Tactical Analysis : Argentina 3-0 Croatia | Messi Magic Gets it done |

[@joelcutinho2020]

Tagliafico was an unsung hero who kept on intercepting deadly passes to juranovic and also won some critical duels, argentina defended much better today compared to Australia and the dutch

[@vingat1146]

True💯

[@ojvic7297]

Exactly

[@oswaldjames6295]

Always liked how he plays!👍👍

[@Nabil-yh1dz]

True no idea why Scaloni play Acuna over him

[@jayx2514]

hope fully he can handle dembele. And who's gonna mark mbapoe

[@dlau9991]

Not only Messi was magical again, but his connection with Alvarez is incredible to watch! Sad to see them play together one more time. 😢😢👏👏

[@franco1188]

maybe Messi continues til Copa America 2024 in USA in 18 months

[@majormononoke8958]

@@franco1188 Lets just enjoy this last game and hope our dream will become true.

[@yourmomisgay1288]

I see Messi playing for 2 more years and call it quits

[@khayalanga3014]

Messi Will Leave For Man City

[@evilanime8722]

scaloni should have not substituted Alvarez he good good chance of scoring penalty😢😢

[@fhalpern]

Scaloni and his coaching staff prepared this game very, very well. Even though Croacia had more ball possession, they barely had a shot on target for the whole match. Croacia's forwards didn't touch the ball (again outstanding performances by Cuti Romero and Otamendi), and their midfielders never got a clear shot from outside the box. I thought Croacia would mount a comeback on the 2nd half, but the minutes kept going and they got nowhere. Messi talked during the post-game interviews about how they knew about Croacia's midfield tactics, and that they were prepared to exploit the spaces that they left behind. So, yes, outstanding individual actions (Messi and Julian magic) got it done, but for the magic to appear there needs to be a tactical plan, and a group of players that knows how to interpret the game, when to push, and when to stay back. This was Argentina's main strength today -- maybe not only positional strategy, but players inside the pitch that take the right tactical decisions. Example -- Otamendi asking the midfielders to stop going for a through pass on every possession. Also to consider, Croacia played two games into extra-time. After a while they looked too tired, and unfortunately for them the subs didn't bring anything exciting into play

[@oswaldjames6295]

Btw, of the 3 subs,one is Top goal scorer for Hadjuk Split in Croatian First league and the other 2 joint top goalscorers in Russia's top league with (Dynamo Kiev)8 goals each in 15 games this Season.👍😎

[@fapmashina1]

Congrats to the FIFA mafia and criminal Orsato! But France will be very sure finalist and they're even better friends with FIFA criminals! Ales France!!!

[@apan990]

@@oswaldjames6295 this is a useless stat, our attackers are beyond terrible. krama is an AM playing ST, pasalic is an AM playing RW, petko and livaja are slow and always overplay passes, perisic is also slow and always tries to shoot instead of crossing it in, budimir is a statue (got subbed on only to come off lol). our best attackers are orsic and vlasic, who barely got any game time, and even then they suck, which goes to show just how dire our attacking is. also the 2 players you mentioned, livaja and vlasic, both play/ed in poor leagues. livaja is top goal scorer in a league where theres really one 1 other team other than dinamo thats half decent, the rest are farmers. and vlasic was joint top goal scorer like 2 years ago, since he joined westham and then torino, hes been pretty much useless, only recently finding his form again for torino as an AM, and not a RW where dalic forces him to play. fair play to argentina, but dont act like they did anything to prevent our attackers scoring or creating chances, they just genuinely suck and wouldnt start or even play for most teams in this WC. you could see the difference in quality, every single team we played showed more attacking skill than we did, other than canada.

[@saraseado3729]

According to an interview with Messi, it was part of Scaloni's team to have low possesion of the ball so Croatia would disarm his defense while attacking

[@mupicap7927]

But damn. Hoping this still work with france. Since mbappe fast runner

[@1giane]

He’s the goat plain and simple, this is with or without this title that has eluded him. 1 more game though, and he’s cemented as the GOAT (even though he doesn’t need it) to even the casual fans. At 35 years old no one else has taken a campaign in his own hands like this. 5 goals and 3 assists in 5 games is unparalleled. He’s playing as if he’s 24 again and I hope he can achieve this huge glory for all football fans around the world and hopefully claim an 8th balon dor to put the icing on the cake for his career before he spends the rest of his days in Miami

[@BrvndonG]

Bet you PSG wins Champions league

[@majormononoke8958]

@@BrvndonG They havent won it yet. Lets keep calm and hope for the best.

[@l1mbo69]

How many of those 5 were pens though

[@marcuslee698]

@@l1mbo69 bro, your obviously a ronaldo fan and I just don’t understand your logic… please explain to me why when ronaldo scores a pen it’s seen as him scoring a goal, but when messi does it, you downplay the goal? A goal is a goal at the end of the day, and if you want to start not including pens, messi would have the most goals of all time with 150 less games played. You are watching the greatest player of all time just carrying his team to another World Cup final at 35, enjoy him while he’s still here

[@Niimerium]

@@marcuslee698 Idk what he is and the answer is 3 (5 penalties given to a single team in WC is kinda shady but its w/e). But the thing you said, its exactly opposite. If this was Ronaldo he would be slandered to death but we don't really hear it when its Messi. Its aaight I hope its a France v Argentina final.

[@razvanungureanu8897]

Scaloni had these incredible tactics based on every team Argentina played(except South Arabia, probably bcause of no information or took the match to easy) and managed to fit tighly with every team's play. He does deserver a lot of attention and respect for his decisions and consistency, cause in the last years, just Zidane was managing to do this and basically stop teams from playing the way the want (that why he won the Champions League with Madrid 3 times in a row)

[@Muhsin-ox1vj]

Saudi Arabia *

[@razvanungureanu8897]

@@Muhsin-ox1vj Yeah, my bad...sorry and thanks for noticing the mistake 😀

[@NicolasPetrali93]

I mean, 3 goals were annulled by the VAR in the Saudi Arabia Game, even before the Saudis had a chance to win it, I think it was mostly psychological, the team started to degrade after that, thinking that it was going to be as all the other WC when Argentina had all the refs against them, also thinking of losing the 36/37 win streak must have weighted a lot. But not to discredit the saudis' manager, he absolutely saw the oportunity and took it, after half-time, he adapted to Argentina's faults and started digging deeper.

[@Trinig03]

Happy to find a European channel that doesn't accuse us Argentinians of buying out referees lol. People in IG are out of control. Even saying penalty against NL was't fair...

[@x__x123]

Because the country they are rooting lost. It happened during Copa America also. Haters gonna hate.

[@fishyfish6510]

He's South African bro not European

[@arvindkugan9667]

Most of them are Ronaldo fan girls tbh and some Brazilians. Even Croatians accepted their defeat but these deluded fans won't stop even if he wins the trophy and if he loses they'll portray him as the biggest loser.

[@jdalbion]

Well tbf Messi should get a yellow card for provoking the Netherlands bench after he scored, also he shit talked about referees which any other player would be punished for, but he is Messi, so everything is fine. Also, Paredes shoot the ball at the Netherlands bench, no yellow card for it also (that would be his 2nd yellow & red card). During 2nd goal penalty, 1 Argentinian player was in the penalty box before Messi shoots, so the penalty had to be retaken. So yea, referees did help Argentina a bit.

[@xandermartins8044]

@@jdalbion lol bro emi martinez, Bruno Fernandez and Pepe all said stuff about referees in this world cup and were NEVER punished. But you want Messi to be punished for your agenda lmao

[@surajitgoswami1871]

I loved your depiction: Game of moments and Messi. I don't think Gvordiol is ever going to forget Messi's going around to create the third goal. Argentina also appeared to be anticipating Croatia's passes better and better as the game progressed.

[@franzreyes6185]

Just a reminder that one man defending Messi will always never be enough

[@xuyunlong8906]

@@franzreyes6185 I agree with you that Argentina is anticipating the opponent's passes better. In the second half, there were a lot of 50-50 balls won by the Argentina defenders. Very clean slides and tackles. No fouls.

[@jdalbion]

That's not Gvardiol's fault, he knows that you can't touch Messi or Ronaldo, it's an instant penalty, so all you can do is run around them. However, Lovren in the back is scratching his balls, instead of covering attackers since you know he will pass, he can't shoot from that angle.

[@susmitapal823]

@@jdalbion Ronaldo 🤣

[@HAL--gb6uf]

@@jdalbion cap, an experienced defender like Ramos would have fouled Messi outside box

[@ehltong]

It is very hard to win a world cup, a combination of skill, confidence, team work and luck. You see all in today's Argentina team.

[@d.rodrigues5485]

argentina is in the right path to win, great spirit, good players and all, but france is a way better team, if argentina wins it will be heroic. P.S. my money is on Argentina by the way.

[@wallahhabibiiii]

@@d.rodrigues5485 they're not a better team imo against england they were 2nd best overall but 2 big moments got them through Basicslly, france have amazing individual players who can turn a game on its head at any moment.

[@d.rodrigues5485]

@@wallahhabibiiii dude, they shoot 5 times that game, 2 goals and 3 great saves. england was brave and all but france made it clear they would score whenever they felt like scoring.

[@MeatVision]

I'm argentinian and I guess France is one step above in attack. Maybe Argentina's solid midfield and those Messi sparks could give us a chance. Anyway, let's see how they play against Morocco

[@cass73333]

anulo mufa

[@arunodayray1932]

We are in trouble if messi moves to City. The connection he has with both Alvarez and Pep is insane

[@princeemmy8610]

Messi is old

[@everythingsfine1395]

@@princeemmy8610 Messi is gold

[@phamthanhhoang9518]

@@princeemmy8610 not old enough to play in EPL

[@princeemmy8610]

@@everythingsfine1395 yes I know but at his age it will be difficult for him to thrive in epl in the case where pace football has been adopted

[@princeemmy8610]

@@phamthanhhoang9518 let the legend rest as we look forward to younger generations

[@cityslacker6221]

ARG was able to implement Pep’s double false 9 that he developed during last season as a foil for a low block. Pep’s work with Julian has worked and Messi has definitely coached MacAlister very well on tucking in. Lautaro can’t do what Alvarez does.

[@Ganstaz003]

But Croatia did not play with a low-block. All three goals by Argentina were from transitions / counter attacks. I can't see ARgentina breaking down Morocco's low-block, other than 1 or 2 individual moments of brilliance by Messi.

[@ojvic7297]

@@Ganstaz003 when you have messi, it’s done

[@jarrodnaidoo]

@@ojvic7297 yes. Messi marauding runs upset croatias shape and opened up pockets that argentina played into

[@DiegoFlores-xh3if]

I think this World Cup being played in December rather than the summer actually benefited Argentina massively because of Alvarez. The time he spent with Pep shouldn’t go unnoticed. Pep is a magician at bringing the best out of his players.

[@Vorexxa]

@@DiegoFlores-xh3if why Alvarez benefited from winter?

[@Poussyeater-w5e]

Man, Messi winning the WC would be so poetic. Not only would it cement his legacy as Maradona's true successor, but it would also wipe the slate clean with his Argentina failures.

[@akramaouaiss2455]

Argentina going from losing to saudi to making it through to the finals its so fking crazy

[@Proinvincible02]

They might win it too, if I remember correctly spain in 2010, and Germany lost their opening games. I think it serves as wake up calls

[@katlehotrey212]

@@Proinvincible02 no germany went unbeaten the whole group stage in 2014

[@yassiamy]

@@Proinvincible02 yes Spain lost their first match in 2010 , in 2014 Germany had a draw with Ghana thanks to Klose as they were trailing 1-2 in the second half .

[@salmansengul]

Just consider a bad day at work. 😉

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

How is it crazy they have last 1 game I the past 40 a train I g match game to ease into the wc thT yhey got court out In without time to get back on top they had the bLl I the net 3 4 times first hLf against sa nothing g strange about the world's est team being i the final copa Cup South American and euro g!e Cup and Co I g world Cup 3 In a row AS EXPECTED IF YOU UNDERSTAND FOOTBALL

[@PS-gd4ou]

What a dream run by Alvarez resulting in one of the most beautiful solo goals And Messi's mesmerizing dribble and magical assist

[@errolsmith5634]

Dream run? Yes. "...Most beautiful solo goals?" NO!

[@Sunny_10-v10]

Messi is quite simply unbelievable ! But man is Alvarez good , the only reason he isn't the main man for man City is haaland , i think he is criminally underrated , what a gem!!!(I'm not even a city fan)

[@mclovin3855]

He was asked what made you want to come to city in a team filled with stars and he said something so humbling "I want to learn from the best" Alvarez knows this is his development into a world class player not just scoring but all round footballer and he knows to become better you needba good teacher, Pep Guardiola.

[@Tod_oMal]

His time at City will come soon, be patient.

[@martitasuero9250]

I think Paredes and Tagliafico were the unsung heroes in this game. Croacia’s midfield is their power and Paredes managed to vanish them. And Tagliafico what a performance. Always first on ball, and with great decisions.

[@Figueiredovzki]

I do think that Croatia underestimated the attacking capabilities of Argentina today. They leave a lot os spaces behind when attacking and in fact they lack midfield connection. There are coaches that have a man always marking on aggressive forwards (like Messi and Alvarez) constantly! Even when in possession! For me was their flaw today.

[@yupickmyusername]

Like in this video, they look to adopt the same tactical when they faced Brazil. But Argentina is a different animal, and to have someone like Messi that can cut through defenders with his pass, its definitely something that croatia overlook

[@xuyunlong8906]

Yes. You are absolutely right. Argentina was utilizing all the space behind Croatia's left back. A lot of counterstrikes, with great danger.

[@apan990]

@@xuyunlong8906 ugh, please dont mention him lol, gvardiol had to single handedley defend the entire left flank, and one of those players being messi, sosa never helped defend and had a complete shambles of a game, idk if he was nervous or what, but genuinely the worst game ive ever seen him play.

[@jdalbion]

Nah, Croatia's defense was just awful that day. Lovren never held the same line as Gvardiol, otherwise, those first 2 goals would be offside. Also, Sosa was a criminal.

[@apan990]

@@jdalbion ik, it was awful because not only were we shaky and neverous, gvardiol had to also cover for sosa's lack of defending. i hope this is lovren's last game, mfer played the entire godamn stadium onside like wtf.

[@oswaldjames6295]

Correct Me if I'm wrong; but I've Never seen a team go 7 on Target out of 10!.......and Definitely Not in a World Cup Semi-final! Insane!!👍👍😎

[@sabrinadasilvaa_]

The connection between Messi and Alvarez is amazing they look like brothers ✨💋

[@dharmeng7145]

throughout the day I was looking for an article that can explain to a man like me (who hardly knows anything about football) the strategies diployed in the semi final and explanation about why former WC runners up lost so badly. Your video (and comments by football game experts) precisely provided those inputs I was looking for. A BIG thank you!

[@Mongalingalong]

Many players stepped up, Messi of course as usual, Julian alvarez with some fantastic runs, macallister had very good positioning and helped hold the ball very well against a good croatian midfield, emi martinez 2 crucial saved, tagliafico with fantastic duels and interceptions, and otamendi with pretty good cross clearances

[@Hassanmalik002]

If messi was the captain of Titanic, he would have nutmegged the iceberg.

[@divanshu5039]

LOL nice one.

[@MDHKLHD]

Scaloni is genius. There are not so many coaches who is willing to change the formation based on the opponents. Most coach throw same formation in next game if they win this game.

[@birthmarked]

Agree. Plus, you have be able to convince the players that what you are creating as a coach will work, and they have to pay attention and fill in the role as intended. Scaloni is a great coach, he has that outreach.

[@billinglumbalumba]

some Germans said Messi's true role is a nadelspieler (needle player)

[@kevinpr10]

Makes sense, his insane ball control allows him to maintain ball possession in very tight pockets. He has incredible vision and his ball touches are almost always just right, exactly what a needle player should have. Can’t believe I had not seen it, but it describes him accurately. Messi really is the GOAT of the sport.

[@demonmonsterdave]

Well done getting this out so fast. I am so elated by watching Him live that I need more more more.

[@juanperasso4742]

I like to see british videos because they recognize argetinian football. Other countries don´t. Argentina won American cup in Brazil, against Brazil. Argentina won the finalissima against Italy (european champion). Scaloni just lose one game during his hold period as a coach (against Arabia with the VAR against a clear Lautaro goal, and a clear penalty against Otamendi). Nobody talks about Julian!. He is like Superman or Steve Hyuga. Messi deserves the cup without any final. He is the best of the best. Over the top. Even with 35 years old, never seen before.

[@ayazz3440]

Excellent analysis, Argentina seems to go from strength to strength with every game. They gelled well and everyone knows his role plus Messi heroics. He will be a protagonist in the final, as this is the extra edge they would have against extremely solid France under Deschamp. Croatia had a good run, but lack of attackers drained their energy, they looked jaded by seconf half, and limited their options going forward.

[@oshodikolapo2159]

You mean morocco. France going nowhere

[@ayazz3440]

@@oshodikolapo2159 i was cheering for them all night, but France was too strong...

[@elr492]

One of the issues with Croatian narrow close mid 3 is that when out of possession they had trouble covering Argentinas wide mid. Enzo Fernandez was left too much space to find that pass to Alvarez that led to the penalty. Nobody was on him. On the other side, De Paul was free as well. All three Croatian mid were very much in the center of the pitch. Argentina had no trouble building up quickly.

[@apan990]

this is the problem when you have 3 invisible forwards for the entire WC, if we had better quality attackers, who werent all dogsht, we wouldnt have to rely on kova or modric pushing so far forward to create chances, and in turn exposing ourselves to a counter, it really did feel like an 8v11 at all times lol. argentina knew this, and this is why they let us have the ball, knowing that our only chance of scoring is from the midfield. i respect scanoli greatly, and i just wish we had better attackers, like mandzukic or rebic :(

[@x7Samuraix]

Great insight. Croatia has the best midfielders in WC. But Argentina (Scaloni) knew this and allowed Croatia to get more ball possession ( see the game stats Croatia has 61% ) in the midfield but putting a much stronger defense deep near the goalkeeper. Croatia really did not changed its game mode and Argentina took advantage of this by not making a priority chasing Croatia’s midfielders. At the end Messi magic creating opportunities and Argentina strong defense was too much for Croatia.

[@Destinnies]

One thing Argentina did that Brazil (yeah I like both) failed to do was not waste time! Stealing all the chances they can to not let Croatia have penalties. Seems like that's their strategy. Because another thing too, I've never seen Domimik defended so weakly, they must've definitely crept up on him with shots

[@mmaseries4331]

If messi stays fit, i truly believe he could play until age 45. He football iq is so great that he doesnt need much stamina or speed. His passing and shooting ability is simply out of this world and that doesnt fade away.

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Exactly like Maradona same logic

[@guillegadea]

Agree 100%

[@SergioSpradling]

Nice idea, but this is how I see it. The amount of time Messi plays will likely be tied with his official resignation from the National team. His teammates are begging him to stay on. But, that also depends on his club contract. My guess is that if Messi plays club level for two additional years, he will play with Argentina in the next Copa America...If he manages to play club level 3 more years. He could play the next World Cup. That would mark the absolute end of his international career then. And his club career would then likely end within a year of that. To play for Argentina, he has to be fit and playing regularly. I do think , Messi will retire completely before his 40th birthday.

[@carltontony5287]

Alvarez got that Haaland in him. His first goal was pure determination. It definitely reminded me of something Haaland would do. I'm really interested to see if Alvarez will continue being Haaland's understudy or will move to Arsenal.

[@mclovin3855]

We gave you Jesus mate , forget about Juliann 😆 🤣

[@Tod_oMal]

Alvarez will stay with Pep, no doubt about it.

[@Tod_oMal]

@@mclovin3855 Alvarez is not going anywhere, he is staying with Pep.

[@KK-fi6ms]

Argentina still won based on individual quality, but Scaloni did a bit better in this game because he did not box himself in like his disastrous choices against Netherlands, instead kept the pressure on Croatia by subbing in attacking players like Dybala.

[@Eric-hu2dw]

Will you make a final preview about how you think the game will play out after tomorrow game . Will be interesting to see

[@kopanomoss5752]

I think Scaloni should get more props than that, man kinda did a prime Mourinho to make sure the posession was non-lethal. He did that with Brazil in the Copa final To put this down to Messi's enduring brilliance or Alvarez's luck is to not understand team work(some pundits did this,you kinda did the same). The only individual battles won by Croatia were 2 midfielders and when they looked threatening they had 3 midfielders from 3 directions

[@rushanelewinson9909]

The Argentines defensive area are so sharp going up into the midfield and also to the attacking position every area on the pitch they plays so incredible to master class the entire game. ⚽⚽🥇🏆🏆💪💯

[@Sebastian-cn8lh]

The Adaptation of Scaloni is magical

[@shibayanchakraborty3939]

By seeing arg winning this match , values as good as world cup win for me I'm very much proud of my team , vamoss

[@mjp6099]

Legend says Alvarez is still running!

[@nestoramado9680]

Success in Argentina’s team is based upon strategic planning, observation and feeling, and that’s why they play as if they were only one people.

[@pjayf]

I don’t understand all the fuss about this penalty and against Argentina in general. The GK blocked Julian way after the ball went the other way, he should have moved away (and yes, he could have done or at least attempted that). It was unlucky for Croatia but still penalty. Argentina may not be the best team, but is a worthy finalist since none of their opponents were clearly superior on the pitch except perhaps Arabia.

[@ルリ-ruri]

My guess is ronaldo fanboy are at it again

[@noone6953]

@@ルリ-ruri of course. Who else downplays Argentina wins every game. They even went to say the referee for Netherlands’ game was on Argentina’s payroll. However they don’t know that the referee is a from Real Madrid’s academy and did a lot of biased refereeing during el Classico. There is no way he would be helping messi win the game😂

[@ivandzaja6251]

I am not one of those conspiracy theorists about fifa and cheating etc and this wasnt that,but that was never a penalty,the person with the momentum is the only person who can avoid a collision,the ball was already shot,with Alvarez having no chance of reaching it again even if the collision didnt happen,but Livakovic's feet were set,he stopped moving,made himself as big as possible to block the ball and Alvarez ran into him,and no Livakovic couldnt move away because the he was on his knees and the collision happened about half a second after he set into his position,its a tight call but if reviewed its not a penalty,actually its a foul on Livakovic because Alvarez was the one who caused the collision,and this is not just my opinion,I always watch the ex or current UCL refs after the game commenting on the positives and the negatives,and all of them said its not a pen,and I agree,Livakovic set in his defensive stance,not moving not trying to foul Alvarez just trying to stop the ball,Alvarez already shot it,no chance of getting it back and then colliding into the gk,clear as day that its not a pk,maybe not on first glance in speed but on the VAR check for sure

[@Niimerium]

@@noone6953 Any sensible person does because it was a controversial penalty like some others Argentina has been awarded this WC? (Not all of them)

[@Niimerium]

@@ivandzaja6251 Exactly this

[@markochoversus842]

The Argentine National Team did not participate in World Cups for 24 years and was deprived of having been able to win a title. It was one of the 16 participants in Italy 1934, but was eliminated in the first round after losing 3-2 against Sweden. Then he was absent in France 1938, Brazil 1950 and Switzerland 1954, only to reappear in Sweden 1958. Although they attended the 1934 World Cup, the National Team was represented by an amateur group -which was left out in the first match- because the Argentine League, in which the best national players were, was not affiliated with FIFA and was He refused to lend his players for the National Team. Then, the AFA presented a combination of mostly amateur athletes from clubs such as Dock Sud, Estudiantil Porteño, Sportivo Barracas, among others, who were directed by the Italian Filippo Pascucci.

[@ayaanmirza1677]

Comparing this argentina v 2018 you can really see the improvements

[@Guestownedu]

Yeah theyve done well to bribe the ref this time

[@smpoaxaca3372]

The fact that they almost tied against the World Cup champion France

[@Darduel]

scaloni proves game after game he knows to adapt to every rival and make his players execute his game plan exactly how he wishes, argentina aren`t moving the ball in a flashy way but they out do their opponents every match tactically, Otamendi, Molina, Mac Alistar and Enzo are all perfect for the system and on the hand the system is perfect for them, then you have lisandro from the bench aswell, and of course Messi upfront for creativity and magic

[@fredericksharon6908]

Loved the insight and yes it was on point , however as u mentioned games are won in moments, i felt if the penalty wasn't given in the first half the game would have been different. As croatia would have stayed back and not taken the risk of trying to score goals and would have taken it out to penatlies. I have seen penalties given for much less but yes that fall from alvarez was a little too simulated coz his kick on the ball wasn't as strong.. So my 2 cents. Croatia kinda got sidetracked by that easy penalty. anyways Vamos argentia.

[@juliusgitau6457]

My prediction is that they will meet Morocco 🇲🇦 in the finals

[@xuyunlong8906]

I like your prediction. Morocco is playing top-level football in this tournament.

[@juliusgitau6457]

@@xuyunlong8906 yeah true they defend as a team and attack as a team and still very confident with the ball

[@ViktorNatschlager]

Morocco - Argentina would definitely be a very interesting finals. I also think Morocco will beat France, with how they have been playing and how strong they look. For example against Portugal when they were one goal up, they still created great chances and nearly made it 2-0 on multiple occasions. At the end, despite playing defensively, they still had better chances than Portugal. Also love their goalkeeper by the way. It would really be a shame if they didn’t make it to the finals.

[@Kadsama]

May Messi final hurrah be a great one

[@Obrano]

What is the criteria for your ratings? Dalic the same rating as against the Brazil? No offence, but Scaloni destroyed Dalic in this match. Argentina left the possession to Croatia, and they held the ball around the centre of the pitch, unable to make a breakthrough through the dense line of Argentina.

[@sanchayansarkar2953]

This was a match where the tactics cancelled each other out but individuals rose to the occasion.

[@Gymcana]

Croatia made 2 mistakes (poor passing or control) and Argentina scored twice. Every details count

[@markokrezo1377]

Croatia’s main problem is in the final 3rd in attack, don’t have genuine forward attackers, strikers like Mandzukic and Rebic, Lovren is getting on in age and slow, and Sosa wasn’t at his best. Scaloni did a good job tactically, and Messi and Alvarez did the damage. Argentina played the counter well, they really studied Croatia’s play.

[@Samcaleet]

M-agical E-ternal S-corer S-killed I-ntelligent GOAT

[@nhanNguyen-wo8fy]

Argentina individual qualities Oh common. I expect more from you. Paredes was sensational last night because of Enzo. Messi unlock the full mythical magic skill thanks to how Depaul operated. You completely ignored how good Argentina's coach was. Argentina keep getting better and better game by game.

[@divanshu5039]

Arg after losing the first game adapted from coach's tactics to the change of squad and they keep changing game to game improving game by game. Yes I somehow agree with you.

[@mrose4132]

The system didn’t get Messi more involved, Messi decided to participate.

[@mohammedabdisalaam4284]

Keep going Bro

[@pristika9007]

I have to say... As a big fan of tactics, this is exceptional analysis. Usually even commentators dont go this far. When coaches do this analysis during the match, you just win matches by creating a system that can later adapt in the course of the game.

[@pristika9007]

Also for me, they key component of argentina tactics reminds me of how Bielsa sees football. In order for this to work you need your 3 and your 4 be fast and have both defensive and attacking skills. So you can convert from 5-3-2 to a 3-5- 2 in a matter of seconds.

[@extratenshi]

Excellent analysis. I subscribed to your channel.

[@AmitThakorlovemeorhateme]

This game could have gone either ways. The first half had me believing that Croatia with come out victorious with the way they were passing. Had they scored in the first half, this game could have gone very differently. Once the first goal went in and then the second goal, Croatia were disoriented and then from there on it was going to be only Argentina.

[@gamble777888]

That's true for virtually every match at this stage

[@Trinig03]

As an Argentinian I got worried about Croatia's mid field passing abilities but the recovery capability of Argentina is very strong so even a goal would not have knocked them out as easily as Croatia. Besides, Croatia had trouble shooting during the whole tournament. Before the match, I felt it was going to be easier than Netherlands. To me it was either a win or tie and win before penalties. PD: we love and respect Modric here so much

[@DanielMEron-ph4pm]

C'mon, 1 goal and people think Croatia were done! Look what happened in their previous games. Anyway , just a lazy excuse for their performance against Argentina.

[@apan990]

@@Trinig03 yep, our attackers suck, we can control the midfield all we want, but if we have no one to pass to up front who can create chances or score goals, whats the point?

[@gamble777888]

@@DanielMEron-ph4pm It was because of that one goal that the Croatian defense looked like clowns on the Alvarez goal and that Messi made Gvardiol his BITCH for all eternity. Without conceding that penalty Croatia would have never forgotten how to defend. Damn this rigged FIFA!

[@genustinca5565]

Messi played well and was responsible for the third goal. But a masterclass?? Let's not hype an already overhyped player here.

[@leonardodeledda3952]

Wow what a great video and great explanation of the beautiful game of Futbol

[@10sumani]

It would be ARG vs MOROCCO final.. and ARG lifting the cup..

[@OrbitRex6215]

Excellent analysis

[@kingarthurusatenniscoach1415]

Messi so much hype. He is one Nike man who is never in Maradona class as he can’t run

[@muhammademraanseo]

BRO can U plx MAKE A series ON EXPLAINING EVERY DETAIL OF MESSI DRIBBLING ( AS you aRE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND A GREAT COACH FOLLOWING U A LOT OF TIME AGO AND UR EVERY VIDEO IS WORTH TO WATCH). Also make drills for every aspect of his dribbling. 🦶 so u can make a video on his every ability ; ( change of pace and changing direction at such pace, acceleration with ball , how he cuts it, which direction does he go and how his every dribble is so successful,his drive(running with ball),how he controls the ball at such speed, how he analyzes his opponent body and how does he decide where to go and on how he balances his body so well) And u can add what u want bcz u also have so much knowledge and I'm really excited for the video 💕😘 I hope ur reply me 💕 💕😘. Waiting for it 🙂 Note: u can search for messi teaches his dribbling , where he explains himself and indiefootballer

[@mawortz]

MESSI 🙌

[@michaelgakanga]

Argentina is way too technically advanced to lose the finals unless a striker does the Higuain

[@XERX_740]

Well France is an insane team so the I think the final can go anyway. Assuming they beat Morroco

[@moisehillah3308]

@@XERX_740imma be very serious, I can bet on anything this France cannot beat Argentina

[@XERX_740]

@@moisehillah3308 I hope you’re right

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

Lantaro already did DROPPED

[@carlosdanielscala8605]

Molto bene grazie Frufru-Argentina campeon -

[@Sunny_10-v10]

Rakitic could have solved the ball progression problem for Croatia , that's what made them tick in 2018

[@eddybulich3309]

Hahahahah - How about coming into the world cup without a dedicated striker. If Croatia had a player of Mandzukic's class - it would have been Croatia progressing. They played the whole competition without a dedicated striker and they used the strength of their midfield to push to score. This result will hurt Croatia as its a team that will face a large number of players retiring and they just don't have the players to fill the vacancies. We will struggle to qualify for the next world cup. Modric and Brozovic i am sure will retire from the national squad after the Euro's.

[@apan990]

@@eddybulich3309 exactly, we could have a midfield 3 of modric, KDB or prime frank lampard and still lost, our attackers just suck, and you can only win games for so long with a terrible offense, we did our best with what we have and honestly a WC semi final with possible 3rd place finish is still massive for us.

[@haikazumadesu36]

Ball progression wasn't a problem. Croatia always reach the opposition defense but zero ideas. Lack of strikers or wingers to create danger.

[@Tod_oMal]

Just imagine Messi playing with Alvarez, Haaland, De Bruyne, Foden and Silva. That would be magical.

[@MrFlyingPanda]

i'm french, but want Messi to win the WC. Mbappé is a younger ronaldo. it s boring.. Messi is art!

[@alisahami3548]

Messi 🔥🐐💙❤️

[@jadagijane2677]

Argentina will win world Cup 🇦🇷✝️

[@marijanadzakula8740]

Argentina won because it was the first national team that did not underestimate Croatia and its midfield. Argentina decided to base itself more on the counter, which was a great tactical setup, just like France did in the final of the World Cup 2018. And Croatia, as calm and humble as it was for most of the championship, flew into the clouds after Brazil and ironically underestimated the next opponent. Just like they did in the 2018 final against France. Game before the final was a great victory against England. One would think that they will learn from such a hard lesson from 2018. The match against Argentina... The whole bench reacting violently to an irrelevant controversial decision of the referee in 15 minutes of the match. That is a state of egoism. It was just one of many details like that... at this level, the details decide. After the dirty match Netherlands vs Argentina I knew that Croats would fall into that trap and be in a state of egoistic pride. With that approach they lost before the start of the game. Going against the football superpowers with an underestimating and egoistic approach cannot end well for you..

[@apan990]

this is ridiculous, and just outright false. we had no ego nor pride, and never flew into the clouds lol. our issue is lack of offensive quality, which scanoli knew and in which he used to his advantage. our only chance to win the game was to go at argentina, hopefully score and defend for a win or pens, because we knew messi either way would work his magic and score/assist against us. because of this, our midfield had to create all the chances because our attackers are beyond terrible, and in doing so left us exposed to the counter which they then scored from. not to mention every ball that rebound off us led to a chance or goal for argentina, whereas on the other side nothing, it simply wasnt our day and the better team won. no need to be toxic and act like we had some sort of ego lol, we croats never do that, especially not in football, and especially not in a WC semi final. scanoli knew our strengths and weaknesses, and capitalized on it and won, that plus some luck especially in their second goal and messi magic, is what at the end of the day gave argentina the win. simple as that.

[@marijanadzakula8740]

@@apan990 Pride can be a good thing. after all that positive pride with humility helped us in the previous games. But pride mixed with ego is a recipe for disaster. Don't be fooled into thinking that smaller national teams can't underestimate the bigger ones. Or that there is a man in this world who is immune completely to the ego. For us, the great temptation came after we won Brazil, also the match between Argentina and the Netherlands(Dirty game) added fuel to the fire and we were not up to that psychological task. but honestly under the circumstances it was quite difficult to come up with the task. especially if we add the fact that the referee will want messi in the final and you know that fact, and still you need to be immune to it..

[@apan990]

@@marijanadzakula8740 again, we had no ego, how can you look at the game we played and say we had any ego. the reason why we lost is because scanoli tactically outperformed dalic, our attackers are dogsht, and the pen killed our morale. that and messi is OP, and the the ball seemingly always rebounds in the perfect spot for them to shoot and score, and you have a game where we were destined to lose. simple as that really. we came into this game nervous and shaky, you could see that even before the penalty especially from sosa, the very presence of messi just made him shut down and refused to play. the better team won and hopefully we have enough left in the tank to at least come back home with a 3rd place finish.

[@marijanadzakula8740]

@@apan990 Most say we got here based on luck. I don't think that's true. Of course you have to be lucky to get in semifinal. But to say that this is the result of luck or chance alone.. It is not for sure. I think we've developed a winner's mentality. And that's mostly thanks to Modric who is world class legend of football but also a player who sacrifices himself for the team and with that makes the whole team better and then consequently we are often in a positive state of psyche and somehow push towards victories even when we are not at our best. But the psyche is a tricky thing it can easily turn around if somone is not in right state of being and it change a lot of little things during the match.. So I don't think it's anything accidental and it's deeper than it seems. But ok, we don't all have to agree on all opinions. 🙂

[@omare7475]

This channel is more like Football Made Complicated

[@tanchiewleong59]

It wasn't Croatia's day. It was a rout. But Croatia should be proud for their overall performance in this tournament.

[@aminekissai123]

I really love your content. But why didn't you make any video regarding Morocco? They have been the talk of this WC, and one of the strongest teams tactically.

[@ratulchetia5283]

Wow what a big expert

[@josipjoeivankovic]

First goal should have been a corner for croatia on the other end of the pitch, penalty is also a bit strange. That penalty was the breaking point of the game.

[@errolsmith5634]

The goal keepers in this worl cup are getting some very bad decisions against them and their teams. Such a pity with all this tech bad decisions are even more present.

[@Jaketsx45]

Dalić should have employed a more defensive strategy with the Striker. Also, this doesn't mention gaps Croatia had between defence and midfield, making it easy for Argentina to counter

[@TundeEszlari]

Nice content.

[@game_play07]

What software do you use to simulate this analysis?

[@JackSordakaPVS]

"Game of moments". That's it. That's the real description.

[@robbielahaye]

Congrats to Argentina for advancing to the finals, it was definitely deserved. Croatia's lack of a world class striker was very badly felt during this game....despite wonderful possession football, they created next to no danger at all - and they did not have a plan B like the Dutch had. However, am I the only one who thinks it's weird that in 2 consecutive games, a PEN is awarded to ARG without any VAR check at all? I would say at this stage, at this level, with so much at stake such a decision at least warrants a quick check to see the incident from different angles and in slow-motion. To me, it looks like Alvarez clatters into the goalkeeper, and hits the keeper's right knee: in slow-motion you can clearly see the force of the hit spins the goalkeeper around, and at no time did he lunge or make a challenge on Alvarez. Only for this reason, a VAR check would have been the right decision.

[@faithhopecharity2843]

Also Croatians lacked good Centerbacks. Alvarez just dribbled through 3 or 4 of them with ease.

[@HapPawhere]

I think VAR staffs now always see them & debate the reff if they got different opinion, so the game flow will still move on not stopping long time

[@HapPawhere]

& we can see that today ref was much more better than the last quaterfinal which is nightmare

[@RenzoCotta]

alvarez alone did a lot of pressing successfully avoiding croatia to go easy on the break

[@michaelr.7805]

Why was there no VAR to review penalty decision?? This is a legitimate question and I am still waiting for an answer.

[@majormononoke8958]

To be honest i think Croatia was robbed in 2018 in the finals vs france. They were the better team in that final and in that world cup. In this world cup they have come far, but they had shaky games vs Japan, Morocco and some others. They somehow got through, which is amazing. But it is hard to say that they deserve the finals, when they had such a hard time to score goals in the whole tournament. Even with that questionable penalty, that destroyed the whole tactic of Croatia. Argentina also had questionable performance, but in every game had clear goal scoring threads.

[@gamble777888]

Both teams were visibly fatigued from playing extra periods in high intensity games just a few days ago

[@Patricio007x]

“Questionable penalty” yeah keep telling yourself that.

[@xuyunlong8906]

No team was robbed. Stop fooling yourself with illusions. Better teams win matches. "it is hard to say that they deserve the finals", then you tell me which team deserves it and why they lost to this Argentina. You have to have logic to discuss online. Whichever team wins, whichever is better. That is a clear penalty.

[@apan990]

@@xuyunlong8906 we were 100% robbed in 2018, EVERYONE knew it, theres a reason why fifa didnt bring back that ref to ref in this WC, he was paid off or just completely incompetent, and with the amount of times he had to check VAR, you could tell even he wasnt convinced it was really a pen. so enough with your nonsense, this argentina game was different, this pen was 50/50, at the very least ref shouldve gone to VAR. but dont you dare try to lie and say we werent robbed in 2018, everyone who watched that game knew it, and all my french friends i had back then were shocked either calls were given, but obviously still happy regardless.

[@PeterPan-ev7dr]

Just a penalty presented for Argentina by the referee turned the match, and it was not a penalty but a foul on the not moving Croatian goalkeeper 😂

[@abdrezzakbessaci7711]

Please cry some more 🤡 😂

[@abdrezzakbessaci7711]

Dum/bass 😂

[@PeterPan-ev7dr]

@@abdrezzakbessaci7711 Calling names doesn't show your own intelligence or any football knowledge.

[@abdrezzakbessaci7711]

@@PeterPan-ev7dr Neither does posting incorrect nonsense. The penalty is correct, you not liking it doesn't mean that it's not. Second of all, Croatia was able to return in the game against Brazil after being down 1-0, so couldn't they do it against Argentina? simple, Argentina defended better and they had the better chances as per the XG. Crying about it won't change facts.

[@PeterPan-ev7dr]

Nobody is crying, just pointing the fact, it was a foul on the goal keeper, he was standing still, and the forwarder was running into him. Everybody who understands football understands this. But I guess "the hand of god" was in the play 😂

[@PalestinianVictory96]

You mean, the referee's magic gets it done! The first penalty of the game is never a penalty, Alvarez went on purpose to the goalkeeper's leg even though he could've avoided him.

[@abdrezzakbessaci7711]

Now say it again without crying 😂

[@PalestinianVictory96]

@@abdrezzakbessaci7711 I ain't crying, damn both nations

[@krukrok5218]

I think you have to have a segment What could have the losing team done?

[@andresr50]

Come on ,clear penalty,the goal keeper goes to his side and open up is legs so Julian can’t pass by ! Take a slow look and you will see it

[@mrvillingen]

Everybody can say what ever you want but penalty definitly change game in one direction.and that was not penalty.and Argentina just took what Croatia offer to them

[@sebastianignatiusjantjies362]

He is the boss.Ballon dor number 8 is waiting with world cup thropy sorry Ronaldo fans he just proved he is king 👑

[@sahredwardjames8419]

Good analysis

[@thapelomoloi7685]

There’s never been a debate

[@MadMax-xv9xs]

Tactical analysis - Croatia was better till the fake penalty. Done

[@RealMadrid6262ui]

Yeah 🇭🇷💔 I will never understand how that was a pen Alvarez literally run into Livakovic plus Livakovics feet’s where on the ground and than 5 min later this unlucky goal after that it was over Croatia started very good with confidence but yeah it is how it is it’s always like that when we play fifa is never on our side

[@cryingsenpai9044]

I was studying for my maths test but this is more important

[@johnlau6749]

Hi, although I not support Morocco please do tactical analysis on Morocco, specifically their tactical profile. In Morocco vs Spain, Morocco pretty much force Enrique throw his gameplan into the bin

[@d.rodrigues5485]

this game proves that brazil was just a piece of number 2. and it hurts me like hell to say that since i'm brasilian...

[@raygan777able]

I want Argentina to win this but they are going to have a very tough time with France. Messi is going to be marked so well that I think he'll not be given any space at all.

[@Niimerium]

The game was going well for Croatia until that penalty was awarded for 0 reason. Fell apart after that leading to a brilliant run by Alvarez but Sunday league defending by Sosa. Then it was over as Croatias front 3 were ass cheeks in final 3rd. Modric though good game.

[@marcossidoruk8033]

Bruh the penalty was fair, clear as day.

[@Niimerium]

@@marcossidoruk8033 negative.

[@budgetgaming3093]

what kind of team it is if it cant equalise a single goal? They did so against brazil only when there were 5 mins left.they couldn’t do it agaist Argentina because of the tight defence.So stop complaining.

[@Niimerium]

@@budgetgaming3093 lol

[@soutriksarangi5580]

@@Niimerium Livakovic didn't get anywhere near the ball, extended his legs in air and Alvarez tipped over. Is it so difficult to deduce from that?

[@pratikbansode1768]

brother portugal morocco technical analysis ???