The Argentine captain returned to the National Team with a great performance that was crowned with the goal that he scored for the final 3-0 at 37 minutes of the second half that unleashed the party of the public in the farewell of the country team before the World Cup.
Nicolás González, at 34 minutes of the first half, opened the scoring and led the “albiceleste” victory and then the entered Ángel Di María, at 33m. In the second half, he extended it with a great goal with his usual stamp. Then, “Fideo” gave a masterful assist for “Flea’s” goal.
After weeks complicated by the elimination of the Champions League with Paris Saint Germain, the whistles of the fans and the flu, on the 10th he gave a great performance to the little more than 50 thousand people who went to see him for the last time before Qatar. .
The captain came back in a big way, after his absence in the last qualifying doubleheader, and showed all his repertoire of dribbling, passing and late with a forehand goal (hopefully) that made him and his team laugh. companions.
With the victory, Argentina reached 38 points and took its unbeaten record to 30 games, getting closer to reaching the historic mark of 31 in Alfio Basile’s cycle, back in the ’90s.
José Pekerman’s Venezuela, recognized in the run-up to the match, offered resistance until the first hour of the match and will have to work hard to dream of the possibility of being in the United States-Mexico-Canada 2026 World Cup.
With the casualties of Emiliano Martínez, Cristian Romero, Marcos Acuña, Giovani Lo Celso, Ángel Di María and Lautaro Martínez, coach Lionel Scaloni had to rearm the team, but the original idea remained.
Armani, who was the starter until the emergence of “Dibu” Martínez, was the owner of the goal, Germán Pezzella accompanied Nicolás Otamendi in the central defense.
The new variants were in the middle zone, since Rodrigo De Paul and Leandro Paredes were joined by the presence of Alexis Mac Allister, who stood as an insider on the left.
Lionel Messi, the team’s handle, was located free in the middle and both Nicolás González and Joaquín Correa alternated at the ends.
From the beginning, the intention of the Argentine National Team was to patiently circulate the ball to try to break the line of five defenders proposed by José Pekerman. In the first half hour it was difficult for the team to generate dangerous situations. Messi’s first shot was soft 3 minutes into the first half.
Then, just at 16m., the team found another approach with a recovery in the field by Joaquín Correa, who combined with Messi at the entrance to the area, but when he tried to return it, he found a Venezuelan defender.
The attack of the “albiceleste” went to the rhythm of Messi, because when Rosario accelerated, the public got up. After a couple of approaches, the goal finally came at 34m., in a play that started -once again- Messi who looked for González without luck.
The rejection of the Venezuelan defense was short and the pressure of Mac Allister had an effect, since he opened to the right for De Paul and the former Racing assisted Nico González in the middle.
The euphoria and the relief for the goal generated the first disagreement in the defense of Argentina and the only dangerous play of Venezuela that had the tie at 38m., at the feet of Josef Martínez, after Salomón Rondón’s center from the right.
In the second half, the script of the game was similar, since Argentina did not give up the leading role and went in search of more goals to encourage an audience that was eager to shout goals.
The key to the attack was Messi’s left foot, which at 18m. He left Correa alone, who instead of defining left-footed wanted to hook. Afterwards, the Inter player was replaced by Ángel Correa and completed a difficult night with the task of replacing Lautaro Martínez.
When the game seemed to end in a solitary 1-0, the entry of Ángel Di María, one of the most requested by the public, changed history and revived the party atmosphere to honor the champions of America.
A few minutes after entering, “Fideo” received a great pass from De Paul, another of the high points of the team, and before Faríñez’s exit he defined with a mouthpiece, his trademark in goals with the National Team.
But to crown the night something was missing and it was Messi’s goal. The PSG striker complied because Di María put together a good play on the right and left him alone in the small area. The winner of seven Ballon d’Ors dominated and defined with a bitten right but it was enough to beat Faríñez and unleash the party at La Bombonera.
A new step for the Argentine National Team, which despite the changes strengthens its idea, extends the undefeated streak and dreams hand in hand with the almost 35-year-old kid.
Source: Ambito
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