Higuain hasnât had his best day in front of goal.
Argentina could do with the likes of Milito up front to lead the line, their four attackers are all fine ball players but they all want to come from deep and they have noone hassle the centre halves
Taiwo wasnât far away with his toe bonk
It looks like the altitude is affecting the free kicks alright.
We need a second goal here.
The altitude effect was clear from that goal kick by Romero.
Some tard is flashing a laser down at the players.
What a chance for Uche.
Messi should have stuck thatâŚStill another goal in this game i feelâŚEnyeama for MOTM
Iâd disagree with with Mick McCarthy over the penalty appeal. Ceratinly think it would have been given as a foul in any other area of the pitch.
Darragh Maloney is laughing too much
Poor game. There hasnât been a really good game yet.
Not overly impressed with Argentina. For all their talent theyâre lacking in some positions. Mascherano is a great player without the ball but he was careless as ever with it today. Messi was very good but should have scored. Otherwise it was good rather than very good.
Higuain should have scored a couple too but think he looks better up there than Milito, he seems to fit better with Messi.
Not sure the formation suits Di Maria at all. You need a more fluent attack with that sort of system but Di Maria is a very orthodox left winger.
He has a girlish shriek. Iâve stuck with the national broadcaster so far but heâs annoying me.
Ronnie with his finger on the pulse looking ahead to the England game. Gareth Barry has officially been ruled out tonight and is concentrating on being ready for next Friday. But it doesnât stop Ronnie from speculating about whether heâll be involved tonight.
Argentina should have paid the price for not getting that second goal. That was some sitter missed.
Messi was class but I cant have Argentina after that. Wildly unbalanced at midfield (Maxi Rodriguez centre midfield?) and chronically short of pace at the back. Di Maria was anonymous. Veron tired badly and Tevez overplayed the ball regularly.
Despite being limited I liked the way Nigeria tried to play football. Thought Etuhu had a good game in midfield, Yobo had a fine game in a ropey back 4. Martins pace worried the Argies and he has to start the next day. Their keeper was superb.
I think Tevez went into the middle for most of that with Maxi going wide right where Tevez had been.
They are unbalanced though.
I dont really know where tevez was playing not sure he knew himself. Higuain seemed to pick the ball up a good bit on the right aswell. They were caught for numbers a good bit on the counter attack too.
Forgot to say Apres Match would want to up their game big time after that. It wasnât good.
We are South Korea.
England: Green, Johnson, Terry, King, Ashley Cole, Lennon, Lampard, Gerrard, Milner, Heskey, Rooney.
Subs: James, Barry, Carragher, Carrick, Joe Cole, Crouch, Dawson, Defoe, Upson, Warnock, Wright-Phillips, Hart.
USA: Howard, Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Dempsey, Bradley, Clark, Donovan, Findley, Altidore.
Subs: Guzan, Beasley, Bornstein, Buddle, Edu, Feilhaber, Gomez, Goodson, Holden, Spector, Torres, Hahnemann.
Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon (Brazil)
USA USA USA cmon the Americans blow those rotten cunts away!
2/5 for there to be two goals or more in the gameâŚlay all dayâŚ
I wonder will Rooney have a mare in front of goal like Messi did earlier on.