holy @#$%&!

Anyone see the Netherlands tie Argentina in the 101st minute? Wow...

edit - People who know the game better than me can answer - shouldn't Messi have been pulled late in the game?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2022 02:44PM by hal.

>shouldn't Messi have been pulled late in the game

Why?

At very least, I think they'd like him to take a penality

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well, he just scored in the penalty - I asked, because he was so slow and not playing defense. The Netherlands scored 2 after the 86th min...

edit - game over - what a game!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2022 03:32PM by hal.

Messi has a really great ability to just know where to stand on the field. But you're right, he's not someone who gets back on defense.

IMO the quarterfinals have been better games than you often see in championships in pro sports here in the US.

That game was classic, two very good teams really going at it, raw emotions, unusual events.

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No, Messi shouldn't have been pulled. They needed him for the penalty kick. He is also still one of the great offensive talents.

France against England ought to be interesting. France has an offensive star with Olympic sprinter speed and lots of scoring to show for it.

Brilliant game! It would have been stupid to pull Messi for multiple reasons. "Getting back on defense) is not something that Messi does and not something that was needed. He needed to stay on offense so that the Netherlands had to keep their players back on defense. Also, he is brilliant in penalty shootouts and that was a very likely outcome. With Messi gone they would have played a much more offensive final minutes and may have lost one more of those penalty kicks.That said, I think that he should probably have been given a yellow card for that handball and that might have resulted in him being ejected since he later received another yellow card.

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