Day 19: Argentina vs. Switzerland

[Nesta]

How many players on the Swiss team are of actual Swiss background btw? Is it just Leichsteiner and a few others? That's pretty crazy..

 

[MUFAN79]

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The whole Swiss team is from Fmr Yugoslavia : Drmic, Gavranovic, Seferovic, Shaqiri, Mehmedi, Behrami, Xhaka, Dzemaili

Bastards

 

[Sixpence]

Lavezzi runs like he's 80.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

That was so poor from lavezzi. Messi's pass to him was spot on. It's amazing how poor some of these players are performing.

 

[milan4ever]

Messi has been shit in this game

 

[Kevin]

Is it me or is Robben even more dangerous a dribbler than Messi nowadays.

seems far more explosive. More drive.

 

[Lyricist]

How many players on the Swiss team are of actual Swiss background btw? Is it just Leichsteiner and a few others? That's pretty sad..

What does the background matter though when they all learned their footy in Switzerland. I'd argue the place where a player became a pro footballer should define what nation you should play for if it's a toss up between multiple nationalities. These guys all grew up in Switzerland.

 

[milan4ever]

Is it me or is Robben even more dangerous a dribbler than Messi nowadays.

seems far more explosive. More drive.

For sure.

 

[2Decades]

ethnic backgrounds shouldnt really matter when playing for national teams. with so much immigration in europe players should play for teams where they are born and grow up, of course thats not always the case

 

[The_Midfielder]

Is Argentina being coached by Moyes.. all i see is crosses..

 

[Maksimilian]

Most Ethnic Albanians?

Yeah from Serbia/Kosovo and FYR Macedonia

 

[TheShedEnd]

Messi has been shit in this game

He's the only player who's done anything useful. His team mates are shockingly bad, even Di Maria is playing like Bebe

 

[adexkola]

So we're not giving Aguero much flack on here? Wanted to make sure, didn't get any memo.

Cheers

 

[Orton]

Oh chances are coming now

 

[Randall Flagg]

Messi has turned up now it seems

 

[Vato]

Argies going to score soon.

 

[Andre Kagawa]

Argentina goal imminent.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I think the Swiss will nick this.

 

[Randall Flagg]

Messi has been shit in this game

He has pretty much changed the game in the last 5 mins

Up to then he was marked out of it

 

[jojojo]

Argentina looking a lot livelier now. Which probably means a Swiss goal is imminent.

 

[justboy68]

Switzerland need someone better than Drmic up front. He's useless. Doesn't seem to have any qualities.

 

[simonhch]

Is Argentina being coached by Moyes.. all i see is crosses..

No, he's coaching Belgium. But Sabella obviously likes what he's seen.

 

[Ainu]

Inler is horrible today. Literally every single decision he makes is the wrong one.

 

[gooDevil]

Looks like it will indeed to go ET.

 

[Raoul]

Is it me or is Robben even more dangerous a dribbler than Messi nowadays.

seems far more explosive. More drive.

They're probably on par lately. Messi has just looked poor by his usual GOAT standards.

 

[simonhch]

First Messi shot after nearly 70mins. Sort it out...

 

[TheShedEnd]

Barcelona have ruined Mascherano. He's arguably the worst player in this Argentina side.

 

[Gio]

Inler is horrible today. Literally every single decision he makes is the wrong one.

Aye, he's been very clunky.

 

[RedSky]

Drmic almost in. Pretty close game this.

 

[gofelx]

C'mon Switzerland!

 

[AlbusDrunkledore]

Awful game.

 

[simonhch]

Barcelona have ruined Mascherano. He's arguably the worst player in this Argentina side.

Agreed, he was a monster at Corinthians and Liverpool. I thought he'd just keep getting better and better. Now he looks like a cb playing in midfield. Yet he's shite in defence too.

Song fecked himself by going there too. But Mascherano is an extreme example.

 

[Raoul]

Looks like it will indeed to go ET.

Hope it goes to penalties

 

[pseudo_canadian]

The amount of close chances that aren't being converted means this is destined to go to a shootout, or a Messi goal in the 112' minute.

 

[gooDevil]

Getting Argie-Bargie out there.

 

[Cina]

Do any of the big teams actually want to win the bloody thing?

 

[milan4ever]

Palacio in.

 

[Drifter]

Swiss will give us problems in the European qualifiers .

 

[gooDevil]

Hope it goes to penalties

And then Argentina lose

 

[Ronaldo's ego]

Lawrenson commentates as If he's sitting at home on his couch and just says what he feels