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Alan Shearer issues a dig at Brazil and Neymar as he praises Argentina for their 'key' decision to send Lionel Messi up for their first penalty against Holland, insisting his calm spot kick 'set the tone' for their quarter-final victory
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Alan Shearer pointed to the order of Argentina's penalty takers as 'key' in their progression on Friday, after Brazil went out in a shoot-out earlier that day.
Neymar did not take a penalty for Brazil as he was down to go fifth, and the star forward looked distraught as Marquinhos rattled the post with his attempt to send Croatia in to the semi finals.
Argentina took a different approach, with their talisman, Lionel Messi, coolly slotting home their first penalty after scoring one earlier during the match.
