Referee Rating: Argentina v. Mexico

Roberto Rosetti is will be roaming the pitch for this match. I gave him an 8.5/10 for the Ghana v. Australia game so I have high hopes for a great game with great refereeing.

1' Bautista looked like he added a little bit to that fall. No foul for me.

2' Rosetti's letting these two Spanish-style sides know early that he won't fall easily for their theatrics. Di Maria just flopped. I'm not sure why he even appealed to Rosetti there.

3' That was a great tackle by Osorio. To be fair, Messi didn't look like he expected a call.

5' Di Maria went over easily again, but that one was a foul. Rosetti was right to have a word with the Mexican player who kicked the ball away in dissent.

8' What a shot!

9' Mexico are attacking well.

10' Rosetti is managing this game well. His warning to Torrado was clear.

11' Rosetti makes it clear to Mascherano that he is not just watching for fouls on Argentina's players.

16' Rosetti is getting very close to play as he keeps this game under control. As such that was an easy call for the foul on Messi.

19' Rosetti is communicating clearly with the players. I think he's managing the early part of this game very well.

22' Marquez did touch Heinze, but he made the most of it. Not a foul at this level.

24' Easy call for the foul on Messi.

25' Good call on the intial pass from Messi to Tevez, he was onside. Bad call on the second offside.

27' Rosetti needs to get people away from his far side assistant. The crowding is ridiculous.

28' Yellow for Marquez is easy. It's the fifth foul on Messi and seemed to be just frustration. Not really a yellow in and of itself, but a yellow for persistent infringement by the Mexican team is easily justified.

30' Messi was all over Juarez' back there. Tevez doesn't need to roll around like that.

31' Easy offside call by the near side assistant.

33' Well Higuain may have saved Rosetti's far side assistant there. What a terrible touch by Osorio.

35' Good tackle by Otamendi. Good off the ball management.

36' I'm going to give Higuain the benefit of the doubt and say that he hit the ground in frustration at himself and not at a foul not being given, but his look up at Rosetti as if for a call seems to disagree with that.

36' Not sure why that was dangerous play by Dos Santos. He and Di Maria had their legs at the same height.

37' First glance looked like a foul on Messi by Bautista.

38' That foul on Bautista looked less of a foul than the one not given that was committed *by* him.

Why are the MLS even playing during the World Cup? They did this last Cup and I still don't understand it.

40' Di Maria was fouled, but he's rolling around a lot.

43' Didn't see the foul due to replay. Harkes (commentator) didn't seem to have any problem with it, not that that really means anything.

44' Rosetti is calling those off the ball fouls both ways.

45' A foul but Heinze doesn't need to roll around...

45'+2 That was a dumb push by Hernandez, but Heinze needs to get on with it.

Rosetti does well to get in between the teams and manage this chaos. One of the Mexican subs is lucky he's not carded for sarcastically applauding Rosetti to his face. He's probably lucky Rosetti had many other things to deal with at the time.

First half rating: Above average. 6/10. This is again hard to rate. Rosetti on his own gets an 8/10 for me, but he's let down by his far side assistant. A terrible non-call knocks off 2 points for me.

I was playing with Daniel for the first four minutes of this half, but didn't see anything missed by Rosetti.

51' Good (non) call for the great tackle by Marquez to dispossess Messi.

52' What a shot by Tevez!

55' Good job just talking to Torrado there. Easy call for the butt-check on Guardado.

56' That looked suspiciously like a back pass, but replay shows it was more of a deflection from a tackle.

62' ***and break time since we have early home group to say goodbye to the Millers***

70' Good play by Heinze to head that out before it crossed the line. The far side assistant got down the line quickly and was in a good position to call that. Veron just pushed his opponent over.

71' Argentina's defense looked like they didn't really care for the last minute there, but Romero (the goalkeeper) just froze.

74' Good call, that wasn't handball by Messi.

75' Good call on the completely unnecessary push by Salcido.

76' Definitely a foul by Torrado, but not a yellow for me (or Rosetti).

78' No foul on Messi and no request for a call by him either.

80' Higuain probably was held, but no one but Perez (the Mexican keeper) was ever going to get that ball.

81' Good spot on the push-off by Higuain.

83' Good spot for the foul by the dirty-playing Marquez. He always seems to be really nasty when playing for Mexico and not so much when playing for Barcelona. He's lucky that wasn't a yellow I think.

85' Rosetti is doing well to get Rodriguez off the field. He may have a cramp, but he was insisting on staying down just two yards from touch.

87' Simple call on the foul by new sub Pastore.

90' Good spot for the foul on Burdisso. Again though, the Argentinian didn't need to go down like that.

90'+1 Torrado is lucky that's not a yellow for the foul on Pastore or for persistent infringement.

90'+2 Again, a foul, but Otamendi had no need to flop about like a fish out of water.

90'+3 Rodriguez was a little chippy with that push after the foul. I'm guessing Rosetti ignored it because there were only 30 seconds left in the game.

Rating: Above average. 6/10. Again, 2 points off for the offside goal given. Rosetti did well to keep the game about football and not cheap shots, especially later in the game when Mexico were getting frustrated. However, for the first goal, Tevez was well offside and it should have been spotted. I hope, like with Larrionda, Rosetti's assistant's mistake doesn't cost him a chance at another game and possibly the final (I'd rather have Rosetti in the final at this point, but Webb hasn't refereed in the Round of 16 yet).