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       Argentina To Face Germany In World Cup Final
       By: kingrollex Date: July 10, 2014, 5:01 pm
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       After Tuesday night’s semi-final, last night’s
       clash between Holland and Argentina was
       always going to be an anti-climax.
       It was billed as Arjen Robben vs Lionel Messi,
       but in the end it was more like Sergio Romero
       vs Jasper Cillessen, as the game went to
       penalty kicks.
       The Argentine keeper came out on top and the
       Albiceleste claimed their place in the final
       against Germany on Sunday night.
       In truth the 120 minutes of normal and extra-
       time produce very little action of note, with
       both teams looking like they were scared to be
       defeated.
       Defences
       Defences very much came out in top in this
       goalless draw.
       There were question marks over the
       Argentinian defence prior to the World Cup,
       but they are proving a very solid unit,
       especially with Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano
       patrolling in front of him.
       Mascherano subdued the Dutch attack from
       his defensive midfield position and made some
       crucial interceptions when needed. The likes of
       Marcos Rojo, Martin Demichelis, Ezequiel
       Garay and Pablo Zabaleta were also very
       solid.
       The Holland defence has looked shaky at
       times during the tournament, but Aston Villa
       centre-back Ron Vlaar marshalled the
       Oranje’s defence superbly last night and
       snuffed out any danger the Argentine attack
       offered.
       The only complaint anybody could have with
       the former-Feyenoord defenders display was
       maybe his spot-kick was poor. However, I
       would argue that a centre-back who is not a
       regular penalty taker should not be first to
       take a penalty in a shootout.
       Disappointing
       Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi is still
       considered by many as the best player in the
       world, but the 27-year-old was disappointing
       in last night’s clash, although he did have a
       few decent runs, his influence was negated by
       shadow Nigel de Jong for the first hour of the
       game.
       After that he struggled to make the impact
       that he was so desperate to make. In extra
       time he looked like he was struggling with a
       knock.
       It was a similar sort of story for Dutch star
       Arjen Robben. The former-Chelsea star only
       had one real opening, but Mascherano
       produced a fantastic challenge to prevent the
       Bayern forward even getting a shot away.
       Neither player had the influence on the game
       that they were expected to and that was
       reflected in the score line. Robben will be
       more disappointed in his performance, as at
       least Messi now has the final to look forward
       to.
       Both players scored from the penalty spot in
       the shootout, but Robben’s effort meant
       nothing in the grand scheme of things, as
       Argentina keeper Sergio Romero saved Vlaar’s
       and Wesley Sneijder’s efforts.
       Repeat
       Sunday’s final will be a repeat of the 1986
       and 1990 World Cup finals. Argentina claimed
       a 3-2 victory in Mexico in 86 and the Germans
       got their revenge in Italia 90 with a 1-0 win.
       The 1990 final was the Albiceleste’s most
       recent.
       Germany has also only made the final once
       since that game, in 2002, when they were
       defeated 2-0 by Brazil. Both of these countries
       have been short on silverware in recent years.
       Germany last won silverware back in 1996
       when they won the European Championships
       in England.
       Argentina’s last silverware came 21 years ago,
       when they won the Copa America in Ecuador,
       which is a long time considering the amount
       of talented players have represented the
       Albiceleste in those 21 years.
       Favourites
       Germany will be favourites to win the World
       Cup final after their devastating 7-1 defeat of
       hosts Brazil in the semi-final. Joachim Low’s
       side looked strong, even if the host nation
       were terrible. Germany will be confident of
       lifting the trophy for the first time in 24 years.
       Argentina will have to perform better in the
       final if they are to lift the trophy. They cannot
       afford to let the final go to penalties, because
       as we all know the Germans tend to be pretty
       good at penalty shootouts.
       Hopefully the final will be a happy median
       between the two semi-finals and produce a
       competitive game, but preferably with more
       goal mouth action than last night’s game or
       we could be in for a very dull night indeed.
       Can Argentina defeat Germany in Sunday’s
       World Cup final?
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