Argentina into World Cup semi-final after beating Netherlands on penalties – live reaction | World Cup 2022

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If England do in some way meet Argentina within the remaining, don’t be stunned if Andy Carroll will get a late call-up. They went to items when the Netherlands beginning going lengthy in the direction of Luuk de Jong and Wout Weghorst.

Argentina received that sport 3 times. First once they went 2-0 up in regular time, then once they went 2-0 up within the penalty competitors, after which lastly – after Enzo Fernandez’s miss threatened one more twist – when Lautaro Martinez scored the decisive penalty.

I don’t suppose I’ve ever seen a sport fairly like that. In some ways it was a stinker, but it surely had drama, aggro, a few elegant passes from Lionel Messi and Teun Koopmeiners, a minimum of 14 yellow playing cards and the weird sight of the Netherlands taking part in lime Bobby Gould’s Wimbledon.

Wout Weghorst is in tears, mendacity head down on the pitch. His two late targets introduced Netherlands again from the lifeless, however they didn’t go in for the kill in further time. Ultimately the hero was not Weghorst however Emi Martinez, who made two fairly good penalty saves.

It was a extremely good penalty from Lautaro Martinez, who despatched Noppert the unsuitable approach and whipped the ball excessive to his left. For the second time in three World Cups, Louis van Gaal’s Netherlands have gone out on penalties to Argentina. Meanwhile, the 2 benches are having one more fracas, although it’s exhausting to see precisely what is occurring.

Full time: Netherlands 2-2 Argentina (3-4 pens)

PENALTIES: Netherlands 3-3 Argentina

Luuk de Jong retains the Netherlands alive with one other calm penalty. But now it’ll be Lautaro Martinez, with the possibility to place Argentina within the semi-finals.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 2-3 Argentina

Fernandez shoots simply extensive of the left-hand put up! It’s not fairly over but.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 2-3 Argentina

Weghorst scores! Then there’s a row between Timber and one of many Argentina gamers. It’s been such an ill-tempered sport. But if Enzo Fernandez scores, Argentina will probably be by means of.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 1-3 Argentina

Montiel sends Noppert the unsuitable approach! Argentina are yet another Martinez save away from the semi-finals.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 1-2 Argentina

Koopmeiners scores emphatically to maintain the Netherlands in with an outdoor probability.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 0-2 Argentina Paredes whacks a wonderful penalty into the left-hand nook, and Argentina are already on the brink of the semi-finals.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 0-1 Argentina

Martinez makes a fair higher save from Berghuis! He saved three within the Copa America in opposition to Colombia, and now he’s doing it once more. It was a fairly good penalty, hammered low to Martinez’s left, however Martinez guessed proper and beat it away.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 0-1 Argentina

Lionel Messi scores, cockily sending Noppert the unsuitable approach.

PENALTIES: Netherlands 0-0 Argentina

Martinez saves brilliantly from Van Dijk!

The Netherlands will go first. Virgil van Dijk, to be exact.

Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties within the 2014 semi-final, with Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder lacking. Traditionally, Argentina have a a lot better report in shootouts than the Netherlands, who had been eradicated on penalties in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2014.

Whichever group loses this may have all kinds of regrets – Argentina for wobbling within the face of Total Longball, the Netherlands for not killing Argentina off within the first interval of extra-time.

Full time: Netherlands 2-2 Argentina

ET: 120+1 min: Fernandez hits the put up! Dear me. The nook was taken quick and labored to Fernandez, 25 yards out. He took a contact and pinged a candy shot throughout objective that beat Noppert and rebounded off the surface of the put up.

ET: 120 min: Di Maria nearly scores from the nook! He smashed it in the direction of the close to put up, intentionally I feel, and Noppert leapt to push it over.

ET: 120 min The Netherlands space hanging on desperately. Messi’s shot from the sting of the D takes a deflection and rolls a couple of yards extensive.

ET: 119 min The energetic Lautaro Martinez rolls Timber neatly on the sting of the D and hits a rasping left-footed drive that’s punched away by Noppert, diving to his proper. Good save.

ET: 119 min You couldn’t name this an important sport, however it can definitely live within the reminiscence as a type of disgusting traditional.

ET: 118 min An excellent inswinging cross from Lang is confidently claimed by Emi Martinez, with Berghuis ready behind him to attain.

ET: 116 min I do not know the place Argentina have discovered this burst of vitality. Di Maria’s outswinging nook is headed over on the close to put up by Pezzella, a half probability at greatest.

ET: 115 min It’s Argentina who’re pushing for the winner. Fernandez’s long-range shot hits Weghorst earlier than bouncing over the stranded Noppert and onto the roof of the online! Dear me, that was so shut.

ET: 114 min: Chance for Argentina! Di Maria zips around the again on the correct and arrows a cutback in the direction of Lautaro Martinez, whose candy first-time shot hits Van Dijk within the breastbone and flies behind for a nook. I don’t suppose it was getting into, although I wouldn’t wager the farm on it.

ET: 113 min Netherlands convey on Noa Lang for Cody Gakpo.

ET: 113 min: Chance for the Netherlands! Gakpo lookps the free-kick in the direction of the unmarked Luuk de Jong, whose volley is crucially blocked by Fernandez.

ET: 112 min Gakpo expenses ahead and is challenged strongly by Pezzella. He will get the ball however scissors Gakpo afterwards. Another yellow card, the fifteenth of the sport I feel.

ET: 111 min Another Argentina substitution, and an attacking one: Angel Di Maria replaces Lisandro Martinez.

ET: 110 min Messi take a brief free-kick on the correct, then shimmies infield in the direction of the sting of the world. “Here we go, here we go,” says the BBC commentator Jonathan Pearce, at which level Messi picks out the person in Row F.

ET: 109 min Argentina are having extra of the ball now. I’m unsure what’s occurred to the Netherlands in further time. Maybe they’re simply shattered. Meanwhile, the referee has booked Montiel for dissent, which implies he’ll miss the semi-final if Argentina get there. That’s the 74th reserving of the sport.

ET: 108 min “Rob, we need to dwell on that Dutch free kick,” says David Griffiths. “Reminded me very a lot of the Argentine free kick trick vs England in 1998. Could we are saying the Dutch out-Zanettied the Argentines there?

That’s a very good comparability. I feel this one was even higher as a result of Koopmeiners performed the cross inarea, which is far more durable to drag off. Zanetti’s end was even higher than Weghorst’s, although.