The Bicolor faced the Albiceleste for the fourth time and left two important figures for the Central American team
GUATEMALA — Six years later, the Guatemalan National Team faced its counterpart from Argentina, which held nothing back and from the beginning sent its reference Lionel Messi to the field, so he ended up making the difference with a double from him and another from Lautaro Martínez for the 4-1 match played at FedEx Field in the United States.
This was the fourth time in history that the Albiceleste beat Guatemala, which was coming off two victories at the start of the World Cup qualifiers against Dominica and the British Virgin Islands. It was also Argentina’s fourth victory against Central American teams after winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup title.
However, Guatemala surprised Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina. Since in just four minutes, he opened the scoring. In a free kick taken by Oscar Santis and the screen that Rubio Rubín achieved along the way, he upset the defense and Lisando Martínez ended up sending the ball to the back of his own goal.
Situation that did not go unnoticed by the renowned statistician Alexis Martín Tamayo known for Mister Chipwho on social networks shared the two historical data that Guatemala achieved in the match.
“Guatemala’s goal (4 minutes in) is the earliest Argentina has conceded in Scaloni’s 171 games as coach”wrote Mister Chip.
He added: “Guatemala has scored a goal against the current world champion for the second time. He also did it against Brazil in 1998“, indicated Mister Chip
In this way, Mister Chip highlighted what Guatemala has done on the field of play, which ends its activity for the month of June and will return at the end of July to play a friendly match against El Salvador on North American territory.
Regarding the Argentina National Team, Mister Chiip indicated that Lionel Messi scored his 107th goal with Argentina. “Messi has scored 26 goals in his last 21 games for Argentina. He had never had a streak like this on his national team.
The Albiceleste will remain in the United States to compete in the 2024 Copa América, being one of the favorites to lift the title under the technical direction of Lionel Scaloni
