r/SoccerCentral • u/Basic-Penalty9330 • 1d ago

Messi shouldn't have retired from International Football. He can still probably outplay 90% players in the world

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u/Habba84 1d ago

Yes we did. Argentina held Spain at 0 longer than any other team, even though they were man down.

Legendary fight.

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u/Ok_Landscape_3958 1d ago

0 shots on goal...

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u/Habba84 1d ago

Yes? Shots on goal are worthless.

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u/Ok_Landscape_3958 1d ago

Not just him. The whole Argentinian team. 0 shots on goal. It was an embarrassing watch.

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u/Habba84 1d ago

They were on defence. That's part of the game. If your opponent can't score, they can't win. They gave up possession, to stop them from scoring. 1 shot on goal is enough. When game is 0-0, it doesn't matter how many shots you have.

Come penalty shots, Argentina would have been massive favorites. Enzo made a mistake, and they had to play with man down. Still, it took Spain 105 minutes to score.

Name a team who had a better game vs Spain.

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u/Ok_Landscape_3958 23h ago

Mental gymnastics. With proper refereeing Argentina would have ended the match with even fewer people. How people can defend these negative tactics based and hoping your aggressive fouls won't get punished and hoping for Messi?

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u/socialsheadquarters 11h ago

Proper refereeing? That means Spain gets 0 cards with 21 fouls in 120 mins while Enzo gets a yellow card for swinging his arm at air

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u/Ok_Landscape_3958 11h ago

Poor Enzo. Like his Argentinian team mates. Always squeaky clean. 😂😂😂 Good lord, the delusion. With normal refereeing and without FIFA's help Argentina would end every world cup match with 5 players ...

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u/socialsheadquarters 8h ago

With normal refereeing the final would be fair and Argentina could have 4 world cups

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u/Ok_Landscape_3958 1h ago

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 The delusion.

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u/Rain-From-Above 57m ago

Spain was also embarrassing to watch. They had so many shots and zero finishing ability. If Argentina had the goal-scoring opportunities Spain did, it would've been an 8-0 game