@VdeValentino You're right on the structure. Messi not pressing forces Argentina into a 10-man shape. The system makes sense given those constraints. But here's the question nobody asks: Did Scaloni ever consider keeping the ball instead of ceding it?
@VdeValentino Why not have the ball for atleast half of the match and try to feed Messi. Let him create, let him come deep. If your players are all behind a ball for 120 mins, there's nothing even a best player in the world can do
@mahrezfort its hard to believe that argentina, a team which such first hand experience of pressure moments was acting on nerves the entire time. what's the use of experience in clutch moments if you take such stupid rash decisions
@AjithSadha Enzo's red card changed nothing because Argentina had already lost the midfield. Spain controlled the tempo for 90 minutes. Argentina never got into the game. The red card just made it official.
Everyone said Argentina thrives in late-game chaos. Spain made sure there was no chaos. Just suffocation. By minute 60, Argentina looked lost. By minute 90, they were just waiting for the inevitable. That's surrender.