Messi’s letter immortalized by Argentines after beating Dutch
“He continued to show his face in a complicated, very tough match. Just when you think it’s over, it’s not over. Either way.” Scaloni, who led Argentina to their first major trophy for almost three decades at last year’s Copa America, said reaching the semi-finals was a great achievement but it was not the limit […]
Van Gaal had to drop all niceties and throw on two influential center forwards, finding them in ‘hit and hope’ fashion. It worked as Wout Weghorst equalized twice in dramatic fashion to force the game into extra time. The second goal was a freekick routine he brought over from his time at Bundesliga club VfL […]
This was certainly the case at the 2014 World Cup when Dutch coach Louis van Gaal had to prepare for the threat of Messi in the semi-finals in Brazil, although they still lost. What he did learn, however, was that defending against Messi is a collective act. Messi then had more of a playmaker role, […]
