COMMENT: Supposedly the side's strongest sector, the Albiceleste attack
disappointed again on Sunday and key misses by their strikers saw a
wonderful chance slip by at Brazil 2014
Argentina's World Cup campaign kicked off last monthamid doubts over their goalkeeper and their defence. Ultimately, however, it is their famed forwards who have cost the the Albiceleste the game's greatest prize.
Alejandro Sabella's side stayed solid in this tournament, conceding only four goals in their seven games and keeping clean sheets against Iran, Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands. Goalkeeper Sergio Romero, previously questioned after spending last season on the bench with Monaco, impressed and was the hero with two penalty saves in the semi-final shootout against the Dutch. Against Germany, a team that had hit seven past hosts Brazil last Tuesday, the defence held firm for 113 minutes until Mario Gotze's extra-time winner.
Further forward, however, things didn't go quite as planned.
Of Argentina's six goals in the group games, Lionel Messi scored four, while the other two came courtesy of an own-goal by Bosnia-Herzegovina's Sead Kolasinac and a header by defender Marcos Rojo against Nigeria.
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