Argentine coach, Lionel Scaloni, has described the second half of their Friday’s quarter-finals match against Netherlands as a strange one.
The latter levelled from a 2-0 down, pushing the match into extra time.
Argentina, however, won via penalty shootout.
Commenting on the adventure, Scaloni said: “Sometimes it’s difficult in these situations, they shy away. This time we had too many volunteers. … We only had to decide the order of our penalty takers,” Scaloni said.
“It is true that we would have deserved to avoid the penalty shootout but still we fought until the end… This was a very strange second half. Everything was controlled by us but then we know what happens with football.
“It is a beautiful game, when you think that everything is over, you are surprised. This team had experience, pride, young players, and this is key, because we want to fight.”
