Beat the Bombonera. moves by Messi and the Selection. Vibrate for this Leo and for this Argentina that provoke the best World Cup illusions. He is already. The last official match for points is over before the adventure in Qatar. It seems that there will not be a friendly either. It is the farewell. After the 3-0 against Venezuela, the crowd sings for the albiceleste and promises that, hand in hand with their phenomenon, everyone will turn around…
Messi and the players approach each of the stands and sing along with the fans. Leo smiles. He’s happy. And Argentina too. It is not accidental. After the resounding failure in Russia 2018, there was a profound renewal led by Lionel Scaloni. And the resurrection in every way.
A few minutes ago, Argentina closed its penultimate chapter in these South American Qualifiers in its own way, with maximum authority, scoring goals. It was too much for this bottom-ranked Venezuela and for three games commanded by José Pekerman, the one chosen to start a new path.
The game had different moments. In the first half hour, Argentina did not find clarity. It was striking that Scaloni placed Messi at 9, Nico González on the right of the attack and Joaquín Correa on the left. When he sent Leo to the right, Correa in the middle and González to the left, when each one traveled to their most natural place, the albiceleste took off with a definition from Nico.
Joaquín Correa disputes the ball with Jhon Chancellor, from Venezuela
The break to transform history into a party happened when Ángel Di María entered, who had not been a starter because he was coming out of a muscular discomfort. Absolutely liberated from the Copa América final, Fideo came in and flew. First, after a great pass from Rodrigo De Paul, he hooked into the middle until he stung it up at 2-0. And later he served the third to Messi, who defined with an imperfect right hand.
Argentina enjoys an undefeated 30 games, with 20 wins and 10 draws. He will close the Qualifiers on Tuesday against Ecuador, in Guayaquil. Then, the “Euro-American” final with Italy, the suspended-pending match with Brazil and some more friendly matches. Then yes, that World Cup that generates immense expectations for the National Team, Messi and the Argentines. There are plenty of reasons for them.
DATA SHEET
3 – Argentina: Franco Armani; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi and Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes (m.87, Guido Pizarro) and Alexis Mac Allister (m.69, Ángel Di María); Lionel Messi, Joaquín Correa (m.63, Ángel Correa) and Nicolás González (m.87, Lucas Boyé)
Coach: Lionel Scaloni
0 – Venezuela: Wuilker Farinez; Roberto Rosales, Jhon Chancellor, Nahuel Ferraresi, Christian Makoun and Miguel Navarro (m.46, Jhon Murillo); Cristian Casseres (m.61, Luis González), José Martínez and Yangel Herrera (m.76, Darwin Machís); Josef Martínez (m.61, Fernando Aristeguieta) and Salomón Rondón (m.82, Jefferson Savarino)
Coach: Jose Pekerman
Goals: 1-0, Nicolás González (m. 35); 2-0, Angel Di Maria (d. 78); 3-0, Lionel Messi (d. 81)
Referee: Peruvian Kevin Ortega admonished Miguel Navarro (m.11), Jhon Chancellor (m.66), Yangel Herrera (m.68), Roberto Rosales (m.70)
Incidents: Match of the seventeenth day of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup played at the Alberto J. Armando ‘La Bombonera’ stadium, in Buenos Aires, before 42,000 spectators
