When was the last time such a night came to earth? Brazil and Argentina have entered the field only a few hours apart; If both the teams had won, these two arch-rivals would have played the semi-finals of the World Cup against each other.
When the World Cup came, a war started between the fans of Argentina and Brazil. And if such two countries meet in the semi-finals, then I don’t know if the whole country will explode! Already the number of fans of Brazil and Argentina in Bangladesh is high.
There was tension between the two teams before the start of the quarter-final match. But the prospect of Brazil and Argentina meeting in the semi-finals added fuel to the fire.
Many saw Brazil in the semi-finals. But this is where football makes the difference. There is a world of difference between thinking and playing football on the field. Brazil started their game based on that enviable attack.
Using the speed of Vinicius-Neymar-Rafinha with small passes, Brazil was repeatedly entering the Croat D-box. But the Selecao could never breach the Croat wall. Tite could not return to the field even for a moment in the tactical fight. 4-2-4 football is not suitable in this modern era. That required someone to become a monster for a second. Pulling the team through with a single effort that’s what Maradona did.
And if you can stop the Croats for 15 minutes, you have a ticket to the semi-finals. But at the end of this time, the feeling of not having a body came into Brazil. And the control of the midfield was already there. Petkovic stunned Brazil in the 117th minute.
Dutch goalkeeper Knoppert also took Messi with one hand. Messi did not miss the penalty. He will block all of Messi’s shots. On the other hand, Scaloni’s straightforward answer – whatever happens, everything will happen on the field. So after the start of the Cold War between the two sides, it seemed that the football world saw a strategic battle between Von Haal and Lionel Scaloni.
Those who have watched Barcelona matches regularly will know that messing up Messi is not a happy outcome. After the start of the match, it was seen: not one but a few people were marking Messi. Brazil’s plan to mark Messi at the World Cup worked. But because of what Messi did this time, maybe he is called an alien footballer. The ball he took out between the legs of Nathan Ake to Nahuel Molina, the angle at which the ball could be taken out, was not understood properly on the TV screen.
Emi Martinez single-handedly held off Colombia in the tiebreaker. Argentina’s hope of winning the Copa was kept alive by his skill. He was one of Argentina’s hopes from the beginning of the World Cup in Qatar. But after the match against Saudi Arabia, there was no less criticism about him. Amy Martinez answered all the criticisms again. Martínez showed once again that he could be relied upon to save Van Dijk and Burghos’ penalties first. Not once, but repeatedly.