Lionel Scaloni’s team won 6-0 in La Pulga’s return to Buenos Aires. The star had declared that he wanted to play in his country again with the Albiceleste jersey and he demonstrated it with an unforgettable performance.
“I miss playing in Argentina” declared Lionel Messi after the draw between Albiceleste and Venezuela last Thursday. This was noticed in La Pulga. Against Bolivia, the Inter Miami star was the figurehead. He did his thing. He made it 1-0 and assisted on the other two goals scored in the first half. In the complement he repeated with two more goals. Lionel Scaloni’s team crushed La Verde, who were far from the level they had displayed over the last three days. The trans-Andean team remains absolute leader of the Qualifiers. Colombia put pressure on them with their victory against La Roja. However, the world champions once again showed their best version.
The visit was not intended to be complicated. Oscar Villegas, who knows that his strength is in El Alto, proposed a line of five, with full-backs who did not pass, and in front of him, four other footballers, also very behind. Only Carmelo Algarañaz acted as the reference man. This little proposal was disapproved by the audience at Más Monumental, who whistled loudly upon realizing that Bolivia had no intention of coming out of the bottom. Despite this, the defensive plan only lasted 19 minutes. And the opening of the account happened in the most unexpected way: after a mistake by a defender.
As the Highlands played in the backline, trying to take the lead like rarely before, Marcelo Suárez tripped, Lautaro Martínez took advantage of the pressure and Messi faced goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra, who was replacing the injured Carlos Lampe. The ’10’ was not wrong. It sets the first trial and the party begins in Buenos Aires. Bolivia, with the score against them, tried to move forward. It didn’t work for him. Julián Álvarez found Messi diving into space and the Barcelona player was generous and passed to Lautaro Martínez. The striker, when the goal was empty, made a pass on goal and scored his first goal in the playoffs. The first half ended with the exhibition of the trident. The man from Rosario sent it into the area and Álvarez defined it after masterful control.
In the supplement the number of annotations has been repeated. Thiago Almada scored the fourth. For his part, Messi scored his hat-trick in two minutes. In the 84′ and 86′, the former PSG player put the finishing touches. The sixth objective, a registered trademark. Run from the left to the center to set the second post. Match over and 6-0 for Argentina. They are leaders with 22 points in 10 matches. Bolivia, for its part, remains seventh, with a place in the playoffs for the moment, with 12 positive points.
Source: Latercera
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