“We had a change of mentality and game above all, we were more mobile, Messi brilliant and I’m satisfied with the commitment and play of the team which is what we’re looking for,” coach Sergio Batista said.
Argentina will learn later on Tuesday who they will meet in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
But Batista told a news conference: “We have players to face any national team”.
“We did it against Costa Rica who until a short while ago were a fantastic team who played very well but you also have to look at Argentina, because what they did was very good”.
“Today we changed our tactics a bit giving Lionel the right side” said Batista.
“We bet on three forwards and it worked, we got our organisation sorted and we played the game we want.”
