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Marcos Rojo's goal against Nigeria's Super Eagles

Marcos Rojo's goal against Nigeria's Super Eagles

Argentina vs France: Les Bleus edge but Argentina have Messi

byJide Alaka
June 30, 2018
2 min read

Looking at the recent past and the players available for both countries, Les Bleus of France have the edge over La Albiceleste of Argentina. But that equation is balanced by the presence of Lionel Messi and history.

For all his greatness, Messi has never scored in the knockout stage of a FIFA World Cup – a stat he would love to exterminate on Saturday.

For France, it was at this stage that they met Nigeria in Brazil and triumphed.

Head to head

Wed 11/02/09 FRI France 0 – 2 Argentina

Wed 07/02/07 FRI France 0 – 1 Argentina

Tue 06/06/78 WOC Argentina 2 – 1 France

Tue 15/07/30 WOC Argentina 1 – 0 France

Current Form [Last 5 matches]
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Three Duels To Watch

Javier Mascherano vs Paul Pogba

Mascherano is 34, old, has seen it all and seems past it; but he is still a needed cog in the Argentine wheel while Pogba is supposed to be the comb on the head of the cockerel, the distinguishing factor.

But France have laboured even though they won their group with seven points. Mascherano is set as the shield of the defence while Pogba is the tipping point for the French attack. An interesting battle lies ahead.

Lionel Messi vs Lucas Hernandez

For the must-win match against Nigeria, Jorge Sampaoli deployed a 4-3-3 formation with Messi on the right side, and he scored his first goal of the World Cup. Common sense dictates he will do the same against France, which means Messi will go face-to-face with the hard tackler, Hernandez.

The Atletico Madrid defender will be facing the most consistent dribbler in Messi [20] even though the Argentina magician must also be wary because Hernandez has had four shots on target in two matches.

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Nicolas Otamendi vs Antoine Griezmann

This will be an intriguing battle because Otamendi likes the physical battle while Griezmann deals in space. If France go with Olivier Giroud as the spearhead, then Otamendi will have his battle but if Didier Deschamps wants to be cute and goes with a front three of Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, and Ousmane Dembele then the Argentine defence, anchored by Otamendi will face a serious challenge.

Referee In Charge

40-year-old Alireza Faghani is Iranian and has been a FIFA-graded referee since 2008 although this is his first appearance at a World Cup.

He has refereed two games at Russia 2018; Mexico’s 1-0 win over Germany and Brazil’s 2-0 win over Serbia, in which he showed seven yellow cards in total.

WORLD CUP FACT: France have the advantage of having experienced the Kazan pitch: their opening 2-1 victory over Australia was achieved there!

Prediction: Argentina 2-3 France

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