Mastantuono & Messi: Inter Miami’s Reliance

Argentina He lost to Ecuadorian soil after an early expulsion and a controversial penalty. The Rotations massive in the Albiceleste They make the result not demonstrative of anything but a simple stumbling block. Ecuador meanwhile, closed the Qualifying With a great victory by the minimum, adding 5 consecutive without receiving goal and winning against the world champion.

Tricampeone He started the match with a team full of novelties. From the first minute, the absence of Leo Messi It was noticed in the work of creation and in the passes and the circulation in the last third. The three, With great intelligence, he took advantage of each error in the deliveries of those of Staircase To go out with a direct game that several times brought danger to the goal of the Renovation. The most dangerous of starting was for a Include Valencia that he finished some forced in a hand in hand before the Argentine goal, which remained firm to repel the action.

Arrival half an hour of play, the action that changed the course of the game happened: Otamendiwithout much more option, demolished a Include Valencia who took advantage of an error of Balerdi To stand in the open field. The central of the Benfica He saw the red one for that mandatory fault and left his own with 10 in the absence of more than an hour of play.

After this expulsion, Beccacece raised a more frantic game and without rest to suffocate a Albiceleste In inferiority. Little by little, Ecuadorians were enclosing the current world champion and forcing more actions in danger. In one of those sets, precious received a hard blow of Tagliafico When playing a head ball inside the area. The one of Sparta de prague He ended with blood on his head while the Argentine side, despite touching the ball, became the author of the penalty that elongated the first half up to 12 discount.

The person in charge of executing the maximum penalty was Afflicted Valencia. The striker and star The three revenge for what happened in the past Copa América and scored the prison cheating at Renovation. In this way, the match went to rest with Ecuador over the scoreboard and with Argentina playing inferiority. Staircase He jumped to the pitch once the first half to stop the protests of his players, which considered the penalty indicated by Wilmar Roldán.

As soon as you start the second half, a Caicedo error He put the party in equal expulsions. The player of Chelsea He was admonished and in a fortuitous lance he hit the foot of Nico González. Roldán He did not hesitate to show him the red. Justice for Argentines and conditioned compensation for Ecuadorians, in a play that gave Argentina a more life. Staircaseknowing this, introduced Mastanton y Julián Álvarez to provoke an albiceleste offensive avalanche.

In the final stretch, the substitutions of the Trical They achieved their goal and the Argentines ended up overturned in the Ecuadorian goal, with Mastanton leading the combat zafarrancho. Again and again they looked for the holes in the framework of Beccacecethat it had rearmed minutes ago to keep the advantage harvested in the first half.

And Argentina He missed Messi At the start, in the end it was even more noticeable. Despite the thrust and insistence, visitors were not able to find an inspired player to get a differential action, And every play since then ended in totally inert situations to the final beep. Not an occasion of real danger.

In this way, Argentina It concludes leader despite the defeat and with the unknown of whether you will have to dispute the Final In the month of March. Messiwhich will return in October, remains the most important piece of a team linked to the destination of its 10.

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