Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 0:18:39 GMT -5
The Icelandic giants, with limited international experience, humanized this Saturday Argentina and its captain, Leo Messi, who missed a penalty to leave the fight held this Saturday at the Spartak stadium in Moscow in a tie (1-1), on the occasion of their debut at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
The penalty taken by Leo Messi in the 62nd minute and the other six attempts by the Argentine team died in Hannes Halldorsson's mitts, lacking bite despite having the ball 73 percent of the time.
Argentina-Iceland was a battle of styles between two teams with different tastes for the game and a disparate tradition in soccer World Cups Binance App Users Data The Viking side is a first-timer; The albiceleste, on the other hand, feels urged by his history to wear the crown on July 15 at the Luzhniki stadium.
Thus he left the Monumental stadium in 1978 and the Azteca stadium in 1986, with a country handed over to Mario Kempes and Diego Maradona. Thirty-two years later – two lost finals, in 1990 and 2014 –, the feeling of the group led by Jorge Sampaoli is that they must once again excite 40 million compatriots.
The 1-1 score punished the hesitation of the Argentine team, weak every time the Viking 'army' challenged them through speed, pressure and aerial play.
There were thousands of those who dyed the stands of Moscow's Spartak stadium blue and white, having already overcome the great blow of Brazil 2014, when the German Mario Götze thwarted in extra time the resounding victory that Messi's generation still longs for.
This Argentina of Sampaoli, which above all is the Argentina of Messi, has poured its essence into the taste of its talent, the touch and the attachment to the game, from the need to activate its most decisive footballer. And unlike its first rival in Russia, the Argentine squad avoids counterattacks and hand-to-hand combat.
For that challenge, Messi already knows that he has his friend Sergio Agüero. The Manchester City forward scored a powerful left footed shot in the 19th minute. It was his first goal in a World Cup , after all the wasted shots in Brazil and South Africa, in 2014 and 2010.
That income did not accommodate the pieces of the South American team, dressed in black for the occasion. Color of elegance or mourning, he could not disguise his weak defensive features.
After a first warning from Birkir Bjarnason, striker Alfred Finnbogason claimed his place in the nascent history of Icelandic football in the 23rd minute. The 1-1 score punished the hesitation of the Argentine team, weak every time the Viking army challenged them through speed, pressure and aerial game.
The penalty taken by Leo Messi in the 62nd minute and the other six attempts by the Argentine team died in Hannes Halldorsson's mitts, lacking bite despite having the ball 73 percent of the time.
Argentina-Iceland was a battle of styles between two teams with different tastes for the game and a disparate tradition in soccer World Cups Binance App Users Data The Viking side is a first-timer; The albiceleste, on the other hand, feels urged by his history to wear the crown on July 15 at the Luzhniki stadium.
Thus he left the Monumental stadium in 1978 and the Azteca stadium in 1986, with a country handed over to Mario Kempes and Diego Maradona. Thirty-two years later – two lost finals, in 1990 and 2014 –, the feeling of the group led by Jorge Sampaoli is that they must once again excite 40 million compatriots.
The 1-1 score punished the hesitation of the Argentine team, weak every time the Viking 'army' challenged them through speed, pressure and aerial play.
There were thousands of those who dyed the stands of Moscow's Spartak stadium blue and white, having already overcome the great blow of Brazil 2014, when the German Mario Götze thwarted in extra time the resounding victory that Messi's generation still longs for.
This Argentina of Sampaoli, which above all is the Argentina of Messi, has poured its essence into the taste of its talent, the touch and the attachment to the game, from the need to activate its most decisive footballer. And unlike its first rival in Russia, the Argentine squad avoids counterattacks and hand-to-hand combat.
For that challenge, Messi already knows that he has his friend Sergio Agüero. The Manchester City forward scored a powerful left footed shot in the 19th minute. It was his first goal in a World Cup , after all the wasted shots in Brazil and South Africa, in 2014 and 2010.
That income did not accommodate the pieces of the South American team, dressed in black for the occasion. Color of elegance or mourning, he could not disguise his weak defensive features.
After a first warning from Birkir Bjarnason, striker Alfred Finnbogason claimed his place in the nascent history of Icelandic football in the 23rd minute. The 1-1 score punished the hesitation of the Argentine team, weak every time the Viking army challenged them through speed, pressure and aerial game.