He doesn’t look Argentine Diego Vazquezthe coach of this ultra modest Honduras who will look at world on television because it was last and without victories in the not so complex Qualifiers of the Concacaf. It is that the coach, in a friendly with nothing at stake, decided to apply a personal mark to Leo Messi. It did not give much result. The 10 albiceleste, almost without effort, still knew how to be decisive in the comfortable victory of this Argentina who dreams of making real noise in qatar.
Hector Castellanosmidfielder of Motagua, charged with the mission of chasing Leo. And he was more than obedient. Sometimes he even lost sight of the ball as long as the 10 didn’t escape his radar. However, on some occasions, instead of marking him, he accompanied him and gave him some space to think. Deadly sin…
Messi took advantage of a subway that Castellanos gave him and drew a delicious pass for alexander gomez, who knocked back so that Lautaro Martinez I just had to push it breaking zero to zero. After a while, Leo enabled Giovani Lo Celso, who was taken from the shirt inside the area. The penalty was made 2-0 by Leo himself.
“Messi, Messi, Messi…” they sang in the Hard Rock Stadium Miami, a city with a huge community of Argentines open to celebrating. And Leo paid them with flashes that justified the investment in the ticket.
There were more Messi. there was more Leo. There was a blue and white 10 that in the second half would take advantage of a remove in three quarters of Enzo Fernandez and he would sting it with total suddenness before the goalkeeper’s exit.
Hardly sweating, as calculated, Argentina resolved this friendly story. Honduras It did not generate any goal situation in the initial stage. And he didn’t scare her in the final portion either.
In this very light context, Lionel Scalloni could not take too much advantage of the game to draw conclusions about Gerónimo Rulli (surprising starting goalkeeper) and about the presence of Lisandro Martínez (replacement of Christian Romerowho traveled late due to a visa problem) forming a central duo with Nicolás Otamendi.
Yes to DT albiceleste it served to ratify that papu gomez It is a more than captivating variant of three quarters up. He also gave Julián Álvarez the entire second half, who had two chances to shout his goal but could not. Thiago Almada made his debut in the Senior National Team. entered Enzo Fernandez and Nehuen Perez. Also Angel Correa and Alexis MacAllister.
Argentina He already has 34 games without losing and is three away from the best streak in history. He will now close this friendly double date on Tuesday at New Jerseyagainst Jamaica, another weak selection that does not allow strong conclusions. Then, six days before the World Cup debut, the last test, with United Arab Emiratesin Abu Dhabi. It will be two more stations to add details. Is that Argentina and Messi The underlying issues are already hyper-settled: the idea, the operation, the vast majority of the performers and trust. For something the albiceleste and Leo dream big.
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