Messi just broke his bad record in knock-out matches of World Cup. In the past, he has never scored any goal in World Cup knock-out matches but hours ago, he made a first one.
He is correct with his words in press conference that after letting Australia had their goal to reduce difference to 1 - 2, Argentina lost control of the match and you are right too, the goalkeeper did a good save to nail the winning for Argentina.
Messi was brilliant last night, he was the only player wanting to win that game as others were just playing average to me. Infact the game was boring because it was just one sided until Australia got a goal back then everyone came alive knowing that if they don't sit up that they mightn't get a chance at progressing. Australia almost equalizer but were unlucky as it seems they're caused against South America teams in the knockout stages of the competition, they have lost against all the teams they have face coming from that region.
England vs Senegal, I must say, I'm very doubtful that Senegal can knock england out of the tournament but I won't be surprised if they do so as england are usually unorganized at knockout stages. They'll score lots of goals at the start of a tournament but can't keep up such momentum later stages of the tournament. In other news I'm still rejoicing over the elimination of Ghana. After all the noise of a revenge all over social media, they still lost and missed another penalty.
It is very natural, if the course of the match goes in one direction, from the FIFA ranking alone it is very much different. however, there is something interesting for me in this fight. at least, Australia is trying to keep up with the style of play from Argentina. it's just that, they are far behind in terms of technique, mentality, and readiness. and when Australia got a goal in the 77th minute, the match became more exciting, Australia almost equalized.
By the way I'm happy that Argentina won this match, I bet on 2.5 goals.
England vs Senegal, Senegal's probability is very small to overthrow England. moreover, if we refer to the odds given by the dealer. the absence of Sadio Mane really had a big effect on Senegal's sharpness. In my prediction, this fight should present a fierce battle from these two teams. I will bet on a goal score above 2.
France vs Poland, this match looks like it will be monotonous. I don't expect much that Poland will provide quite a fierce resistance.