Netherlands - Argentina: World Cup in Qatar 2022, live | Messi leads his team against the Dutch team

The Netherlands and Argentina are fighting tonight (8:00 p.m., on TVE and Gol Mundial) for a place in the semifinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where Croatia is already waiting, having beaten Brazil on penalties.

La Albiceleste, although they started the tournament with a defeat against Saudi Arabia, managed to finish first in their group after beating Mexico and Poland.

In the round of 16 against Australia, they suffered to get the game ahead, resolved once again by Messi.

Scaloni's team will form again with the 10 as the axis of the lead, in which he repeats ownership for the third game in a row Julián Álvarez.

The Netherlands also finished first in their group, only conceding a draw against Ecuador.

In the round of 16, they easily beat the United States and arrive wanting to take revenge for the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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10 more Messi

We see that, finally, Di María does not leave the game and De Paul does.

The Albiceleste does not change its system either, with three central defenders and two wingers.

Julián Álvarez, Messi's companion in attack, has definitively won Lautaro Martínez ownership.

Argentina

• goalie

• 23Emiliano Martinez

• defenses

• 19Otamendi

• 13Cristian Romero

• 8Marcos Acuna

• 25Lisandro Martinez

• 26Nahuel Molina

• midfielders

• 24 Enzo Jeremias Fernandez

• 20Alexis MacAllister

• 7Paul's

• forwards

• 10Messi

• 9Julian Alvarez

• dock

• IntLionel Scalonis

• 3Tagliafico

• 17Papu Gomez

• 18Guido Rodriguez

• 11Say Maria

• 12Rulli

• 4Montiel

• 21Paulo Dybala

• 6pezzella

• 2John Foyth

• 16Thiago Almada

• 22Lautaro Martinez

• 14Exequiel Palacios

• 5Walls

• 1Franco Armani

• 15 strap

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 18:31

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Croatia, the rival in the semifinals

The Croatian team has been able to overcome Brazil in the quarterfinals.

The Canarinha went ahead with a goal from Neymar, but Bruno Petkovic, when the minutes to the end of extra time were counted down, scored the equalizer and demanded that the resolution be in the penalty shootout.

And there is no one like Croatia, who has played four rounds of maximum penalties in the history of the World Cups and has won.

Thus, the Croats now await a rival: Holland or Argentina.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 18:26

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Accurate ambush of the Netherlands, which is already in the quarterfinals

Diego Torres

"We dominate," said Gregg Berhalter, "but football is cruel."

The United States coach left the Khalifa Stadium convinced that his team had done everything right.

Impeccably well, perhaps, but at times and in places irrelevant to the outcome of the game, smoothly conquered by the Netherlands in the course of a series of ambushes very well conducted by De Jong, Depay, Gakpo and the striker Dumfries.

The organization contributed more to America's prosperity than its players.

Through the well-developed scaffolding of the 4-3-3, the midfielders Musah, Adams and McKennie rose, three players with great limitations who with their selection become competent operators, confident to manage the game in all orders but insufficient to lead your team to the top of the last big step.

There the Netherlands waited for him.

The nation that created the model that the Americans now exploit has renounced its application in Qatar.

Their coach, Louis van Gaal, made the trip there and is now back, with three central defenders and two pivots, without shame or fear of public opprobrium.

The fans judge him rigorously.

They demand more self-confidence, more audacity, less prudence.

But the players are well trained in inhibition.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 18:16

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Lionel Scaloni, the Argentine who does not want dramas

Lorenzo Calonge

"I look like a philosopher and I don't want to," Lionel Scaloni (Pujato, Argentina, 44 years old) complained in a low voice a week ago.

A philosopher, according to him, for reflecting on the need to de-dramatize football, a message that he has not stopped repeating publicly at the World Cup and that represents an almost moving commitment as the coach of Argentina, where each game is a trip to the abyss.

He recounted a year and a half ago that someone told him that the position made him one of the most important people in the country and he "wanted to answer anything."

He held back and then regretted it.

“All I have to do is direct.

It is important for me not to go further, ”he insisted then.

This Thursday, in the preview of the quarterfinals against the Netherlands (8:00 p.m., World Goal), he returned to his daily dose of relativism: "In the end, this is football, a sport."

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 18:07

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Van Gaal's eleven

Van Gaal keeps the three center backs and the two wingers, with Van Dijk leading the operations as commander of the defense.

De Jong will be in the engine room and Gapko, fine-tuned in the shot, will do it as a hitch.

Above, Memphis, who arrived just physically at the tournament, is the biggest threat. 

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:58

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Messi carries Argentina on his shoulders against Australia

Jose Samano

Hanging on Messi, Argentina is already aiming for the quarterfinals against the Netherlands after an ulcerative match at the start.

Until Messi, bored, put the Albiceleste at his feet to comfort Argentina and those who begged for a little football.

He nailed the 1-0 out of nowhere, changed the face of the game and broke an Australia that almost improvised overtime on the last play.

Australia, a day laborer team with recruits from the Columbus Crew, Melbourne or Fagiano Okayama, put a tusk and nothing else, because nothing else has.

And it is already a lot to have gone through the eighths for the second time in its history.

A team that sweated like a shower to reach Qatar after a tie with the Emirates and another harrowing one with Peru.

In Qatar, Messi through, the heroism of weakness had no further journey.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:48

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Argentina wins the eighth

Jose Samano

Lionel Scaloni rectified, Messi thanked him and an improved Argentina breathed already in the departure lounge of the round of 16.

Along the way, Poland was not miraculously left, which isolated Lewandowski and left his fate in Szczesny's gloves.

Tied with all the Poles and Mexicans, a goal from Arabia in the last breath of the game against Tata Martino's team meant that Poland advanced to the round of 16 by a bit of difference.

Until then, it was the greatest difference in yellow cards (five from Poland to seven from Mexico) that eliminated the North American team.

Mexico had screwed up more.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:40

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press review

We are going to review the most significant articles and chronicles of the two teams until reaching the quarterfinals.

The Netherlands and Argentina, two teams that are playing this afternoon in Lusail, will qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:34

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The leaders in statistics

Gapko has an idyll with goal, something that Messi has maintained since he first put on his boots.

De Jong and Memphis are the lieutenants for the composition and completion of the Netherlands, while in the Albiceleste De Paul multiplies in defense and with security passes to find, in the end, Leo.

goals

Gakpo

3

Messi

3

total assists

frenkie dejong

4

Messi

13

Fouls committed

Jurrien Maduro

12

otamendi

6

fouls received

Denzel Dumfries

6

Messi

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Yellow cards

Teun Koopmeiners

1

montiel

1

Possession Repossessions

Andries Noppert

32

Paul's

29

passes

Ake

269

Paul's

380

goalkeeper saves

Andries Noppert

fifteen

Emiliano Martinez

two

Shots

Depay

9

Messi

17

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:32

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What's new Old man?

The World Cup matches between the two teams were in 1974, on two occasions, in 1978 and in 2014. The latter are the most remembered by Argentina, because in Brazil the Albiceleste won on penalties after drawing 0-0. And that's why they went on to the final, which they then lost to Germany.

Meanwhile, in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, the team led by Menotti managed to win the title for the first time with a 3-1 victory with two goals from Mario Alberto Kempes and one from Daniel Bertoni for the locals.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:18

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The rival of semifinals, still to know

The rival of Argentina or the Netherlands in the semifinals remains to be seen, as Brazil and Croatia are playing the first period of extra time, a duel in which no goal has been celebrated.

Terrain that Croatia likes because they already beat Japan in the round of 16 on penalties, also because in Russia 2018 they overcame three phases after extra time.

The winner of this match, in any case, will fight against the winner of Argentina-Holland.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:08

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Will De Paul play?

Argentina has recovered Di María for the attack, positive news for the Albiceleste because they win bankruptcy, pass inside and shoot, complete player.

But the doubt is in De Paul, because he is between cottons.

And that worries Messi because he is the player who gives him the most passes and the one who receives the most from Leo. 

It has not been, of course, a good tournament for De Paul, little influential in attack and composition.

But he works for two and the best version of him always comes out the more minutes are played.

He is a diesel, as well as Leo's partner.

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:05

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Welcome!

Hello everyone!

A pleasure to be with you to tell you about the quarterfinal match of the World Cup in Qatar between the Netherlands and Argentina, a duel that measures two contenders for the final scepter, also the last revalidation for Lionel Messi to consecrate himself (even more) with Jules Rimet . 

Let's go there!

ACT.9 DEC 2022 - 17:02

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