After a lacklustre 120 minutes between Argentina and Netherlands, the long walk to the penalty spot with a place in a World Cup final beckoning proved too much for some.Dutch manager Louis van Gaal admitted he wanted to call on substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul, as he had done in the quarter-final victory over Costa Rica, but had used all three replacements.The result was a fourth win in five World Cup shootouts for Argentina, who will meet Germany in a repeat of the finals of 1986 and 1990.Here is the story of the shootout told through the eyes of BBC Sport's punditry team.Ron Vlaar's effort saved - 0-0Chris Waddle: "I've got to say I feel for Ron Vlaar because he had an excellent game at centre-back."Martin Keown: "You just knew Vlaar was going to miss. You would expect Romero to save it."South American football expert Tim Vickery: "Sergio Romero has been a reserve all season at Monaco, and his selection was one of the controversies of Alejandro Sabella's team. Romero is untidy but he has come up big in the big moments in this tournament, especially in this penalty shootout."Messi beats Cillessen - 1-0 to ArgentinaChris Waddle: "Lionel Messi had a quiet game but he was very cool. He sent the keeper the wrong way and just passed the ball into the net, as he normally does."Mark Lawrenson: "I felt that Messi almost waited for Cillessen to make his move."Arjen Robben fizzes home - 1-1Chris Waddle: "That was quality by Arjen Robben. He sent the keeper the wrong way."Ezequiel Garay's thumper - 2-1 to ArgentinaChris Waddle: "You have to say that was top class. Garay went up there and put his foot straight through it. He smashed it into the roof of the net and nobody was going to save that."Mark Lawrenson: "You just do not save those - he smashed it into the roof of the net."Romero's stunning Sneijder save - 2-1 to ArgentinaChris Waddle: "Wesley Sneijder went the same way in the shootout against Costa Rica in the last round and I wonder if Sergio Romero watched the videos of that and gambled on him going there again. Maybe they did their homework on him."Mark Lawrenson: "Sneijder took only four steps to the ball, I wonder if that had anything to do with the fact it was saved. Once you dive the right way, that is a great height for a goalkeeper."Aguero keeps his nerve - 3-1 to ArgentinaMark Lawrenson: "Cillessen dived over it and he will feel he should have saved it."Martin Keown: "Cillessen wanted that big save, and it wasn't there. He was hurt badly when he was taken out of the penalty shootout against Costa Rica."Kuyt refuses to buckle - 3-2 to ArgentinaChris Waddle: "The keeper will be disappointed because that was the one he could have saved, with strong wrists. It is the end for Holland, who came so close again. They always seem to get near but they have let themselves down again."Argentina did not play well but I just don't think the Dutch had anything in the tank. Their big stars - Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder - looked leggy, and Robin van Persie never looked right."Would Tim Krul have saved the Dutch?"I would have done it but I had already used my three substitutes so I couldn't do it," said van Gaal when asked if he'd thought about bringing on Krul.The Newcastle keeper saved two penalties against Costa Rica in the quarter-final and Cillessen, who plays for Ajax, has faced eight penalties in the Dutch League, three in the Champions League and six in World Cup football but has saved none of them.Germany v Argentina - Sunday, 13 JulyChris Waddle: "You have got to favour Germany now - there has been extra time and travelling for Argentina, who have played a day later anyway. It's definitely there for Germany to win."The way Argentina play, they don't get best out of Lionel Messi because he's always too deep. They need him to play at number nine like he does at Barcelona. Let him play right up against centre-halves because he has got that bit of magic."For Argentina, he seems to pick up the ball in areas where there are lots of people around him and he does not seem to be able to get away from people."(BBC)Bakudaily.az