LUSAIL. Emiliano Martinez carried Argentina to the 2022 World Cup semi-finals. So that 30-year-old Aston Villa goalkeeper they laughed at when he was a kid because he couldn’t afford gloves. Yesterday he mitigated the (first two) penalties of Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis, giving him hero status among the fans of the “Albiceleste”.
The Copa America champions prevailed 4-3 on penalties in a spectacular duel with the Netherlands. After 120 minutes it was 2:2. The journey of superstar Lionel Messi, who is contesting his last World Cup finals, and his colleagues continues – on Tuesday (8 p.m.). Not in the long-awaited “Superclasico” against Brazil, but against the Croatians, who were also successful in the shootout.
The Dutch team was denied a happy ending after a brilliant race to catch up, the term of office of team boss Louis van Gaal, who made public prostate cancer in April, ends. The 71-year-old passes the scepter on to Ronald Koeman.
That the “Oranjes” reached extra time yesterday in front of 88,966 spectators in the Lusail Stadium was nothing short of a miracle. Because for a long time it looked like a one-sided affair in this intense and hard-fought match, in which the Spanish referee Mateu Lahoz pulled out no fewer than 14 yellow cards. Argentina had led 2-0 up to the 83rd minute. With Messi as the main actor. The 35-year-old prepared Nahuel Molina’s 1-0 lead (35′) in an exemplary manner and confidently converted a penalty to make it 2-0 (73′). But the Dutch never gave up and hit back late with a brace from Wout Weghorst. The “Joker” scored to 1:2 (83rd) and in the 11th minute of added time after a fine free kick trick to 2:2. In extra time, the Argentines had advantages that they played on penalties. “We suffered but now we are happy,” said Messi.
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