World Cup 2018 (bracket challenge too!)

[hollodero]

(06-30-2018, 02:15 PM)Millhouse Wrote: I still dont get Argentina's coach playing Aguero as little has he had including today. I guess Aguero and him didnt get along, but he scored two goals in his limited playing time in these 4 games. Hell he didnt even have Higuan out there nor Dybala at all today as well.

Yeah, a bit strange indeed. Not so much regarding Higuain though, that man seems to have a talent only to score when it doesn't matter so much. In big games, not so much. Dybala and Messi probably just don't go well together.
Overall, this team was highly dysfunctional, starting with Mascherano, who for some reason was supposed to open up the game, which he did by playing lots of insignificant passes and managing to screw up even those while defensively causing penaltys and stuff. The wingers were all bad too, even those who regularly were brought on. Messi chose the style of a genius without having the form to do so. And the defensive four didn't play top notch as a whole. In the sum of things, just not a great team by any stretch, and subverting the coach and his questionable approach sure didn't help.