The classic confrontation between the teams of Holland and Argentina ended with the third victory of the “azzurri”.
Fans didn’t have to be bored again. Although even in the 80th minute it seemed that the most interesting thing had already happened and Argentina would calmly lead the match to victory. And there were reasons to think so. Even before the break, Messi brought Molina one-on-one with his signature pass. And in the 73rd minute, Messi himself converted a penalty, doubling his team’s lead in the score – 2:0.
The “orange”, in turn, failed to attack anything, and the substitutions made by Louis van Gaal already seemed a gesture of desperation. But no: it was Vegorst who came on to turn the game around, hitting Martinez’s goals twice. His second goal was a real decoration of the match and the whole tournament. In the 11th minute of added time, the Dutch national team got the right to a penalty and played it simply brilliantly, deceiving the entire opposing team – 2:2.
It took Argentina a long time to recover, but at the end of extra time they staged a real assault on Noppert’s goal, trying not to bring the matter to the penalty spot. However, for the second time in one day, I had to resort to this procedure. And here the goalkeeper of the Argentine national team Emiliano Martinez brilliantly showed himself, repelling the first two shots of the Dutchman. The last blow, which brought the “Azzurri” to the semifinals, was struck by Lautaro Martinez.
The Argentina national team has reached the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, where they will play the Croatians.
World Cup 2022
Netherlands – Argentina 2:2 (0:1), on penalties 3:4
Naked: Molina N., 35 (0:1); Messi, 73 (penalties) (0:2); Vehorst, 83 (1:2); Vehorst, 90 (2:2)
Netherlands: Noppert; Timber Yu.; dumpries; Blind (de Jong L., 65); ake; van Dick; de Jong F.; de Rhone (Koopmeiners T., 46); Depay (Wegorst, 78); Gakpo (Lang N., 113); Bergwijn (Berghuis 46)
Replacement: passenger; Bailo; Frimpong J.; de Luce; deVrey; Malasia; Taylor Ke.; Simons H.; Janssen; Class D
Warnings: Timber Y. 43; Depay 76; Berghuis 88; Van Dick 90
Argentina: Martinez E.; Romero C. (Pessella JA, 78); Otamendi; Molina N. (Montiel, 106); Martinez Lee. (DiMaria, 112); Acuna (Tagliafico, 78); de Paul (Paredes L., 66); McAllister A.; Fernández E.; Alvarez Hul. (Martinez L., 82); Messi
Replacement: Almada; handlebar; Armani; Voith; Rodríguez G.; Palacios Ek.; Correa A.; Dybala; Gomez Al.
Warnings: Akunya 43; Romero K. 45; Martinez Lee. 76; Paredes L. 89; Otamendi 90; Messi 90; Montiel 109; Pesselya HA 112
