Comments on: Martín Palermo, we never doubted you

By: nzfer

nzfer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:22:56 +0000

According to this column on canchallena.com (http://www.canchallena.com/1185557-ya-paso-peru), if Argentina should qualify, the person likely to leave the team wouldn’t be Maradona, it would be Bilardo.

Looks like the only way to get rid of Diego in the short term is losing against Uruguay … and I’m not sure that I, or any other Argentine, is willing to let that happen.

By: Fer

Fer — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:42:19 +0000

I don’t even know what to say. It felt like the ghosts of 1978 (the controversioal 6-0 against Peru) coming home to roost.

I wish I could celebrate, but all I can see is the upcoming fixture against Uruguay in Montevideo, and Uruguay is hungry after missing the last Cup altogether.

I wish Diego had stuck with Higuain over Demichelis, it would’ve kept the pressure on Peru’s backline and kept them from throwing more men forward. The torrential downpour certainly didn’t help though.

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:48:09 +0000

I didn’t catch what had happened there, Cantagalo, I noticed Peru appealed but the ref had already ended the match, and I was watching on a Bet365 stream which ended coverage as soon as the players started walking off the pitch, so I didn’t see a replay of that last passage of play!

By: cantagalo

cantagalo — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:27:54 +0000

What an incredible game.

I was already in a state of heightened excitement after the Flamengo v São Paulo match but I’ve never seen a finish like that.

I know it was difficult to see clearly in the rain and I was in a noisy bar but shouldn’t Peru have had a penalty in the final seconds – you didnt mention the incident in your report.

By: murt

murt — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:22:56 +0000

what that maradona doing the klinsman at the end??? what a clown. I wonder will we see Ferguson doing that when Utd score a 98th minute winner at old trafford.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:57:59 +0000

Back in from the Monumental. What a night !! Hats off to Argentina for pulling a rabbit out of the hat in the last seconds. And of course Palermo, with an apparent broken nose to boot.

On to Montevideo and Argentina will have to play better.

An absolutely horrible decision by Maradona to stick in Demichelis for Higuain, which led to the playing not to lose mentality that almost did Argentina in.

Nice effort from Aimar tonight and unless he’s completely bushed, I hope we see him against Uruguay as well.

By: Jason Veaurxhuis

Jason Veaurxhuis — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:45:29 +0000

Like I said, exhilarating. For a team with a massive identity and confidence crisis, winning like this, with the rain pelting away their weaknesses as if they were some character out of Frank Miller’s Sin City, may serve them very well.

Whether or not they were lucky, or good, or whatever doesn’t matter. The fact is they had to do it, and last month they would’ve lost this match. This is a different team than the jokesters, jesters and clowns of the past few months.

By: bobbygee

bobbygee — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:29:27 +0000

Argentina is very lucky to win this match. Maradona is a joke for a manager. Grondona and Maradona are killing AFA. Get rid of both of them. I am glad Argentina won. Now Argentinos must win against Uruguay.