Argentina defeated the Netherlands in a penalty kick shootout to setup a date with Germany in the World Cup Final on Sunday June 13.
Neither Argentina nor the Netherlands were able to score in 120 minutes, which resulted in the game needing a penalty kick shootout to determine a winner, which never shows who the best team truly is.
A shootout is more about who can handle their nerves better with the spotlight on them, and quite frankly, which goalkeeper manages to guess right more times than the other and make one or two vital saves. It would be Argentine goalkeeper, Sergio Sergio who made those important saves, as he swatted away efforts from Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder.
Dutch keeper, Jasper Cillessen needed to save Argentina’s fourth attempt to give the Netherlands hope, however, Maxi Rodríguez shot got passed him, though Cillessen managed to get a hand on it. The teams would not need to take their final attempts, as Argentina had clinched the 4-2 victory.
Argentina star player and captain, Lionel Messi expressed his excitement about advancing to the final on his Twitter page.

Argentina has Germany waiting for them in the final, who are fresh off their 7-1 trouncing of Brazil. Argentina will need to be much better against Germany than they were versus the Netherlands if they want to win their first World Cup since 1986. Argentina did not look dangerous throughout the match, only managing to create a few decent chances to score. The Netherlands were effective in limiting Lionel Messi’s impact on the game, which SportingNews.com believes was easier than usual because of the absence of Angel di Maria, who missed the game due to a thigh injury suffered in the quarterfinals.
Argentina has reached the final through winning a series of nail-biting games, as they won each of their first five matches of the tournament by a single goal. Germany on the other hand have been dominant at times, as they defeated traditional power houses Portugal 4-0, and just beat Brazil 7-1 in the other semifinal match.
Germany will definitely be seen as the favorites, even though a European team has never won a World Cup in South America. Messi and company will need to find a way to create more chances to score in the final, as they cannot expect to keep Germany off the scoreboard for 120 minutes as they did to the Dutch.