Nicolas Otemendi has claimd that the Argentina players celebrated in the faces of their Netherlands counterparts because of a Dutch player trying to distract them during the penalty shoot-out.
The two nations played out a thrilling World Cup quarter-final clash that went the distance, though that was only due to a remarkable late Netherlands comeback. With Lionel Scaloni's men two goals to good in the 80th minute, a Wout Weghorst brace for the Oranje sent the game into extra-time.
Just before the equaliser, Leandro Paredes sparked a huge on-pitch melee between the two teams after hacking down Nathan Ake before deliberately booting the ball into the Dutch bench. That only raised the tensions further when the tie eventually went an extra 30 minutes.
