that the other top nations do, Croatia is ok and the rest have all been shite teams. They didn't even need to play remotely well to get to the quarter finals as their opposition in those 4 games was bottom of the group worthy level for a few groups. And then they threw away a 2 goal lead vs Netherlands. Played well vs Croatia on the counter against a very blunt attack (which has been the case all tournament).I meant the rest of the team around him just look so determined and passionate with an insane will to win at all costs attitude
All I’m reading is how boring and unspectacular Argentina are.
Most winners of the World Cup are boring and unspectacular.
He's been fit though has he?
Argentina are a much better team than England, yet I wager that if Mac Callister or De Paul qualified for England, Southgate wouldn't have given them a single start. And Rashford would have played every game for Argentina.
How many more penalty to award to Argentina in the final ?
England players tend to be overvalued by the market and pundits. Argies on the contrary except Messi they tend to be undervalued.
Now Macallister under the radar of Tottenham, Juve, Atletico.
De Paul was a laughing stock a couple of weeks ago (only in the team because he's Messi's bodyguard) and Mac Callister was just a decent/average low level EPL player.Argentina are a much better team than England, yet I wager that if Mac Callister or De Paul qualified for England, Southgate wouldn't have given them a single start. And Rashford would have played every game for Argentina.
Sounds like Rice tbhMac Callister was just a decent/average low level EPL player.
Love the muchachos song as well. The digs at Brazil, the self depreciation, the maradona and Messi references and its so damn catchy.
A poster in another thread posted a link (from I think the mirror) of the team singing it in the dressing room saying its childish while the Mirror called it controversial and offensive.
With journalism like that it's little wonder people are frothing at the mouth about a lack of class and respect from South American sides.
Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday night to qualify for the final of the World Cup and their celebrations involved singing a controversial and offensive song in the dressing room.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/argentina-english-insult-world-cup-28727304
An English tabloid was bound to write an article about it with the reference to Malvinas. Wouldn't give it any credence though. Just rags being rags .
English players are overrated. England as a NT is overrated. Probably because of PL, but england's only trophy is their home WC, after that they reached semifinal two times and didn't even get to the podium.
Argentina with their mediocre players are going to play their 6th final. In all these tournaments finished either 1st or second. Never lost a semifinal.
And some ask is Argentina in Tier 1 of international football.English players are overrated. England as a NT is overrated. Probably because of PL, but england's only trophy is their home WC, after that they reached semifinal two times and didn't even get to the podium.
Argentina with their mediocre players are going to play their 6th final. In all these tournaments finished either 1st or second. Never lost a semifinal.
Whats offensive about the song?A poster in another thread posted a link (from I think the mirror) of the team singing it in the dressing room saying its childish while the Mirror called it controversial and offensive.
With journalism like that it's little wonder people are frothing at the mouth about a lack of class and respect from South American sides.
Argentina beat Croatia 3-0 on Tuesday night to qualify for the final of the World Cup and their celebrations involved singing a controversial and offensive song in the dressing room.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/argentina-english-insult-world-cup-28727304
And some ask is Argentina in Tier 1 of international football.
Whats offensive about the song?
Yeah I guess its just Malvinas. Over the top to call it offensive cause of that but that's tabloids for you.Nothing (at least IMO) heres a (loose) translation i grabbed online
"In Argentina I was born
Land of Diego and Lionel
Of the kids of the Malvinas
That I will never forget
I can’t explain it to you
Because you won’t understand
The finals we lost
How many years I cried
But that’s over
Because at the Maracaná
The final with the brazucas
We won it again
Boys
Now we’ve got our hopes up again
I want to win the third
I want to be world champion
And Diego
From the sky we can see him
With Don Diego and La Tota
Cheering Lionel on
Boys
Now we’ve got our hopes up again
I want to win the third
I want to be world champion
And Diego
From the sky we can see him
With Don Diego and La Tota
Cheering Lionel on, and to be champions again, and to be champions again"
The Malvinas part seems to hace ruffled some English feathers (Falklands war) but thats still a very sensitive subject here and the song is actually just paying tribute to the fallen soldiers (a lot of whom were conscripted young Men who had no idea what awaited them).
Sorry I never got back to You the other day, if You had a top striker You would he a real force. Love your country and have total respect for You guys.
Unless something drastically happens with the quality of the Argentina next generation of players I can't see them doing well in thr next world cup because take messi out of this side and I don't think they would have got out of their group
It's very interesting how underrated this team is. Until now, everyone has been talking the next team is going to kick us out, be it the Netherlands or Croatia. I think we've been vastly superior to them. We should have scored 4 goals a game against every team we faced but Mexico.
And you still got the likes of Garnacho, Luka Romero, Buonanotte all incoming, while the current squad is still young. And we always get good players out of nowhere so in the next 4 years things may change.