Messi continues to dominate in this world cup and another good goal and its impresive how he finds the space and scores the goal. Australia was attacking decent in the first half but just couldnt score and Argentina and Messi punished them this now means that Australia has to attack even more so there will be more room for Argentina to score.
Argentina dominated the first half well, there weren't many chances but once they did, Messi immediately scored. Messi showed his quality and he really made good use of the opportunity even though 3 Australian players tried to block him.
In the second half, I think Australia should appear to be attacking rather than defending and counter-attacking because their strategy in the first half was completely unprofitable. Argentina will score more goals with the way they attack, but if Australia do better then the game will be very interesting.
Well Argentina have found the lead with beautiful goal from Messi but Australia will sure change their tempo to find themselves and equaliser. It sure is tough but a single mistake can turn around this game and Australia will looking for those opportunities. It's time for Australia to bring in something different into their plan if they want to find an equaliser in the second half.
Argentina must avoid set-pieces, I see Australia being dangerous here. So as much as possible Argentina should not commit fouls in the area of its defense, so that will make their defense safer. In the first half Argentina played well without making any mistakes, so I think their tempo will increase in the second half.