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Robben isolated due to Holland's tactics
Thursday, July 10, 2014 From Guardian.co.uk
Holland winger was on his toes and hungry for the ball but seldom received it in a sterile World Cup semi-final This was not Total Football. It was Attritional Football. And after losing on penalties, Arjen Robben, wearing the captain’s armband in t... [View All]
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Sabella: Advantage with Germany
Thursday, July 10, 2014 From Guardian.co.uk
• Argentina players ‘sore, beaten, tired as a result of war’• Louis van Gaal says two players refused to take first penalty The Argentina manager, Alejandro Sabella, has admitted Germany’s freshness will hand them a considera... [View All]
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Messi stifled but can still light up the final
Thursday, July 10, 2014 From Guardian.co.uk
Argentina playmaker finds it tough to escape suffocating tactics in semi-final but will now play on World Cup’s greatest stage This was a difficult and at times rather painful night in São Paulo: for those watching this turgid, tactically const... [View All]
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Netherlands 2 : 4 Argentina
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 From PA
Argentina are just 90 minutes away from lifting the World Cup in the Maracana after they edged past Holland on penalties in Wednesday's semi-final at the Arena Corinthians. After a dull, uneventful and goalless 120 minutes, the match went to a penalty sh... [View All]
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Messi fit, yet hamstrung as Argentina face Dutch
Thursday, July 10, 2014 From YAHOO SportRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentina take on the Netherlands in their World Cup semi-final in Sao Paulo later on Wednesday with superstar Lionel Messi partially hamstrung - despite being perfectly fit. In rude health and having enjoyed a solid if not stel... [View All]
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Argentina, Netherlands set for battle, Brazil wonders what happened
Thursday, July 10, 2014 From YAHOO SportRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentina and the Netherlands were getting ready to play on Wednesday for the right to join Germany in the World Cup final as the inquisition into Brazil's humiliating exit gathered pace. The hopes of a South America winner now ... [View All]
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Scolari and Thiago pose with 'lucky' Argentina flag
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 From YAHOO Sport
Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari is a superstitious man. So superstitious that he's taken to posing for photos with a specific Argentina flag before matches. Yes, while some Argentine fans dance in the streets of Brazil with replicas of Neymar's injure... [View All]
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Netherlands vs Argentina preview
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 From PA
Lionel Messi believes winning the World Cup with Argentina would be the greatest achievement of his glittering career. Argentina will make it through to their first World Cup final in 24 years if they beat Holland at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo on... [View All]
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Key player from each of the four teams
Tuesday, July 08, 2014 From Guardian.co.uk
Germany’s Sami Khedira, Brazil’s Oscar, Argentina’s Javier Mascherano and Holland’s Wesley Sneijder can all make a difference in the last four Sami Khedira, GermanyConsidering he had not played any football for six months as the do... [View All]
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Mascherano, Argentina's captain without an armband
Tuesday, July 08, 2014 From YAHOO SportBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) -- Copa America, 2011: Argentina's Javier Mascherano hands the captain's armband to Lionel Messi after being sent off late in regulation time in the quarterfinal against Uruguay. Argentina loses the ensuing penalty shootout as ... [View All]
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