few hours till game time

Masche was immense again. Everyone did their bit aside from Pato & D.Milito(massive luck on the goal). Hopefully Crespo should be fit for the QF.

Should see some changes for the Paraguay game. Try to catch Barreto’s first goal.

Argentina u20 take on Paname tomorrow.Should be a walkover.

Take care one & all.
Chau.

Posted from  United States

D Milito was a bad substitution. I think Basile wanted to have a poacher on the field but the move back fired. And Pato should really have done better with that goal. It came straight to him but he tried to punch it out (and failed!). Good win.

Posted from  United States

that was horrible coaching, the team was dead in the water with 25 to thirty minutes left in the game. If we faced a better quality team we tie or lose that game. I was screaming at my t.v for tevez and aimar to come in this game. We got lucky to get a win out of that game. These are just my thoughts, but tevez and aimar need to start or at least be subed in at 60 minutes. That second half was painfull to watch.

Pato you’re the shittiest goalie on the face of the planet. You coast us the World Cup last year and now this horrible performance! For god’s sake…its time we cut him out for good!

And I don’t care if Milito scored, the guy was a walking joke. It’s as if we had no offence since Crespo left.

Posted from  Canada

goodnight all, looking forward to game reviews from everyone out there….

Not a very good game. Diego Milito was utter shit, I don’t care if he got the last goal, he was crap. He must not play more in this tournament. Palcio is better, and off course Tevez should have been the one coming on for Crespo. Messi was good. Riquelme was good, but man he slows everything down always, I want to see more speedy play. Veron good first half. Mascherano: a monster.
see ya.

Posted from  Norway

2nd half was pretty boring. i think if crespo was in for the whole game, im pretty sure he would have scored a hat trick.. he was on fire for the time he was in. that header he hit on the cross bar, he had some crazy hang time on that. Please get better crespo, your the best

Posted from  Kuwait

yeah..agree with u all..
milito scored..but i don’t think he is our NT material..
he’s not international class striker..i don’t wanna see him in our NT anymore..
he’s sux…he was a walking joke..yeah u’re right..
he’s not good enuf to be in the NT..i wonder what basile think..?our team got no balance actualy..i really don’t like the line up for our nt..no balance..our 2nd half performance not really good at all..and milito goal..haha he’s lucky!!! -.-
anyway..good win…

Posted from  Malaysia

D.MILITO is Terrible!!really..
he’s useless…we’re like not having striker at all..
i don’t wanna see him in our NT anymore!!

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Posted from  Malaysia

Our team is amazingggg! Our only flaw: We get overconfident… Yes of course after Crespo got hurt our team suffered greatly, but even without crespo argentina proved to be superior. Second half we began to play as if we were winning 7-0. We got too overconfident and began to play more defensivley. Argentina must never slow down.

Awesome goals from Riquelme. I didn’t like Diego Milito. Lucho didnt do anything the time he was in. Veron made at least 3 mistakes which could of turned out to be disastrous for ARG but I still liked his performance. Aimar should of def came in.

Abbondanzieri has to GOOOO! I used to loveeeee him until the Germany game in the world cup. He left all of us and his team when we needed him the most. He gets to NERVOUS and cant handle the pressure!Basile should put in Carrizo.

Paraguay here we come… most importantly, Second Round here we come!

es un sentimientoooooooooo

Posted from  United States

How can D.milito miss the best chance in front of the goal..?
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take him out!! -.~

Posted from  Malaysia

if tevez had gone in earlier the game wouldve ended 6-1

VAMOS ARGENTINA . yhaooo . i want to see ARGENTINA vs brazil and beat them . Vamos ARGENTINA y No illore para mi ARGENTINA por favor . porque yo siempre contigo . ICH LIEBE SEI ARGENTINA … VAMOSSS

Posted from  Malaysia

Nice win guys,

OK. Diego Milito is simply a direct sub for Crespo. Basile just needs to balance the forwards’ heights. Can’t have 2 short players like Tevez & Messi upfront, right?

I think Basile was brilliant, today. His timely subs really make a difference!

Posted from  Malaysia

c’mon guys argentina won, it seems as though most of you are dissapointed. arg are a much superior team than col but i give them credit they played with alot of heart and they never gave up. the first half was a tremendous one in which we scored three goals. roman was on fire he dictated the tempo of the game. veron also played much better and messi was everywhere.
we do need to improve in certain areas cause here on in our competition gets alot tougher. defending set pieces, we must work on this for ou next training sessions. there is no width on our left midfield we need aimar on the picth he will exploit this. we must play the full 90 minutes. first game we only played in the second half and this game the first half. lastly do not give up an early goal and have to battle our way back. it may have took the energy out of us so we were so tired in the second half.

c’mon guys argentina won, it seems as though most of you are dissapointed. arg are a much superior team than col but i give them credit they played with alot of heart and they never gave up. the first half was a tremendous one in which we scored three goals. roman was on fire he dictated the tempo of the game. veron also played much better and messi was everywhere.
we do need to improve in certain areas cause here on in our competition gets alot tougher. defending set pieces, we must work on this for ou next training sessions. there is no width on our left midfield we need aimar on the picth he will exploit this. we must play the full 90 minutes. first game we only played in the second half and this game the first half. lastly do not give up an early goal and have to battle our way back. it may have took the energy out of us so we were so tired in the second half.

Guys, here is our problem:
GABY MILITO
and to a lesser extent
PATO

the first goal was G Milito’s fault since he was leaving Perea alone on the 6-yard line, onside,

the second goal, Milito tried to head the ball and let Castrillon do the job with ultimate ease, it just is disgusting- here Pato should have done better, but it seems that all the goals that we had conceded so far involve an error by G Milito, the guy is unbelievable.

As for Diego, I wouldn’t have expected a lot more of him, coming in for Crespo is not sth easy, maybe the goal he scored (he was lucky) would give him some confidence. But he is not a natural born goal-scorer, not Crespo-material.

Tevez, is always great when he plays.
Let’s see what the line-up for the third game will be, Basile should try more players, and it will be their chance to shine, I think Tevez will start in this one. I hope Aimar does, but I don’t think Coco will go for it.

My player ratings:

Mascherano: 8/10
Riquelme: 8/10
Messi: 7/10
Crespo: 7/10
Zanetti: 7/10
Cambiasso: 6/10
Veron: 6/10
Ayala: 6/10
Heinze: 6/10
D Milito: 4/10
G Milito: 4/10
Pato: 4/10
Lucho: not rated
Tevez: not rated

MVP: Shared by Riquelme and Mascherano.

Posted from  United States

pato=rubbish!!!

Posted from  Japan

pato=rubbish!!!

Posted from  Japan

pato=rubbish!!!

Posted from  Japan

oh and btw… did anyone see some of those fine ladies at the stadium.. THEY WERE HOT!! i didnt know there were hot columbian girls .. daaaym.. They also showed 2 hot argentinean girls too. WOOT for girls and football at the same time

Posted from  Kuwait

The only player worse than the defender Milito was the attacker Milito .

Posted from  Malaysia

well i dont know whay does veron play and lucho is on the bench

Posted from  Jordan

ArgentinaFan i know exactly what ur talking about the 20000 sexy columbian girls and the 2 cute argentines and when the argentine girls saw the camera they stared waving

Posted from  Jordan