s of space on the left wing and puts in a cross that is deflected for a corner. Barerra takes a short one and puts in a lovely cross that floats though the six-yard box and is eventually headed clear by Heinze. Really good defending that. Looked a certain goal. Brave stuff too as he received a swipe on the conk for his troubles. and Ian M is watching the BBC: "Is anyone else fed up with the constant, sarky sniping at Maradona by Lineker et al? It's just so irritating...none of them have achieved half of what maradona has in the game , what do they have to be smug about?" Linker might have a proper gripe. I believe Seedorf called him " a great person", which I find cheering.

84 mins: Heinze is in a bit of pain here. He likes his great heroic Superman-style dives a lot. He does another here, hurtling through the air like some leotarded human cannon ball and landing on his, ahem, glutes. He struggles to his feet looking ruffled. James Cantarella, like an inner city Baltimore street hobo, likes an easy fix: "Each team gets 3 "challenges" per game, if the refs initial call is upheld, the team loses a substitution. If it's reversed, then everyone will at least feel confident that the right call was made. Crap calls have far too much influence on the game to not do something about them. This is an *easy* fix."

86 mins: Just looking at Hernandez's goal again: it is a real cracker. He is extremely nimble on his feet. Here's Salcido again having perhaps his 6th or 7th shot of the night but this is a real brick and it flies miles wide. David Keith is sceptical:" "Still not convinced by this argie side, their defense looks pretty rank, especially from set pieces and but for some culpable refereeing and daft mistakes, their frontline has generally been dealt with with ease." Hmm. Not sure about that. They have looked irresistible sparingly. Romero flumps down on another over-hit Mexican through pass, almost ruffling his immaculately sculpted beard.

89 mins: Mexico, let it be said, are finishing the stronger here and they deserve some credit for their gumption. Really hard to tell what would have happened if that goal had been disallowed. It did throughly discombobulate them. The game was even at the time. But Argentina still managed to make them pay for their wobble and they deserve some credit for that. And there's Messi finally having a shot after jibbling though two tackles. His shot is palmed over quite easily. And anonymous pretty much sums up my feelings on Maradona, although without the real hate: "I used to hate the guy. Like a real hater. The more I look at him though, standing there in his suit with his stomach staple, cocaine nose and tax debts, the more I think - this man had a hell of a crack at life." Got to love him. He is pure crazed enthusiasm.

90+1 mins: FULL TIME. And Argentina have won 3-1. The best team won, in the end, but they won with some unnecessary extra help. Mexico will feel scandalised by the opening goal, but there was some lovely stuff after that and two fine goals from Tevez and Hernandez. Argentina will play Germany in the quarters and that really will be something. Thanks for all your emails and that's all from me for now. Barney.

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