Argentina vs Croatia - Match Thread (21st June, 7pm)

[StanSP]

Would be nice if Argentina turned up for a group stage game and not play out turgid football with all their flair players at their disposal. Not holding out much hope.

[Guest the fox]

 

Messi/Barca fans responding to a Rakitic Twitter post is too funny 

 

 

[MC Prussian]

If Messi and (more importantly) Argentina don't show up tonight, it's going to be a national disaster and a whole country in near-mourning.

 

Expecting much more from the Albiceleste.

Should they continue to have everything going through Messi, they'll be in big trouble.

 

2-1 Argentina, smash-and-grab style.

[Kitchandro]

Another draw I think. Argentina are overrated, Aguero and Messi are their only consistent players, mark them out of the game and they've got nothing going forward.

 

Teams have got to learn that building from the back is too hard. They need to start pressing high up the pitch and winning it high up the pitch, the tempo hasn't been there and that's largely why their have been so few goals from open play. I predict Argentina will have the same problem tonight although I don't expect Croatia to put 11 men behind the ball.

[kingfox]

Even if this turns out to be crap it's the most interesting match up since Spain vs Portugal.

 

A match Argentina could so easily lose, said it before their last game they are nothing more than a good forward line; however even their forward line struggled against Iceland.

 

Croatia need to be better also, despite the win they looked lacklustre against Nigeria.

 

Impossible one to call but thoroughly looking forward to it.

[Guest the fox]

Argentina needs to do 2 things.

1- Move the ball faster.

2- Have 2 player always moving to play fast 1-2s with Leo and let the striker push the defense deeper.

 

He will (Messi) be man-marked but i trust the GOAT will have a good game.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Please win Croatia, do it for footy

[VinceNoir]

Croatia to win comfortably 

[Finnegan]

I accept Dybala is a tiny bit over hyped at the moment in Europe but would you not play him over a kid from Independiente who has barely kicked a ball out of his home country? 

 

 

[StanSP]

a Lawro pearler...

 

'Croatia can't get out of their half, they can't get the ball'

 

Literally as they are in possession of the ball.

[Kitchandro]

Why is the referee signalling that the Argentine player dived, but hasn’t booked him? It’s just corrupt. Not applying the basic rules.

 

And why have the commentators not mentioned it AGAIN?

[davieG]

It's like watching the first day at the nursery

Moan, fall over, whinge, whimper

[Bert]

2 minutes ago, Kitchandro said:

Why is the referee signalling that the Argentine player dived, but hasn’t booked him? It’s just corrupt. Not applying the basic rules.

 

And why have the commentators not mentioned it AGAIN?

Thought exactly the same, baffling. 

[Kitchandro]

Lawro cliches a plenty here; OTT sarcasm, always having to have the last word when speaking with his co-commentator, saying ‘brillant’ after every sentence...

[Carl the Llama]

"Sometimes you get lucky with a cross"

"Sometimes you don't"

 

Brilliant.

Edited 21 June 2018 by Carl the Llama

[davieG]

Just now, Carl the Llama said:

"Sometimes you get lucky with a cross"

"Sometime's you don't"

 

Brilliant.

Sometimes we have a shit commentator

Sometimes we don't 

Mostly we do.

But then what's on the pitch ain't much better

[Carl the Llama]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

Sometimes we have a shit commentator

Sometimes we don't 

Mostly we do.

But then what's on the pitch ain't much better

After that corner just now it's hard to disagree with you.

[Detroit Blues]

What an egregious miss.

[Brooksy]

Oh dear

[lestajigs]

This is comical the finishing in this World Cup ????

[Nalis]

The binary world cup rolls on.

[Guest Col city fan]

Is this Messi character the same bloke who plays for Barcelona?

[Detroit Blues]

Just now, lestajigs said:

This is comical the finishing in this World Cup ????

 

Few teams have really impressed so far in the tournament. 

[lestajigs]

1 minute ago, Detroit Blues said:

 

Few teams have really impressed so far in the tournament. 

It’s like international football brings the worste out of the players ?

[Sir Shep]

Tom Daley would make this Argentina team.