>> Not enough for a penalty, agreed. I wouldn't say he overdid the foul as it was a foul. But it wasn't enough to make such a drastic call for a penalty. <<
It was much more flagrant than the call against Australia that gave Italy the game.
I'll have to look again at the replay. From the front it looks like Maxi takes a tap on one leg. Is it enough for him to go down or does he just go with it in the hope of a call.
Very hard to tell and probably more difficult in viewing from the back, the ref's view. Italy's penalty was easier because is was a side view in a clear path of the ref's vision.
Based on where Maxi was in the box near the touchline, I can't imagine the ref felt compelled to call a penalty. But he missed it by going so extreme the other way.
I can't help but feel bad for Argentina.