Leo Messi made the conquests at 7 and 44 minutes of the first half, and at 1, 26 and 30 of the complement, to give the victory to the Argentine team.
The meeting had an overwhelming start by Argentina, who with Messi as a flag and the creative associations of Rodrigo DePaul and Alejandro Gomeztook over the game and generated several actions in which Julian Alvarez was close to opening the scoring, after the assistance of a Joaquin Correa very active.
It took a few minutes for the team he leads Lionel Scalloni to open the scoring, since in just six minutes, German Pezzela was knocked down on his back in the area -after gaining good position- by the goalkeeper of Estonia and 60 seconds later, Messi He changed the infraction for a goal with a cross and accurate shot.
After taking the lead, the football scenario did not change: the European team did not abandon its defensive posture and intensified it, which allowed the national team to maintain possession of the ball but did not manage to hurt it since it formed a defensive block.
Before this panorama, Argentina showed other resources to generate danger, in which through Messi and Alexis MacAllister with mid-distance shots, they sought to extend the result.
After several failed attempts and at the end of the first half, DePaul and “Papu” Gomez They combined in attack and after the qualification of the player from Seville of Spain, Messi controlled and with a high and powerful resolution made it 2-0.
Already in the plugin, Argentina He came out determined and with the same firmness of the first stage and in a minute he found the third goal from the hand of his captain -Messi- who defined with a kind of volley after a good collective play that ended with the assistance of Molina with a mid-height center.
After the 3-0 that meant goal number 84 for Rosario in the Selection, systematically those led by Scaloni unleashed a gale of situations in which Julian Alvarez and DePaul They were close to extending the win.
The remarkable performance of Messi it didn’t end there. About half an hour into the game and in four minutes, he increased his personal tally with two goals and once again wrote a new outstanding page in his career by scoring five goals for the first time in a match with the Albiceleste shirt.
At 26 minutes, Nahuel Molina recovered the ball, in which Exequiel Palacios He received a blow to his face, and while all the rivals watched, the side assisted the Argentine star, who brought together an opponent and the goalkeeper, leaving them scattered with a hitch and defined for 4-0.
In the next action, after a double attempt to Nicholas Gonzalez and Alvarezthe ball fell again at the feet of the Argentine number 10 and with a low shot, he celebrated his fifth personal goal and sentenced the 5-0.
formations
Argentina: Franco Armani; Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña; Alexis MacAllister, Rodrigo DePaul, Alejandro Gomez; Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez and Joaquin Correa. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Estonia: Matvei Igonen; Maksim Paskotsi, Markus Soomets, Karol Mets; Sergei Zenjov, Artur Pikk, Mattias Kait, Henrik Purg, Taijo Teniste; Martin Miller and Erik Sorga. DT: Thomas Haberli.
Goals in the first half: 7m Messi (A) penalty, 44m Messi (A).
Goals in the second half: 1m Messi (A), 26m Messi (A), 30m Messi (A).
Changes in the second half: at the beginning H.Anier by Zenjov (E); 16m M.Senesi for Martínez (A), P.Dybala for Correa (A), E.Palacios for De Paul (A), K.Vassiljev for Miller (E), M.Kuusk for Purg (E), V.Sinyavskiy by Kait (E); 20m J.Foyth by Mac Allister (A); 23m K.Kallaste for Pikk (E); 27m N.González for Acuña (A), G.Montiel for Molina (A); 37m R.Kirss by Sorga (E).
Stadium: El Sadar (Osasuna, Pamplona)
Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland).
Source: Ambito
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