The Argentine National Team faced Chili for the second date of Group A of the America Cup in the USA. The match in New Jersey It had a frictional process, with both teams giving everything in each play.
This is how one of the most dangerous actions of the first half came about, after a rebound in a ball fought in midfield. The ball flew through the air and landed strangely near the trans-Andean goalkeeper’s area. Claudio Bravo, and Rodrigo Palacio appeared there? No, Nicolas Gonzalez.
It is that the end of the Fiorentina He was hand in hand with the goalkeeper with a past Barcelonaand he made a strange decision: he headed straight to the ground when it seemed like a better option to float it over the top of the Chilean goalkeeper.
Bravo had a great night and that was one of his first key interventions against the fierce resistance put up by the team led by the Argentine Ricardo Gareca.
Was it above or below? From the outside it is much easier, logical. That same question was the one he had to solve Rodrigo Palacio almost ten years ago when he was in front of the goalkeeper Manuel Neuerin the final of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil that ended up being a victory and title for the German team.
In Rio de Janeiro, after 0-0 in the initial 90, 6 minutes of extra time were being played when a cross ball was masterfully lowered from the chest by the former Boca footballer, who quickly felt Neuer’s weakness and seemed to hasten his definition testing from above.
The ball went wide, and then what everyone already knows happened: Germany won at the end with that dagger that was Mario Gotze’s goal, which left a wound that was able to heal thanks to the 2022 World Cup.
Back in 2024 and the Copa América in the United States, Nico González ended up rounding off a great performance, justifying Lionel Scaloni’s decision to send him to the field as a starter for Ángel Di María.
The former Argentinos Juniors had another chance in the second half but his shot was well saved by Bravo, with the help of the crossbar.
At the end Lautaro Martínez appeared to score 1-0 and Nico González’s “It was above” remains an anecdote.
