Argentina’s shootout win over Netherlands was World Cup perfection

Dec 10 2022 by SBNation.com

 
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This quarterfinal had a bit of everything.

The image of Emiliano Martinez pumping up the crowd after back-to-back penalty-shootout saves felt a century old already by the time Lautaro Martinez stepped up to take his decisive spot-kick. The nerves had transferred entirely from the Dutch side to the Argentinian, and a player who had struggled in the tournament to that point suddenly had all the pressure on him with a World Cup dream on the line.

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