Argentina was determined to suffocate Uruguay. Lionel Scaloni’s side achieved this thanks to their star player, Lionel Messi, center author who allowed his teammate Guido Rodriguez to score with a header after 13 minutes of play at the Nacional Mané Garrincha stadium in Brasilia. Uruguay, who entered the Copa, struggled but could not do anything against a strong defense from Argentina, which has improved compared to previous matches.
Uruguay’s historic forwards Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez did seek to inconvenience Argentina’s defense, but without the help of the unsuccessful midfielders they were in pain. On the Argentine side, and as Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez had anticipated, 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 ever forgetting the collective game.
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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 team-mate 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.
Messi-Suarez shock
This classic between the two countries, separated by the Rio de La Plata, did not avoid controversy when Cavani fell to the Argentine goal after contact with Guido Rodriguez. Uruguay then immediately claimed a penalty that Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio ruled out without a shadow of a doubt. Obviously, everyone was also expecting a lot from the Messi-Suarez shock. In life, they are inseparable friends with very close relationships that extend to their families, but during the “clasico” 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”, Suarez pointed out.
“Gunslinger” Suarez and “chip” Messi faced off 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 duo prolific. 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 Argentinian 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.
Chile fares against Bolivia
The other group A match saw Chile easily beat a combative Bolivia (1-0). A result that puts the Chilean team on the way to the quarter-finals. The Bolivian team, weakened by several cases of Covid-19, struggled as best they could but were finally outclassed by the game of the Chileans, led by a goal from Anglo-Chilean Ben Brereton after ten minutes of play in Cuiaba . Martin Lasarte’s men felt particularly comfortable in this stadium of the Arena Pantanal, precisely where Chile started their adventure at the 2014 World Cup by beating Australia 3-1.
Chile now have 4 points after their 1-1 draw against Argentina, as Bolivia register their second loss after being beaten 3-1 by Paraguay. The match was also the occasion of a first in the Copa America with the arrival of a European referee, the Spaniard Jesus Gil Manzano.
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