Argentina's midfield engine — Enzo Fernández and Mac Allister pulling strings at altitude — will simply overwhelm an Austria side that looks defensively compact on paper but dangerously thin in attacking threat, with Kalajdžić isolated and starved of service. Alaba in the sweeper role gives Austria some organizational backbone, but he cannot single-handedly absorb the relentless waves that Messi and the Argentine forward line will generate across the width of that enormous MetLife pitch. I did attempt New Jersey's famous pork roll sandwich this week — a bold cultural adventure for a German baker — and much like Austria tonight, it had good ingredients but lacked the killer finish.