Argentina's overall gameplay was not good in this match. Losing against Ecuador was definitely a failure for Argentina. Otamendi's red card in the 31st minute of the match had a bad effect on Argentina's overall gameplay. Anyway , at the beginning of the second half , Ecuadorian midfielder Caicedo was sent off after getting a red card. After that, we did not see a good performance from argentina's players. Argentina's players did not play well in the second half. The interesting thing is that Argentina could not make a single on target shot in this match.
Red cards are one psychological drain most time for players and even the coach mostly if the person getting the red card was supposed to be a key player or has a role for that particular game, the teams rhythm will be distorted and they may in some cases result to been more defensive and I suspect that was the case with Argentina but they still have a chance at the world cup so it is not so much of a problem for them.they will only have to improve for subsequent games so that they do not get to suffer such again.