Thiago Almadaat 32 minutes into the second half, and Lionel Messi with an excellent free kick, at 43, gave the national team the victory.
In the so-called “champion party”more than 83 thousand spectators accompanied the “Scaloneta” in the celebration of the World Cup.
Argentina set a frenetic pace from the beginning, in which in just 10 minutes, they had actions by Lionel Messi, Alexis Mac Allister and Rodrigo De Paul that did not come to prosper and the public that delighted with each progress, remembered and applauded Diego Armando Maradona.
Those led by lionel scaloni They kept up their intense game as the minutes went by, and Panama, which opted to defend with a strong line of five defenders, appealed to a frictional game and at times hit too hard.
From a free kick, Messi had the best action of the National Team when his shot crashed into the junction between the post and the crossbar, while Mac Allister -later- could not overcome the resistance of goalkeeper José Guerra.
Before the first stage came to an end, angel di maria -applauded at each intervention- was encouraged to try long distance like Enzo Fernández, but the little lucidity and the great work of the Panamanian goalkeeper deprived the advantage.
For the complement, Scaloni put his hand in the team, he bet on the income of Lisandro Martínez, Thiago Almada -who are his bets for the future in the selected team- and his favorite striker Lautaro Martínez, to provide verticality and speed to the team in the search for victory .
With an Olympic corner kick attempt and then a free kick, Messi was the one looking to lead the team to victory, but again the best player in the world couldn’t break goalkeeper Guerra, who at this point in the night was the figure undisputed from the party.
Although the match did not present any setbacks for Argentina, the lack of a goal to open the scoring seemed to bother the world champions until after half an hour, the paths connected: Messi hit the crossbar with a free kick and on the rebound Thiago Almada made it 1-0.
At the end of the match, there was time for the icing on the cake, and what the entire public expected: Messi’s goal. The Argentine star executed an excellent free kick and hung the ball in the upper corner of goalkeeper Guerra to sign the final 2-0 and unleash a party that will be historic as the team’s feat in Qatar.
Source: Ambito
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