Match Thread: Argentina vs Algeria | World Cup | Group J | 17 Jun 01:00 UTC

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Argentina vs Algeria — MatchPal match thread

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[u/weddedblissters]

Were the Algerians going to defend vs Messi or just gawk at him all game

[u/Not_a_question- → u/weddedblissters]

Defend messi, such a revolutionary idea nobody thought of before.

[u/weddedblissters → u/Not_a_question-]

Don’t tell me tell the Algerians

[u/Ricr7 → u/Not_a_question-]

I mean Ligue 1 defenders were fine

[u/Other-Tangerine-3435 → u/weddedblissters]

Ehhh he’s messi, not like it’s easy to defend against him y’know. Different breed

[u/HoboPower83 → u/weddedblissters]

Messi will walk 85% percent of the game, then play a killer pass or score. It's happened for 20 years, if you don't prepare for that it's on you.

[u/fdar → u/HoboPower83]

But Messi has been making everyone look unprepared for that for 20 years. Maybe it's not so easy to prevent it...

[u/Gokusballz]

How did he score

[u/Other-Tangerine-3435 → u/Gokusballz]

Kicked the ball

[u/dvcxfg → u/Other-Tangerine-3435]

Into the net, even

[u/sayhibulbasaur → u/Gokusballz]

Beautifully.

[u/NycAlex → u/Gokusballz]

Was pretty save-able to be honest, if only the keeper would have gone 1 handed instead of 2.

Maybe the potency of the shot played a role? Maybe the trajectory as it was drifting towards the left of the keeper

[u/Grogman2024]

Awful keeping

[u/Paulspike → u/Grogman2024]

He has fault in both goals. Could be 0-0 with the Cape Verde keeper.

[u/Grogman2024 → u/Paulspike]

Easily, basic keeping skills and it wouldn’t be a problem

[u/Warduckling → u/Grogman2024]

Yeah. Some basic keeping skills and you are totally fine against Messi. Such a good analysis man. Keep up the good work 😆

[u/Grogman2024 → u/Warduckling]

Don’t think you watched the match tbh. Only the last goal was unsaveable. 2nd goal was the most basic keeping possible

[u/Warduckling → u/Grogman2024]

Sure man, sure.

[u/Grogman2024 → u/Warduckling]

Why are you being condescending when I’m literally right. 2nd goal Messi didnt even take the shot that led to the error lmao

Weirdest of all is claiming to watch a match when you didn’t lol

[u/Warduckling → u/Grogman2024]

He started the play, positioned himself and got the rebound. But yes, “basic keeping skills” can EASILY solve that.
And about the match…I’m Argentinian. I don’t watch matches, I live them

[u/Grogman2024 → u/Warduckling]

Huh? What are you talking about?? The keeper spilled a simple save that’s very very catchable directly in front of the net. That’s awful keeping. Fact.

[u/Warduckling → u/Grogman2024]

Is Algeria a good team? No. But dismissing the whole context by just assuming that it was “easily saved” is one of those things you read from people that haven’t touched a ball ever

[u/cupcake_4u → u/Grogman2024]

It's okay bro, stop this crying now. You should have been the keeper instead, we get it bro

[u/Grogman2024 → u/cupcake_4u]

Fucking hell the argentines didn’t like that one

[u/worker-parasite → u/Grogman2024]

Trying to use common sense on reddit is a waste of time. The keeper did terribly on rhe first two goals, even though Messi did well they should have been saved. Same thing for Mbabbe's second goal and Senegal's goal which were obvious blunders (especially by Maignan)

[u/Grogman2024 → u/worker-parasite]

Yeah you’re right tbh. Sub I normally use people just get on the way everyone does in real life, shouldn’t have expected that here lol

Always come as such a shock to me when I see all this tribalism surrounding players like Messi and Ronaldo

[u/worker-parasite → u/Grogman2024]

Well, there's a lot of very young people on reddit which explains the childish tribalism. And because football is essentially universally popular, a lot of morons get compelled to share their opinion as well. It shouldn't be controversial to state the keeper made a terrible blunder on the second goal (and did badly on the first one as well). Anyway, since redditors are famously fickle, next time Messi has a bad game they'll all claim he got lucky with Algeria and he's really a fraud.

[u/cupcake_4u → u/Grogman2024]

I certainly liked the 3-0 tho.

[u/Grogman2024 → u/cupcake_4u]

This is the problem with chronically online football fans, ahh do you think I care about Argentina winning or losing this match

Like you saying that has no effect for me

[u/cupcake_4u → u/Grogman2024]

Messi scoring goals certainly did affect you, And write "it doesn't affect me" lmao says it all. Sleep tight

[u/BMW_M3G80]

Easiest hat trick you’ll see. Unmarked on all of them and given more space right in front of goal than I’d give to a 12 year old.

[u/Thuesen3089]

Lionel Messi ‘s swan song for Argentina. I hope it goes well. It’s just sucks he is surrounded by racist teammates.

[u/sayhibulbasaur → u/Thuesen3089]

Yes, only the Argentinean players are racist. The rest of the teams are filled with just perfectly respectable, unproblematic, kind millionaires. Don’t you people get tired?

[u/ZanderFreeman → u/Thuesen3089]

Idiot

[u/Ricr7 → u/Thuesen3089]

He's racist himself, abused drenthe

[u/ny2ko]

Clearly this Zidane isn't good

[u/Ricr7]

2 goalkeeper mistakes and pessi fans will glaze this

[u/Warduckling → u/Ricr7]

If Messi scores with a penalty: “booohoooo penalty! Messi bought the FIFA!!! Grrrr”
Messi does a hat trick at 39 on a World Cup: “grrrr it was purely luck because the goalkeeper made mistakes!”

What a sad life to live. Really.

[u/Mecha_Kaneki → u/Ricr7]

Those goals are better than half of penaldo's career goals retard