It is not only me who is saying Argentina was playing very good in this tournament, many people around the world are saying same thing. Even football legend Pele and former German captain Lothar Matheus (1990 WC winning team) have already acknowledged their outstanding performance. Even in today's game, they clearly dominated the host nation which was also playing very good since beginning. It was only their bad luck to end up with PSO. Even talking about tie with Holland, please keep in mind that they are all time good team accompanied with some misfortune. On top of that, Most of the Argentine key players were in the bench in that game. I know you may be talking about Italy, they even tied with the USA. Also, they were survived by referee against Australia game.