Ángel Di María’s goal in Uruguay-Argentina had already passed, but in the 17th minute at the Campeón del Siglo stadium, the National Team relived something that had not happened a long time ago. Paulo Dybala arrived late, he stomped on Lucas Torreira and the Venezuelan referee Alexis Herrera showed the yellow to Cordoba. A) Yes, one of the curious streaks carried by the blue and white was cut: that of more than five games and 473 minutes! without receiving a warning.
Dybala was booked and snapped a streak of more than five games without yellows (AP).
The last had been in the final of the Copa América, that July 10 against Brazil when Gonzalo Montiel lowered Vinícius at 44 minutes of the second half to nothing of the historic consecration. Since then, they have passed the qualifying matches without cards: against Venezuela (3-1), Bolivia (3-0), Paraguay (0-0), Uruguay (3-0) and Peru (1-0) complete, all five minutes of the day of the suspension against Brazil and the time against Celeste this Friday. Yes, quite a curiosity.
The previous one had been for Montiel, in the final of the Copa América against Vinicius Jr. (EFE).
And the previous one by Qualifiers? You have to go even further back in time, to June 8 in Barranquilla in that game that Argentina beat Colombia 2-0 and finished 2-2 in the last minute. That day the Chilean Roberto Tobar had admonished Germán Pezzella at 34 minutes of the second half.
ALWAYS WITH 10 TO THE LIMIT
The strangest thing is that Argentina all this time dragged 10 warnings, but Paulo Dybala was not among them. Those who endured all these games and minutes to the limit were Nicolás Otamendi, Giovani Lo Celso, Rodrigo De Paul, Lautaro Martínez, Gonzalo Montiel, Exequiel Palacios Nicolás Tagliafico, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Germán Pezzella and Nicolás Domínguez. A complete team.
The last Argentina-Uruguay, 3-0 at the Monumental, had been incredibly without cards from either team. Now right at La Joya, the man who chose Lionel Scaloni to replace the headdress Lionel Messi, was the one who touched him ended up cutting the curious streak of the National Team.
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