La Gran Final de la Copa America Centenario Argentina Vs Chile June 26th [R]

In 2015 it wasn't a 1v1.. but it was still a vital miss.. Messi passed the ball to Lavezzi and Lavezzi passed it to Higuian.. and you know what happens next

 

Baggio was the one to make me fall in love with football, his style is something that you see in guys like Bochini, el Diego, Francescoli or Zidane, how in the hell can you compare a good striker like Higuain with a real master like Baggio? and by the way, Baggio fail in one final, Higuain fail clear chances in three freaking finals!!!!

 

Ole

http://www.ole.com.ar/

 

Hard to accept that when they were outplayed in both finals. If they had beaten Argentina twice sure... not the case

 

I don't recall a bad miss by Higuain in 2015 final but perhaps you mean the one where he was sliding in right by the goal, the angle was too tight. Not a bad miss. Not a great one in the world cup final though. Those one to ones are not easy, in practice I'd say 50/50 or less of them are goals, but the one this year was one too many.

I am not sure about those criticizing Baggio though. Without Baggio in 1994 they exit 1-0 in the last 16 to Nigeria following a very poor group stages. He scored a good 20-yard last minute goal in that match, and the extra time winner. He also scored the late quarter final winner, and both semi final goals.

The other to recall about Baggio 1994 is that even if he had scored it would have been 3-3 in the shootout with Brazil having one penalty left. So, if Baggio scores, the chance of Italy winning is still only about 15% at that point. In other words, it probably didn't make any difference.

Baggio didn't walk away either. In the 1998 world cup, in the group stages, 2-1 down to Chile, Italy got a late penalty. He steps up with Chilean players shouting abuse at him and coolly slots it in.

Higuain is a good player, but Baggio is another level.

 

The Peru of the mid 60s to mid 70s has greater players however:

Benitez - Chumpitaz - Melendez - Fuentes
Velasquez - Cueto - Sotil - Joya
Cubillas - Leon

 

Yeah, you can only call Messi a choker if you don't watch the games.

In the three finals lost he's gotten handed an impossible task- to take on 4-5 defenders completely by himself or with maybe one guy way off to the side for the entire game. Even Barcelona Messi can't do that. Even in those highlight reel goals in the Spanish league where he dribbles the entire defense he has teammates around him so defenders can't clamp down totally on him.

But it's really unbelievable how his Argentina teammates disappear in finals.

 

hard not to blame Higuain.

 

It's even harder to believe, that despite all of this, which is widely known, they insist in Argentina in using him all the time. Considering all the alternative players they have.

his sister must be very hot ......

 

True but as a team I´d say they were less than present Chile.

 

(ouchhh) :

https://cdn.streamable.com/video/mp4-mobile/oe96.mp4

To not believe it, after this, he continued playing for almost another hour, till finally getting replaced

😢 🇨🇱🏆... Aguanté todo lo que pude...y valió la pena!!! Muy feliz 😀 pic.twitter.com/vMd24DwZPw

— Alexis Sánchez (@Alexis_Sanchez) June 27, 2016

What an irresponsable player, but sure have to give it to him, is heart toward his team is pure solid gold.

 

Arsenal will be thrilled.

 

Present Chile gets the most out their players better than any team I've ever seen.

I mean, Puch plays in the Ecuadorian league but he looks like he should be at Chelsea. Vargas bounces from club to club but with Chile plays like Suarez or Lewandoski. Beausejour is past his prime (and was just a decent player in his prime) but was impeccable this Copa.

It's really amazing.

 

la hija de higuain. pic.twitter.com/5y4hIv3vPH

— Alexis (@alexis__tosca) June 27, 2016

 

LMAO that's a funny picture but I think all of this blaming on Argentina teammates isn't fair they are great players that 90% of the world kill to have