This Tuesday night, the Argentine team achieved an agonizing and costly victory against Chile by 1 to 0 and sealed the pass to the quarterfinals of the Copa América 2024, in New Jersey, within the framework of the second date of Group A.
The front Lautaro Martínez43 minutes into the second half, gave the “albiceleste” team the victory.
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With this result, Lionel Scaloni’s team reached the six points and is located at the top of its area.
In addition, a place in the next instance has already been secured, since Canada is second, with three points, while Chile and Peru close the group with one point.
The team will close the group stage, with the goal of finishing in first place, on Saturday, at 9 p.m., against the Peruvian team, while the trans-Andean team will face the Canadian team at the same time.
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At the beginning of the match, both teams took a stance of caution and study of the rival, but, as the minutes passed, Argentina took control of the threads of the game, although it did not manage to have the necessary depth to worry the rival goalkeeper.
It is that Chile opted for a high-magnitude defensive bolt, in which they appealed to use their players on their side of the field and thus cut off the circuits of the “albiceleste” team, which also did not manage to clash with Lionel Messi, who was chased with a rough marking by Rodrigo Echeverría.
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Towards the end of the first act, the best of the national team was seen, as the cunning of Nicolás González to overflow and the flashes of the Argentine captain allowed him to corrupt the arduous Chilean defense, but the stick denied Messi the goal and bad fortune prevented Erick Pulgar from converting against his own fence.
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In the second half, “La Scaloneta” had a sharp and overwhelming start with three clear actions that it could not complete: Nahuel Molina shot at point-blank range and was stopped by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo; then, Alexis Mac Allister did not manage to tip it and González burst the crossbar with a violent shot, after Bravo’s touch.
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Those led by Lionel Scaloni made a great effort to try to open the scoreboard, but wear played a trick on them and Chile, with spaces and a sacrificed Mauricio Isla, had two clear ones through Echeverría, but both actions were controlled by Emiliano ” Draw” Martínez, who responded pleasantly.
The pace of the match changed radically and a constant back and forth was established, but Argentina dealt the blow to the 43 minuteswhen Lautaro Martínez He captured a rebound and finished at point-blank range to make it 1-0 and get a ticket to the next instance.
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Video with the summary of the match
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