BRASILIA: Argentina guaranteed their place at the quarter-finals of their Copa America on Monday if they beat Paraguay 1-0 in a game renowned for Lionel Messi’s record-equalling 147th look on the national side.
The success in Brasilia has been Argentina’s next 1-0 win in a row in this championship and their 16th game without defeat since losing at the Copa America semi-final in 2019.
It supplies these seven points in three games and leaves them high in Group A, two points ahead of Chile, four prior to Paraguay and six before Uruguay.
Bolivia are underside with no points in two games so with all those five groups qualifying to the previous eight years, Argentina are certain of progressing.
“We are through but we must keep progressing,” said guardian German Pezzella.
“We had a terrific first halfour seriousness was not exactly the exact same at the next but they did not have very many opportunities at target.” UNBEATEN Paraguay hadn’t ever defeated Argentina more than 90 minutes from the Copa America, a streak which insures 25 games, and they had been up from it as soon as the 10th minute when Argentina moved forward.
Alejandro Gomez chose a beautiful pass from Angel Di Maria and then dinked the ball over the diving keeper.
“Angel’s overhaul was amazing,” said Gomez.
“I simply had to receive my foot and put it off” Argentina believed they had a moment when Junior Alonso diverted a cross into his own net in the stroke of half an hour however, also the goal was chalked off from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Paraguay came out positive at a changed next half, together with Newcastle United’s Miguel Almiron constantly stoned about the left wing.
But, though they appreciated the majority of the ownership they couldn’t turn it in to opportunities and face two catchy games from Chile and Uruguay.
For Argentina, Sergio Aguero forced his first global launch since November 2019 however had been unidentified front and it had been Di Maria and Lionel Messi who stood outside.
At the night that he equalled Javier Mascherano’s listing of 147 matches at the white and blue top, Messi was a busy existence from the Paraguayan half.
He and Di Maria attracted fouls in their competitors who ended up committing 23 fouls into Argentina’s 11.