{"id":1094718,"date":"2019-06-19T22:07:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1094718"},"modified":"2019-06-19T22:50:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T21:50:43","slug":"scotland-argentina-womens-world-cup-var","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/scotland-argentina-womens-world-cup-var\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland 3-3 Argentina: The winners and losers as Cuthbert brilliance undone by another VAR farce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite racing into a 3-0 lead, Scotland crashed out of the 2019 Women’s World Cup after a 3-3 draw with Argentina. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Scots looked unstoppable going forward, with Erin Cuthbert causing havoc for the Argentine defence. But after conceding two goals in quick succession, all of Scotland’s hard work was undone when VAR awarded their South American counterparts a penalty in stoppage time.<\/p>\n

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Lee Alexander saved the spot kick but, again, VAR spotted the ‘keeper slightly off her line and ordered a retake, with Argentina snatching a draw from the jaws of defeat.<\/p>\n

Here are the big winners and losers as Scotland crashed out of the Women’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Winner – Erin Cuthbert<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After two games as a peripheral figure, struggling to get involved in play and being a little let down by her teammates, Erin Cuthbert was absolutely fantastic against Argentina.<\/p>\n

The Chelsea forward was at the centre of everything Scotland did well, dropping deep to link play, running at the Argentina backline with real menace and showing just why she is so highly rated.<\/p>\n

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Cuthbert completed six dribbles on Wednesday night \u2013 more than in her other two games combined \u2013 with no player managing more, while she also created two chances for her teammates.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old showed exactly what she is capable of when she ghosted through the Argentine defence in the first half and when her initial shot was saved, she had the presence of mind to cut it back to Kim Little, who fired home to give Scotland the lead.<\/p>\n

And in the second half, it was Cuthbert who was lurking for the second ball this time, scoring the rebound from Leanne Crichton’s missed header after Cuthbert herself won the set piece with some more dazzling dribbling.<\/p>\n

This is what we’ve all been waiting for.<\/p>\n

Loser – Lee Alexander<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While Cuthbert, Little and co. were busy destroying Argentina, Lee Alexander spent much of this game as a spectator. Even so, she still <\/em>couldn’t keep a clean sheet at this World Cup, although that will be the least of her worries now.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Cuthbert had fired the Scots into a 3-0 lead, Argentina broke through Dalila Ippolito, who then fed the ball to Milagros Menendez. She raced clear toward Alexander’s goal and slotted beyond the Glasgow City stopper to give her side the faintest glimmer of hope. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Scotland 3-3 Argentina FT:<\/p>\n

19': ???????\u26bd\ufe0f Little
49': ???????\u26bd\ufe0f Beattie
69': ???????\u26bd\ufe0f Cuthbert
74': ??\u26bd\ufe0f Men\u00e9ndez
79': ??\u26bd\ufe0f Alexander (OG)
90+2: ??\u274c Bonsegundo misses pen
90+3: ? VAR orders retake
90+4': ??\u26bd\ufe0f Bonsegundo scores pen#SCO<\/a> sent home after stoppage-time VAR drama. pic.twitter.com\/x8vNMqjFye<\/a><\/p>\n

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