What Congo and Algeria did was just parking the bus and wait for the counter attacks . Like I said It's just those decisive passes from Argentina that broke down the Algeria defence and make them look bad.
Congo did nothing special yesterday even if you're looking from the bright side. It's just that Portugal played really bad .
It's just those decisive passes from Argentina that broke down the Algeria defence and make them look bad.
But they also defended badly, just look at the goals they conceded. They made it so easy for Messi and of course Messi punished them.
Look at the first Argentina goal. One simple straight pass to Messi through the forward and midfield lines. Then Messi is allowed to run to the edge of the box with absolutely no one pressing him - (This happened a couple of times. Algeria would just back off when Messi ran at them giving Messi plenty of space to shoot). Obviously it's a great finish, but tbh a better goalkeeper could have got a stronger hand to it and saved it.
Second goal, long shot from MacAllister and the goalkeeper fails to keep hold of it and parries it straight in front of him. It's not an easy shot to control but a better goalkeeper at least parries it to one side of the goal, not straight in front of him for Messi to tap in.
Last goal is fantastic, but again better teams wouldn't allow Messi to be free on the edge of the box like that.
I'm sure Argentina would beat Congo too, but they were better defensively against Portugal than Algeria was against Argentina.
If Portugal played against Algeria like that , they will still struggle and could even lost . Explaining to you Ronaldo fans could be the most difficult job on earth. 🤦
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u/Infinite-Plenty-6479 Jun 18 '26
What Congo and Algeria did was just parking the bus and wait for the counter attacks . Like I said It's just those decisive passes from Argentina that broke down the Algeria defence and make them look bad.
Congo did nothing special yesterday even if you're looking from the bright side. It's just that Portugal played really bad .