Messi smiles and Argentina wins

The Bombonera dressed again light blue and White. Messi I looked at the stands, the fans shouted for Leo and thus responded to the whistles of the PSG fans from a few weeks ago. Messi smiled, joked with Paul’s and followed his ritual of free throws. Afterward, he would sing the anthem and the ball would begin to roll across the new turf of the soccer field. Mouth.

Argentina started with great enthusiasm, with Nico Gonzalez and Tucu Correa on one side each and giving freedom to Messi to move up and down to receive. The one from PSG he was active and the first shot of the match was his.

The first stretch of the first half showed the shortcomings of Argentina due to the lack of Lautaro Martinez. The one from Inter, down today due to covid, always gives depth to the team, something that many players appreciate but especially Messi. Without it, the reference and the work of belt didn’t seem like enough.

In half an hour of game, Messi He was already the best on the field. But not only for its quality, but also for its desire. There is no doubt that when he plays with Argentina he is another, it shows in his desire, in his smile, in his gestures with his colleagues. The albiceleste makes him happy.

If before we said that Messi I was right already belt he lacked a bit of depth, when both came together, the Inter player understood what he was offering Leo with a perfect diagonal. The ‘tucu‘ he finished off crossed but Farinez put out an incredible foot to avoid the first of Argentina.

Venezuela saw the Argentine gale coming and suffered. Paul’s began to stand Walls was well planted and Nico Gonzalez something else came into play. Thus, after a quick recovery after loss, Paredes enabled the Atletico Madrid and Nico Gonzalez I pushed her in the small area after the pass from Paul’s.

that’s how it went Argentina to the locker room The Bombonerabetween songs of the people and with a good first half, in line with what has been shown in recent games.

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AMDEP8369. BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA), 03/25/2022.- Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates a goal today, in a match of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup between Argentina and Venezuela at the La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires (Argentina) . EFE/Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
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The second half started in the same way that the first ended: with Argentina dominating and searching the area of Farinez, who was confident throughout the match. For his part, Venezuela he wanted to take a step forward and after ten minutes he had a great chance at the head of Joseph Martinezalthough that of Atlanta did not specify.

If there was an exam for someone today it was for Joaquin Correawho had several chances to convert, the one that covered Farinez and one last one before being replaced, after a house-brand pass from Messi. In the place of the Inter player entered the other belt of the team, Angel.

Another ovation reserved for the night was for Say Maria. The scorer of the historic night of maracana He did everything possible to travel despite his inconvenience and managed to reach the first game of the double date, something that the coaching staff values ​​a lot.

ANDhe noodle I wanted to party. To play, to shout a goal. And what a goal. a pass of Paul’slike that day maracana. A driving and a minced, similar but different from that. A great goal from the PSG player who later had the pleasure of assisting his friend Messi to make the third and definitively close the game.

Messiwith this goal, he reached 17 years in a row scoring at least one goal with the Selection. Lionel’s feeling is the same that we all have, we don’t want the history of ’10’ to end with the light blue and white. Furthermore, those of Scaloni they reach 30 games undefeated and are one away from the record of the team of Basil.

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Messi smiles and Argentina wins