I also think that Argentina needs a win in order to feel comfortable in the tournament. A draw may make things a bit complicated and difficult for Argentina's survival in this world cup.
Mexico are not in this game to play, their intentions are very obvious that they intend to avoid Argentina scoring first, but it has failed!!! Messi has scored his eight world cup goal equaling Maradona's record, and in six consecutive International games for Argentina. The goal from Messi was crucial, Mexico had not given him any space all through the game, but that sharp pass to Messi from Di Maria seeing that he was free and the quick snap shot from Messi beat both the defenders and Goalkeeper. They have to secure their lead by either defending their only goal so far, or add another goal to make the possibility of a comeback difficult for Mexico.
Mexico played very smart, they started to find space in the forward, but their only striker, Raul Jimenez, just came out of injury, he can't play. If it were me, I would have implemented the plan to get Raul a little more rested and beat the Sauds.
All strategies, gradual defense, narrowing the field, man-to-man marking, you can apply it perfectly for 65 minutes, but if you leave Messi alone for 2 seconds, he will score that critical goal. This is Messi, sometimes nothing to do for opposing teams.
The team built on Messi, how many intermediate passes the man tried in 2 matches, there is no player in the future who is used to those passes. At the end, he said what you would do and scored his own goal.
