00:00So, England versus Argentina, my friends, we have lineups.
00:06We have lineups, and let's review them, my friends,
00:08because this is going to be a crazy game.
00:10Pickford, starting out in the back of England.
00:13Pickford has been one of the most consistent goalkeepers of this tournament.
00:18We saw it against Mexico.
00:19He pulled out two goals from Raul Jimenez,
00:23one in the bottom corner, one in the top bin.
00:27This guy is keeping at a very high level.
00:29Now, what are they going to line up?
00:314-2-3-1.
00:32On the back, O'Reilly, Wehi, Stones, and Konza.
00:36These four have consistently, consistently managed that back line.
00:40We saw the top performance against Mexico defensively.
00:43We saw it again in their next game.
00:46And Anderson and Declan Rice holding the midfield together,
00:50really giving opportunities for Bellingham, Gordon, and Saka
00:54to really wreak havoc in other teams' defensive section.
00:58And then on top, you have this one, Harry Kane,
01:01probably one of the most uninformed goal scorers of the tournament.
01:07So Argentina is going to have a tough, tough match in front of them.
01:11How are they going to respond?
01:134-1-3-2.
01:15MartÃnez, Divo MartÃnez, that hasn't been the same Divo that, you know,
01:18that we saw four years ago, but he has been consistent
01:21and he's been keeping Argentina in the competition,
01:24although he has been scored on by teams that you would think
01:27they're lesser competition.
01:29Now, Tagliafico, MartÃnez, Cuti Romero,
01:32and Molina in the back line.
01:34They have been doing stellar work,
01:37really, really recovering from a World Cup full of suffering for Argentina.
01:42Then Paredes, that for me, has become the anchor of this team.
01:45We saw recently some videos online where he's discussing strategy
01:49and the way that the team needs to play with Escaloni, the coach,
01:54showing how these players, sometimes they understand the game
01:57at a higher level where the coaches are actually entrusting them
02:00with the vision because they're right there.
02:03In front of them, McAllister, Fernández, and De Paul.
02:07De Paul with a lot of critics,
02:09thinking that maybe some other players should have an opportunity,
02:12but so far, it has been working for Argentina.
02:15And then on top, Julian Alba is getting the start
02:18after that tremendo golazo that he's scoring the dying minutes
02:22of the last game.
02:22And, of course, Lionel Messi trying to break all types of records
02:27getting into the final, scoring more goals,
02:30and, overall, trying to do what has been impossible to this moment,
02:36and that is becoming big campeón.
02:38Back-to-back champions of the World Cup,
02:40that will be a unique thing
02:42and one that a lot of people will be excited and happy,
02:46but a lot of people are criticizing the path of Argentina
02:49to these later instances of the tournament
02:52tournament because bad calls, preferential treatment,
02:59certain things that have transpired that some people identify
03:02as little helps here and there for Argentina,
03:04but on the other side of the question is a team
03:07that in the field has been able to respond to adversity,
03:11responding to teams like Cabo Verde catching up
03:13constantly in their elimination game,
03:17trying to turn the game around like it was the case
03:20in the last time, going down 2-0 for 80 minutes
03:23and then just 10, 15 minutes were enough for them
03:26to flip it around and win 3-2 in their last game.
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