After the emotional farewell to Ángel Di María and with Messi injured, the world champion Argentina team did not suffer at all. The Albiceleste team won with authority and moments of superlative footballwon 3-0 over Chile and remains the sole leader of the South American Qualifiers.
The Argentine team took the lead at the start with the idea of keeping the ball and looking for gaps to pierce the defense.
The key for the home team was in the empty space behind the rival midfield, as this is where dangerous shots came from. Julian Alvarez y Rodrigo De Paul.
The aerial game also sought to be exploited with Romero’s holidaybut Chile He settled down as the clock went by until he had the clearest play with a header from Mar del Plata native Matías Catalán was rejected by the post.
In the complement, immediately, the best football in Argentina. De Paul passed to Julián Álvarez, who crossed back, Lautaro Martínez feinted and let it run for Mac Allister to arrive, who defined relentlessly to open the scoring.
With the goal, the obligation was Chile’s, sunk in the qualifying positionsHowever, they did not add too many people in attack so as not to lose their position in the back, because Scaloni’s team remained on the lookout and with a couple of passes they easily advanced.
Lo Celso, Acuña, Dybala and Garnacho came on and nothing was affected. On the contrary, the ferocity in pressing was back to that of the first half. Absolute dominance was local Ten minutes from the end, Enzo Fernández pressed the Chilean exit, the ball ended up at the feet of Julián Álvarez who broke the goal for Arias.
And in stoppage time, Dybala (wearing the number 10) extended the lead and sealed Argentina’s unchallengeable rout of Chile.