There was so much like in Argentina v Poland that this is a must choice, and the silly result v Saudi is all forgotten.

The attacking play was unlucky v Saudi, they were a bit careful v Mexico until the first goal, but in all their trend is highly upwards and the last three 45 minutes have been really convincing. Defensively they are so strong and they concede less than 0.3 xG even when facing tougher opponents than Australia, and their goal here would surprise me hugely.

If only they had someone better player than Leo Messi to shoot the penalties...

Australia being this far is already a huge surprise, as their basic level is somewhere close to Saudi Arabia. The squad of coach Arnold play very basic physical fight football with a hint of good old English school, their attacking patterns are simple, straight and fast, and unlikely to be offered v Argentinian defense. There has been almost no rotation at Australia so far, no formation changes and the players will feel the physical stress. Tonight it would be no wonder to see a 5 man Australian defense. Yet, as France did win Australia by scoring 4 goals with half an effort I see Argentina well than capable of doing the same.

Argentina have so many stars who are still with very little minutes, how about introducing fresh legs of Papu Gomez and Angel Correa? Di Maria has been good but might be rested, Fernandez from Benfica has been so superb that he is likely to stay, and when will see Lautaro Martinez on his best performance level?

This is not a cat and mouse game, this is tiger v mouse!

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阿根廷对波兰的比赛太像了，这是一个必须的选择，而对沙特的愚蠢结果都被遗忘了。

对沙特的进攻很不走运，他们在第一个进球之前对墨西哥有点小心，但总的来说他们的趋势是高度上升的，最后3个45分钟确实令人信服。他们的防守非常强大，即使面对比澳大利亚更强的对手，他们的失球也不到0.3 xG，他们在这里的进球会让我非常惊讶。

要是他们有比梅西更好的球员来踢点球就好了……

澳大利亚能走这么远已经是一个巨大的惊喜了，因为他们的基本水平接近沙特阿拉伯。阿诺德教练的球队踢的是非常基本的身体对抗足球，带有一点老式英国学校的味道，他们的进攻模式简单、直爽和快速，不太可能与阿根廷的防守相媲美。到目前为止，在澳大利亚几乎没有轮换，阵型没有变化，球员会感受到身体上的压力。今晚毫无疑问将会看到澳大利亚的5人防守。然而，正如法国确实用半分功夫打进4球赢得了澳大利亚一样，我认为阿根廷完全有能力做到这一点。

阿根廷有这么多的球星仍然只有很少的上场时间，引进帕普·戈麦斯和安吉尔·科雷亚怎么样?迪马利亚表现不错，但可能会被休息，本菲卡的费尔南德斯表现非常出色，他很可能会留下来，什么时候能看到劳塔罗·马丁内斯的最佳表现呢?

这不是猫捉老鼠的游戏，这是老虎对老鼠!