Throwback: Argentina vs England - France 98
It’s the international weekend so I caught up on a match from France 98. A momentous and eventful Round of 16 match between England and Argentina. I didn’t watch the match “live” in 1998 as it didn’t feature my team and it was probably in the wee hours of the morning too but I was aware of what happened in that match from reading the newspaper the next day. These are some observations I made of the match. I felt the match started at an intense pace from the start. It wasn’t calm, collected and measured from either team. You could also sense an air of tension between the players in both teams. Argentina had the better start in the game and got an early penalty. Gabriel Batistuta converted it but it was nearly saved by David Seaman. England got a penalty of their own soon after but I felt they were fortunate. Michael Owen ran at full pace at the Argentina defence but Roberto Ayala didn’t touch Owen who went down easily. In today’s time, VAR would have overruled the referee’s initial deci