KOMPAS.com – Argentina failed to win when they met Paraguay in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Conmebol Zone or South America.
Paraguay vs Argentina match which was held at the Defensores del Chaco Stadium, Asuncion, on Friday (10/08/2012) morning WIB ended with the score 0-0.
Lionel Messi et al never broke the deadlock despite having many opportunities in front of the goal of Paraguay.
Paraguay national team need to thank the goalkeeper, Antony Silva, who made eight saves throughout the match against Argentina.
Antony Silva managed to close the blemish in the Paraguay defense which was penetrated several times by Lionel Messi et al.
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These results make the Argentine national team failed to reap full points from the headquarters of Paraguay.
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Now, Argentina is in second place in the 2022 World Cup Qualification standings in the South American Zone with a collection of 19 points from nine matches.
They recorded five wins and four draws.
Meanwhile, Paraguay is ranked sixth with 12 points from 10 matches.
The game Paraguay vs Argentina
The status of the visitors did not reduce the ability of Argentina to dominate the course of the match against the host Paraguay.
The team play and the individual abilities of the players became Argentina’s strength. They were able to dominate the game from the start of the first half.
At the end of the first half, Argentina recorded 69 percent possession of the ball. They were also able to fire a total of seven shots with five of them listed as shots on target.
However, behind the dominant game, Argentina is still deadlocked over the final settlement. They missed a series of opportunities that were born in the first half.
Paraguay goalkeeper, Antony Silva, also played well throughout the first half. He recorded four saves.
Antony Silva played an important role behind the goal that occurred in the first half.
The first half between Paraguay and Argentina ended with the score of glasses aka 0-0.
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In the second half, Argentina still dominated possession. They often play the ball in the Paraguay defense area while looking for faults to score the opening goal.
Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina were actually able to find that flaw among the Paraguayan defenders. However, they never beat Antony Silva, who performed brilliantly in goal.
In addition to making rescues, Antony Silva also several times cut off breakthrough baits from the second line of Argentina’s attack.
When Argentina was busy launching pressure, Paraguay occasionally responded by launching a counter-attack.
Paraguay was able to create several golden opportunities through the counter-attack scheme. However, they did not convert every opportunity that was born into a goal.
Argentina goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, also performed brilliantly in goal for Tim Tango.
By the middle of the second half, Argentina had five new strengths on the pitch.
Lionel Scaloni made many changes in attack. He replaced Giovani Lo Celso, Angel Di Maria and Joaquin Correa, with Nicolas Gonzalez, Guido Rodriguez and Julian Alvarez.
However, the move also failed to bear fruit, Argentina never scored until the game was over and had to settle for a draw.
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Paraguay vs Argentina line-up:
Paraguay (5-4-1): 1-Antony (GK); 19-Arzamendia (8-Sanchez 79 ‘), 3-Alderete, 6-Alonso, 15-Gomez, 2-Rojas; 11-Romero, 23-Villasanti (4-Balbuena 89 ‘), 10-Almiron (13-Escobar 89’), 20-Morel (16-Lucena 64 ‘), 9-Sanabria (21-Gonzalez 79’)
Cadangan: 22-Ortiz, 12-Aguilar, 4-Balbuena, 13-Escobar, 18-Kaku, 5-Espinoza, 17-Perez, 8-Sanchez, 16-Lucena, 7-Cardozo, 21-Gonzalez.
Coach: Eduardo Berizzo.
Argentina (4-2-3-1): 23-Martinez (GK); 21-Molina, 13-Romero, 19-Otamendi, 8-Acuna (3-Tagliafico 57 ‘); 5-Paredes, 7-De Paul (17-Gomez 67 ‘); 11-Di Maria (18-Rodriguez 67 ‘), 20-Lo Celso (15-Nicolas 78’); 10-Messi; 16-Correa (9-Alvarez 78 ‘).
Cadangan: 12-Musso, 1-Armani, 6-Pezzella, 3-Tagliafico, 2-Quarta, 4-Montiel, 18-Rodriguez, 14-Palacios, 22-Alario, 15-Nicolas, 9-Alvarez, 17-Gomez.
Coach: Lionel Scaloni.
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