Egypt's squad was also very strong in this world cup. Their performance against Argentina also surprised me. They were able to create some incredible chances. At the same time, their counterattacks were also very fast. One of the reasons they lost this match was that they thought that they would not lose the match after being 2-0 up. But Argentina's players were very confident. In the end , Egypt probably conceded 3 goals in the last 15 minutes. If Egypt could have kept their defense strong in the last few minutes, the team would have been able to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Egypt lost because of near success sydrome. They were leading 2 goals already. Everyone thought this was their time to make history. The narrative would be that the first African team to eliminate Argentina in a World Cup knockout stage is Egypt. What I understood from that Egypt game is that Argentina had players who wanted to give up for their country. Messi and Enzo Fernades were my favorite players in that game. The consistency to always keep going for the goal brought the first goal, and by chance, the second goal and the third.
The morale of the Argentine players was very strong in this match. Even though they were behind by 2 goals, the team players were very confident. And this confidence helped them win. Argentina performed incredibly well in the second half. After egypt took a 2 goal lead, they did not even imagine that they would lose the match. On the other hand, Argentina did not have any record before winning by 3 goals in the last minute. Argentina's players made a new record for ethemselves.
I am waiting to see how they do it against England today. I was not satisfied with their performance against Switzerland in the last match. If Argentina performs like this against england today, then their chances of winning are very low.