Argentina was able to beat the Netherlands in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup on penalties.
Argentina was able to score two goals through Molina and Lionel Messi’s penalty kick.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands were able to equalize through Weghorst’s two goals.
Emiliano Martinez was able to thwart two Dutch national team kickers.
Argentina managed to win with a score of 4-3.
With this victory, Argentina has the right to qualify for the semifinals and will face Croatia on Wednesday (14/12/2022).
At the beginning of the first half the match took place with a fairly slow temp.
Argentina scored the first goal through Molina in the 35th minute.
Molina was able to score after receiving a clever pass from Lionel Messi.
The 1-0 score for Argentina’s advantage lasted until halftime.
In the second half, the Netherlands had little control of the game and attacked the Argentine defense.
Unfortunately, Louis van Gaal’s squad have not been able to equalize.
Argentina even added a goal through a penalty from Lionel Messi in the 71st minute.
The Netherlands is still trying to score goals.
As a result, Weghorst scored in the 83′ minute to reduce the position to 1-2.
The Netherlands were extraordinary able to equalize through Weghorst’s second goal.
The 2-2 score ended until the second half was over..
The match must go into extra time.
No goals were scored in the first half of extra time
Entering the second half of extra time, Argentina tried to attack the Dutch defense.
However, the score remained 2-2 and the match had to go to a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, Emiliano Martinez was able to thwart two kickers from the Netherlands.
Argentina won with a score of 4-3 and will face Croatia in the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup.
Lionel Messi says he feels disrespected by Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal.
Apart from that, Messi also faced Louis van Gaal after the match.
“I felt disrespected by Van Gaal after his comments before the game and some of the Dutch players talk too much during the game,” Messi told reporters quoted by espn.
Before the match Van Gaal said that Messi did not do much to help his team when they did not have the ball.
“Van Gaal sells that he plays good football and then he goes forward in the box and starts throwing long balls,” Messi said of Van Gaal’s tactics.
“We deserved to go through and that’s what happened,” said Lionel Messi.
