Argentina has taken its World Cup for a walk around the world against Australia, the fourth last team that tried to stand between the path of the albiceleste and the third star and, as then in Doha, the South American team prevailed (2-0) and, Again, the oceanic returned to war although this time they were left without beating the Dibu.
The main protagonist of the meeting could not be another: Leo Messi. The Argentine captain once again showed that his age is still not a very important number and the number 10 was in charge of opening the scoring when barely two minutes of the game had been played. He received the ball from Enzo Fernández on the edge of the area and the former PSG player launched to beat Ryan , who was unable to do anything before the ’10’ was launched.
In his 175th game with the Argentine team, Messi was able to sing his 103rd goal in figures that are hardly equal in the historical panorama.
After the Argentine goal, Australia once again showed that the difficulties with which Scaloni’s men beat them in Qatar 2022 were no coincidence. And there the Dibu appeared, to stop with a great response to the best Aussie occasion . Bos crossed from the flank and Duke managed to finish, but the Aston Villa keeper skillfully saved the chance.
The match got heated between the two teams, but Argentina was always the dominator of what happened on the pitch against an Australia that was missing some of its stars.
In the second half, Pezzella made it 2-0 when he headed in a cross from Rodrigo de Paul, who teamed up perfectly with Messi to end up generating the play.
The morning was complete for Argentina , who saw how their next great star, Alejandro Garnacho , made his debut with the Absolute team at the age of 18 and was still seen creating danger on the left wing, but did not find the prize of the goal.
After this match, Argentina is leaving to play another friendly , against Indonesia next Monday, but there will no longer be a Leo Messi who is going on vacation. On his return, he will start his show in the MLS.
