Argentina Beaten Netherlands in Semifinal – Football World Cup 2014

By Rida Zaheer

Argentina beat Dutch in penalties kicks and went into final of World Cup 2014. Sergio Romero became hero after saving twice as Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-2 on penalties on Wednesday. Argentina will play third World Cup final against Germany on Sunday.
The Monaco goalkeeper parried spot kicks from Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder Both sides did not able to goal in  120 minutes and match had ended had ended 0-0.

Lionel Messi, Ezquiel Garay, Sergio Aguero and Maxi Rodriguez converted Argentina’s spot kicks while Arjen Robben and Wesley Snijder were on target for the Dutch.

Argentina will need massive efforts if she interested to lift the trophy a third time after 1978 and 1986.

Earlier, Argentina won the title 3-2 in 1986 and the Germans 1-0 four years later. Germany also defeated Argentina in the quarter-finals of the last two World Cups. Argentina are in the final a fifth time overall.  Thus, overall battle for world cup will be quite interested for the fan of the game.

I predict that Germany has fair chances to win the coming final, if  the team able to control sentiments during the match.