Key occasions
ET: 92 min “Lengthy ball from the Dutch?” says Niall Mullen. “Like De Boer to Bergkamp?”
That was a protracted move (or, as Cris Freddi put it so brilliantly, “a stretch limo of a move”). A lot of the, a-hem, passes within the final 20 minutes have been primarily based on the Wimbledon 1988-89 season overview VHS.
ET: 91 min Peep peep! Apparently Steven Bergwijn was booked throughout that mini-rumble on the closing whistle. Messi is having a moan on the referee, though he ought to be grateful that Paredes wasn’t despatched off.
Blimey, it kicked off once more on the closing whistle, with each benches pushing and shoving. That equaliser, the nerve of it! The free-kick was on the sting of the D, simply to the left of centre. Koopmeiners dummied to shoot after which threaded a mild little move into the realm. Weghorst, who knew precisely what was coming, managed it deftly and gave Martinez no probability.
Full time: Netherlands 2-2 Argentina
Properly that escalated slowly.
90+13 min Otamendi is booked, don’t ask me why. It was Whole Longball that unnerved Argentina, however that second aim actually was ingenious and, within the circumstances, spectacularly ballsy.
That is uuuuuuuuuuunbelievable! Koopmeiners took the free-kick, however as a substitute of capturing he reversed a brilliantly intelligent move into Weghorst. He took a contact, held off the defender and angled a exact shot previous Emi Martinez! What a aim!
GOAL! Netherlands 2-2 Argentina (Weghorst 90+11)
Whole Soccer is lifeless, lengthy reside Whole Longball!
90+11 min Messi, who ought to have been booked earlier, does get a yellow card this time, I believe for dissent.
90+10 min Pezzella shoves Weghorst over on the sting of the D, a silly and unnecessary foul…
90+8 min Argentina have restored a little bit of order. Van Dijk is now enjoying as a centre-forward as nicely, however the Netherlands aren’t placing sufficient balls – respectable or in any other case – into the realm.
90+6 min Gakpo’s inswinging cross is headed away beautifully below strain by the backpedalling Otamendi. Higher nonetheless for Argentina, he’s fouled by De Jong and so they can waste one other 30 seconds.
90+5 min What a bizarre finish to what appeared like being a straightforward victory for Argentina. Netherlands are simply lumping every thing ahead, and it’s working much better than the rest they’ve tried on this recreation.
90+3 min Lisandro Martinez is down after a conflict of heads with Otamendi.
90+3 min Berghuis’s free-kick hits the wall.
90+2 min In truth it was Van Dijk who was booked, not Ake.
90+1 min Otamendi fouls Gakpo on the sting of the D. Argentina have gone to items within the face of this unlikely Wimbledon 1988 tribute.
90+1 min: Ten minutes of added time!
90 min Ake was additionally booked apparently. Van Dijk put an Argentina participant on the ground, presumably Paredes, however he wasn’t booked.
90 min Paredes will get one yellow card, not two.
89 min: It’s kicking off massive time! Paredes fouls Ake after which hoofs the ball straight on the Dutch bench, who all cost on to the sphere trying to have an pressing dialogue about etiquette. Oh my. It disperses shortly sufficient however for a couple of seconds it appeared like there may be an old style bar-emptier.
Paredes ought to actually get two yellow playing cards right here, one for the foul and one for smacking the ball on the Dutch bench.
87 min That is the primary time all night time that Argentinave have appeared uncomfortable. Messi buys a while by operating into Berghuis and falling over. Berghuis is booked.
The referee has been a bit pathetic tonight.
85 min: Simply broad from Berghuis! Abruptly, Whole Longball has received Argentina on the reack. An extended cross is headed down by Luuk de Jong to Berghuis, who whistles a screaming half-volley into the aspect netting on the close to put up. I believed that was in.
The referee gave a nook, although it didn’t appear to take a deflection. And it actually wasn’t saved by Martinez, who barely noticed it.
84 min That was the Netherlands’ first try heading in the right direction. Think about in the event that they win the World Cup with an orgy of headers from Weghorst and Luuk De Jong.
Whole Longball might but save the Netherlands. It was a easy aim: an inswinging cross from the appropriate by Berghuis, and a positive flicked header from 12 yards by Weghorst.
GOAL! Netherlands 1-2 Argentina (Weghorst 83)
Good day!
82 min One other change for Argentina. Lautaro Martinez replaces Julian Alvarez up entrance.
81 min After good play from Mac Allister, Tagliafico’s cross takes a deflection and loops into the fingers of Noppert.
80 min Argentina and Croatia have met twice on the World Cup, each within the group levels. Argentina received 1-0 in 1998; Croatia hammered them 3-0 in 2018.
78 min: Double substitution for Argentina German Pezzella and Nicolas Tagliafico substitute Cristian Romero and Marcos Acuna. The Netherlands deliver on Wout Weghorst for Memphis Depay, who had a minor stinker.
The Dutch cognoscenti can be loving this – Van Gaal now has two massive lumps up entrance.
78 min “Dumfries withdrew his leg and didn’t contact him,” says Jan Schreuder.
Actually? I missed that if that’s the case, although extra importantly VAR missed it.
77 min Gakpo goes over within the space after a careless sort out, I believe from Romero. That appeared like a good shout for a penalyt, although no one actually appealed.
76 min Lisandro Martinez and Depay have been booked. Apparently there’s a protester on the sphere, although the cameras aren’t exhibiting it.
75 min There’s a little bit of a row between Emi Martinez and De Jong, although I don’t suppose there was a lot in it.
It was a cool penalty, swept to the appropriate of Noppert, who didn’t even dive. Argentina are heading for a semi-final towards Croatia.
GOAL! Netherlands 0-2 Argentina (Messi 73 pen)
Messi scores!
Acuna was on the left fringe of the realm when he reduce inside Dumfries, who dangled a lazy leg and introduced him down. A transparent and completely unnecessary penalty.
PENALTY TO ARGENTINA!
71 min I used to be nearly to say Acuna has dominated his duel with Dumfries, and now he has received a penalty!
70 min Argentina are in whole management of this recreation. I suppose you might have mentioned the identical about Brazil earlier than they have been stung by Croatia, besides, the Netherlands have been so disappointing going ahead.
69 min In truth they’ve solely had one shot off goal.
67 min The Netherlands nonetheless haven’t had a shot heading in the right direction.