premise: Daily paper La Nacion said that the score was a "harsh punishment" because Riquelme and Ayala had not cleared the ball from Argentina's goalmouth effectively.
  Argentina had deserved a win until the final "accident", the paper argued.
  "There was a battle of style between the English tradition of long balls...and the closely woven football of Argentina's old school. And ours was clearly superior. Until the last minute accident," said La Nacion, before heaping praise on match-winner Michael Owen.
   What might have happened for Argentina had Riquelme and Ayala not failed to cleared the ball?
hypothesis: Riquelme and Ayala had not cleared the ball