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The first half between Argentina and Chile in the qualifiers had been dominated by the national team, although Lionel Scaloni’s team lacked precision to open the scoring. The game was intense, but with few clear chances in front of goal. The 0-0 between Argentina and Chile was the result that best portrayed that first half without much energy, in a Monumental without shouts.
But the second half started with another energy. And then, two minutes later he arrived Alexis Mac Allister’s goal. The goal. The 1-0, after a cross from Julián Alvarez from the right and the feint of Lautaro Martínez, who let the ball pass between his legs so that the Liverpool midfielder could finish against Arias, the Argentine goalkeeper who plays for Racing.
The second goal came in the 38th minute. And it was also a great goal. Because the high pressure of the Scaloneta managed to recover the ball almost in the crescent of the area, the ball was left to JUlian Alvarez, who opened up to his left and fired a powerful left-footed shot that found the net from the goal defended by Gabriel Arias.
About the time, Paulo Dybala (who wore the number 10 shirt in the absence of Lionel Messi due to injury) extends the lead and seals the rout: the Roma man positioned himself on his left foot after a ball that could not get out of the Chilean red zone, he whipped it and the ball slipped between the post and Arias.
The 3-0 ends up being more in line with the development of an intense match at the Monumental, where the Argentina imposed its hierarchy against a combative and at the same time very limited rival, who is second to last in the standings and so far is being left out of the 2026 World Cup.
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