While the World Cup, and an entire country, tries to recover from last night's shock and tears, and from that 7 to 1 that will go down in football history, we stop for a moment and realize that there is still a another semifinal to be played, to determine who will face Low's terrible Germany in the final on 13 July at the Maracana.
Tonight, in fact, at 22 pm Italian time, the Arena do Sao Paulo will host the match between Sabella's Argentina and Van Gaal's Holland. Or, if you prefer, between Messi's Argentina and Robben's Holland. Yes, because for many the challenge between these two teams is above all the challenge between their stars: two authentic champions, two left-handed racers who, until now, have set fire to all the defenses they have faced, scoring (or making score) most of their teams' goals.
After all, talking about the stars by presenting this challenge seems to reflect the intentions of the two coaches. Argentina and Holland, after all, look alike: shrewd defense (even if it can be reviewed on an individual level), midfield more for fighting than governing, as they say, and a stellar attack, with the team split into two parts, a lot of waiting and research of the fulminant restart, to go on goal with two or three passes. Not the best game in the world, certainly, but perhaps the most suitable for making the stars of the team perform at their best.
On the one hand Robben, Van Persie and the revived Snejder. On the other Messi, Higuain and Lavezzi. The Argentines will miss one of their best men: Angel Di Maria, who decided the round of 120 match against Switzerland and who, in fact, was the only connection between the rest of the team and the three up front. Coach Sabella, who has so far been very conservative in his choices, is playing a lot on replacing him. Ninety minutes (or XNUMX), to write a piece of history. On the other side of the ford is Germany, and since yesterday it seems impossible not to be afraid of it.
