In Group C of the Qatar Football Championship, Argentina won 2-0 against Mexico thanks to punctual goals from Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez, obtaining their first victory of the tournament. The Argentines suffered in the big fight for a long time, today in the second half the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner won the match for the team with a fantastic move, and then the Benfica player sealed the final result with an even more impressive shot .
Regarded as one of the biggest chances of the World Cup, the Argentina national team had a tough fight against Mexico, as Lionel Messi’s side lost 2-1 to Saad-Arbit. The Mexicans scored a point against the Poles, goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa was the hero of the match, saving Robert Lewandowski’s penalty. Swedish captain Lionel Scaloni made several changes to the squad in the interest of winning, and on the other side Gerardo Martino also made several changes.
As expected, the Argentines started the game in the lead, but the Mexicans upset Messi with a high pass. The players of the two national teams did not attack each other and the fans were able to witness hard fights in the first quarter. Even after 20 minutes there was no situation, the match mostly featured a huge brawl.
The Mexicans, who play aggressive and hard football, didn’t give much space to the Argentines, the str South American team was wrong in the pressure of the result, they could not have a chance.
In the 41st minute, Lautaro Martinez headed in, but missed, and was brutally kicked by his opponent Montiel in front of the Argentine penalty area. The Mexican free-lance Vega saw it in a big way, Emiliano Martinez had to defend himself a lot. The 5 minutes of extra time did not bring significant events, the score remained 0-0 at the interval.
Early in the second half, Messi was pushed high in front of the 16th, but the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner’s free kick went wide of goal. The Argentine’s greatest opportunity comes in the 56th minute, after Di Maria’s flat pass, the Mexicans save at the last moment from Mac Allister, who goes close to goal. In the 64th minute, Messi shone and gave the Argentines the lead. The PSG star had an untenable shot from 23 meters into the bottom left corner, Ochoa unable to reach the ball.With this, the team captain surpassed the legendary Diego Maradona in the number of World Cup matches (21) and World Cup goals (8).
In the 87th minute Enzo Fernandez finally decided the game, the Benfica midfielder magically curling up in the left half after the winning move. the Argentines increased their lead with better goals.
The 6 minutes of extra time did not bring a better result, the Argentina national team forgot the sensational defeat against the Saadians with a 2-0 victory.
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