Argentina beat Uruguay 1-0 on Day 2 of the Copa America on Friday thanks to a Lionel Messi inspired who gave the ball to his team’s victory in this Rio De La Plata classic.
The team of Lionel Scaloni was determined to suffocate Uruguay. She achieved this thanks to her star player, Lionel Messi, author of the center which allowed his teammate Guido Rodriguez scored with a header after 13 minutes of play at Nacional Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasilia.
Uruguay, entering the Copa, struggled but could not do anything against a strong defense from Argentina, which has improved compared to previous matches.
Uruguay’s historic strikers Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez have tried to inconvenience the Argentine defense, but without the help of midfielders who failed to win, they were struggling.
Argentina side, and as the Uruguayan coach had anticipated Oscar Tabarez, Lionel Messi showed himself “king of precision“. He distinguished himself in the individual game, carrying the danger in the opposing camp by explosive accelerations, without forgetting the collective game.
He proved it with a decisive cross, headed by Rodriguez, author of the only goal of the game. However, he did not have the same luck with his teammate Lautaro Martínez.
For Rodriguez, this is his first goal for the national team. Aged 28, he started as a midfielder in place of Leandro Paredes.
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This classic between the two countries, separated by the Rio de La Plata, did not avoid controversy when Cavani fell to the Argentinian goal after contact with Guido Rodriguez. Uruguay then immediately claimed a penalty that Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio dismissed without a shadow of a doubt.
We expected a lot from the Messi-Suarez shock.
In life, they are inseparable friends with very close relationships that extend to their families, but when “classic“the two men are mostly adversaries.
“My relationship with Lionel is friendly, but obviously there is no room for her on the pitch, as in the Spanish league.“, highlighted Suarez.
The “gunman“Suarez and the”puce“Messi faced each other in their respective national shirts on Friday for the first time since the Uruguayan left FC Barcelona in August 2020 after six seasons alongside Messi with whom he formed a prolific duo.
Both are the top scorers in the history of their respective national teams, Messi with 74 goals and Suarez with 63, but it is Messi who has the most to lose in this 2021 Copa played in Brazil.
The Argentine may be playing his last chance to win the Copa America, a trophy Suarez once lifted, in Argentina in 2011, when his side knocked out Messi’s in the quarter-finals on penalties.
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