Official World Cup Thread

[Rodion Romanovich]

That first half was certainly Argentina at it's best!

I don't think second half will be worth watching though, they'll probably save their tricks for later games now that they are leading with 3-0. Serbia broke together almost completely after 1-0 and a series of about 2-3 dubious referee actions. The coach seemed to give up already from start, which explains how the first goal and a few dubious referee decisions made the Serbian team give up. A pity, because judging from their performance in last EC and other games they have a lot more potential than they showed today. Then came the 2-0 goal - the most beatiful goal in the entire WC so far IMO, after which the Serbian team gave up completely. 3-0 was probably the second most beautiful goal of this WC, but by then Serbia had already largely given up so it wasn't an as impressive show as it seemed.

I'm pleased to see Argentina being able to score with longer distance shots too (1-0 goal), it means they've got what they've been lacking the last few tournaments. Without the ability to threaten opponents from a distance they only had the close short passes tactics which tended to get get bogged down and easily stopped by teams with good defense. With good long-distance shots they can threaten the opposing defense in more ways and get more flexibility.