Uff looking forward to this one tonight. Two heavy-weight attacking teams, facing each other in the group rounds. Even though Argentina might be the favorite, well they're always a favorite...lol, I expect this to be a nervous and hard game right until the end. Argentina unexpectedly dropped 2 points to Iceland, but on the other hand, Iceland has been pulling upsets like these in the last 4 years very regularly, they play hard defense and are fast on counter attacks. Today the two teams facing aren't focused much on protecting the score, what they need is goals.
ARGENTINA:
They really messed it up in the last round, Messi's form seems nowhere near where he used to be, or maybe he's just tired of playing for the national team. What Argentina needs today is a win, all in and no excuses. Since they're facing an opponent who also doesn't lack attacking skills and power, I expect a fast ''run and gun'' game with fast transitions from to the offense and even faster counter-attacks. Argentina might get shocked here again, but I do think they will score at least one if not two goals.
CROATIA:
They did not go easy on Nigeria, 2-0 was a low score, in my opinion, they could have scored at least a few more. The Croatians proved they aren't afraid of anyone and they will step-up today with little or no fear at all. They already have the 3 points, today the pressure is all on Argentina. Amazing attacking and Middlefield players in the Adriatic squad can score on anyone and they probably will here too. Maybe they can even pull off an upset, but they are in no way big underdogs here, from what I can tell this is a clear 50-50 game and betting on a draw or covering the handi on Croatia, might not be such a bad idea after all.
PICK: OVER 2 GOALS (PINNACLE SPORTS - ODD: @1.73/+137)
While covering Croatia here looks very appealing I'm counting on at least 2 goals here if not more. Worse case this pick is void, but I really don't see a 0-0, 1-0 game here. Argentina has too much to lose and both teams can go over this line by themselves easily on a good day. I'm taking the 2 line here just to be safe, but the right bet here is also the over 2.5 line. Let's see of Argentina can bounce back, but my thoughts here are that this one ends 2-2 and Argentina will look for Croatia to screw it up against Iceland.