Argentina vs Switzerland 5pm / Tue 1st

Dav

Argentina and Switzerland get the last day of the second round started with a 5pm kick off on Tuesday the 1st.

xtal191

I'm going for a Swiss victory.

Washington Irving

Turtyturd

Best player in the world not named Clint Dempsey to go through.

I am pie

Nervous. Verrrry nervous.

Alfred Borden

Messi vs Djourou :pac:

Johner

Argentina will win easily, Switzerland have looked poor so far in the tournament.

Rezident

Who is this "LORENZO" in the Argentine defence that is such a terrible defender? Every time I see Dunphy on Argentina he keeps going on about the 'awful' Lorenzo in the Argie defence. But there's no Lorenzo in the Argentine Defence?

A Primal Nut

Rezident wrote: »

Who is this "LORENZO" in the Argentine defence that is such a terrible defender? Every time I see Dunphy on Argentina he keeps going on about the 'awful' Lorenzo in the Argie defence. But there's no Lorenzo in the Argentine Defence?

There was an article about him getting it wrong in the Herald today. He obviously didn't see it.

A Primal Nut

Johner wrote: »

Argentina will win easily, Switzerland have looked poor so far in the tournament.

They had one bad game against France - other than that they won both their games and they've scored more goals than Argentina have so far; and Switzerland had a tougher group. As long as the goalkeeper doesn't have another match like he did against France; I think Switzerland will win this one.

Other than Romero and Messi; the rest of the Argentina team have been very poor. Even if Messi is man of the match and scores two; Switzerland could easily score three down the other end.

That_Guy

Swiss defence.

The Backwards Man

The Swiss should get acres of space on the wings here. All depends how the use it.

Nuri Sahin

Hitzfeld was asked before the match what does he like most about managing Switzerland.

He said "Well, the flag is a big plus".

Son Of A Vidic

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament for me, was the Swiss getting to the second round.

This game needs a goal

Johner

A Primal Nut wrote: »

They had one bad game against France - other than that they won both their games and they've scored more goals than Argentina have so far; and Switzerland had a tougher group. As long as the goalkeeper doesn't have another match like he did against France; I think Switzerland will win this one..

Thought they were poor enough against Ecuador and pretty lucky to get the win. They were awful against France and good against a pretty poor Honduran side. Was expecting a bit more from them, same could be said for Argentina but I think they'll win here by a couple.

kksaints

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament for me, was the Swiss getting to the second round.

Not really for me. Ecuador were probably the worst of the South American teams and Honduras were terrible. It was probably the weakest group in the World Cup apart from France.

Invertpyramid

Messi for the hat-trick. Calling it.

Fudge You

rarnes1 wrote: »

This game needs a goal

Its a game of two halves!

That_Guy

How is that not a yellow? Blatant.

That_Guy

Brazilians loving the Swiss.

D.Q

Very hard to follow the ball in the air for some reason... Just me?

bmcc10

D.Q wrote: »

Very hard to follow the ball in the air for some reason... Just me?

It wasn't until you pointed it out ha

Agent Smith

That_Guy wrote: »

Swiss defence.

I see what you did there....

Invertpyramid

Agent Smith wrote: »

I see what you did there....

I didn't. The joke was too complex. You gouda made it a little simpler.

Agent Smith

Invertpyramid wrote: »

I didn't. The joke was too complex. You gouda made it a little simpler.

Isn't Gouda Dutch?

SantryRed

Stupid stadium design compounded by the sunshine. Watching the ball in the Argentinian end is annoying.

Darkglasses

Good game of ball this

That_Guy

Pretty drab but Switzerland containing very well.

bmcc10

Argentina just can't get anything going

Ompala

So far every day for the round of 16 one game has gone to extra time, reckon if the trend is gonna continue its going to be belgium and usa for extra time, think switzerland might just pip argentina in this one, argentina (besides messi) have been poor

GavRedKing

Should have scored

Washington Irving

Good save. Best chance of the game there.

AllGunsBlazing

Argentina are sleep walking here.

Rayne Wooney

Good chance, Swiss doing very well

I can't see the ball when it leaves the ground

Billy86

Romero "the liability in goals" has probably been Argentina's second most important player this tournament so far.

corny

Anyone else think Messi a little overrated? I mean you can't ignore his goals but there's been no end product to the vast majority of his work in this tournament.

GavRedKing

Thats an excellent delivery

GavRedKing

corny wrote: »

Anyone else think Messi a little overrated? I mean you can't ignore his goals but there's been no end product to the vast majority of his work in this tournament.

How many lols does it deserve?

Ill give you the one for now, lol.

bmcc10

corny wrote: »

Anyone else think Messi a little overrated? I mean you can't ignore his goals but there's been no end product to the vast majority of his work in this tournament.

Oh ffs.

That_Guy

Billy86 wrote: »

Romero "the liability in goals" has probably been Argentina's second most important player this tournament so far.

Over rated? *snigger*

He's had an off tournament but you could look at it from the other side. Teams have nullified him excellently. Ok, he's scored the goals but I've never seen him tackled so much in a long time.

Blatter

Whoever is in control of showing replays on TV is doing a terrible job. Still waiting to have another look at the Swiss chance. It's been a constant theme throughout the WC.

That_Guy

Blatter wrote: »

Whoever is in control of showing replays on TV is doing a terrible job. Still waiting to have another look at the Swiss chance. It's been a constant theme throughout the WC.

You of all people have the power to change this.

Billy86

Messi is an all time great and has been one of the better players in the tournament but he does sometimes get free passes, e.g. against Bosnia and especially Iran he was very poor. But as all time type players do, he came up with a moment of magic in each when it mattered. I just wish the general media didn't try to hard to forget that he was poor for all but 5 or 10 mins of the first 180 minutes of the tournament when they are busy talking him up as one of if not the best so far (which belongs to Rodriguez followed by Robben so far).

I do reckon he makes the difference again tonight, mind.

Washington Irving

That_Guy wrote: »

Billy86 wrote: »

Romero "the liability in goals" has probably been Argentina's second most important player this tournament so far.

Over rated? *snigger*

He's had an off tournament but you could look at it from the other side. Teams have nullified him excellently. Ok, he's scored the goals but I've never seen him tackled so much in a long time.

Billy86

That_Guy wrote: »

Over rated? *snigger*

He's had an off tournament but you could look at it from the other side. Teams have nullified him excellently. Ok, he's scored the goals but I've never seen him tackled so much in a long time.

uuummmmmmm... when did I call Romero overrated?

Think you quoted the wrong post. :pac:

corny

That_Guy wrote: »

Over rated? *snigger*

He's had an off tournament but you could look at it from the other side. Teams have nullified him excellently. Ok, he's scored the goals but I've never seen him tackled so much in a long time.

You could call it an off tournament if you like. I see him giving the ball under no pressure quite often.

And he's not the first great player to suffer a few 'tackles'.

Biddy_61

Awful finish.

Johner

Awful effort.

Billy86

What a shocking finish! :eek:

tigger123

How did he not score.