The Argentine national team shone with a 5-0 victory The United Arab Emirates In the last friendly match before the World Cup debut Qatarnext Tuesday.
The American champion made the difference in the first half with goals Julian Alvarez (16 m), Angel Di Maria On two occasions (24 pm and 35 pm) f Lionel Messi (44 m), which completed the entire match.
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Argentina’s goal, Julian’s goal! ????????
With Messi’s help, Araña opened the scoring for Abu Dhabi 17 minutes into the first half. The national team beat the Emirates 1-0. pic.twitter.com/9nsOPDHY4r
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FROM ARGENTINA! Di Maria made it 2-0 against the United Arab Emirates, on 26 minutes into the first half. pic.twitter.com/7Htw89Wa5q
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FOR ARGENTINA! Double noodle! Di Maria made it 3-0 against the United Arab Emirates pic.twitter.com/K349kvqWsG
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In the second half, Joaquin Correa (14m) won the victory at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, which was shaken by the presence of the best player in the world and the stars of “Albiceleste”.
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Leo gooooooooooooo! Messi made it 4-0 against the United Arab Emirates, at the end of the first half. pic.twitter.com/2NBaypqKC4
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The goal of TUCU CORREA!
In the 14th minute of the second half, the striker made it 5-0 for Argentina against the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/lN3ReqRlU1
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And Argentina complied against a weak team led by Argentine Rodolfo Aruabarrena and passed the last test, less than a week after the first appearance, without injuries.
In addition, the victory served to lengthen Undefeated from “Scaloneta” who has already played 36 matches and was far from the historic Italian brand.
Scaloni had warned that he did not want to take risks a few days after the World Cup premiere against Saudi Arabia, but this friendly match, sometimes with an air of practice with the crowd, helped him draw some conclusions.
Di María had 45 minutes to show that he is a key element in this team, scoring two amazing goals and being key in Julian Alvarez’s first goal.
Marcos Acuña also showed a good level after he was in doubt due to muscle discomfort and brilliantly assisted Di Maria for the second goal.
Messi, at half speed, once again confirmed his commitment to play the whole game, assisting Julian Alvarez for the first goal and near the end of the first half made it 4-0 with a superb definition from the right to add another shout with him. The national jersey.
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The main developments in the select team took place in defense since Juan Foyth occupied the right flank, Nicolás Otamendi became the first center-marker and Lisandro Martínez, a collateral as a kind, joined the team in the absence of a disgruntled Christian “Kitty” Romero. Even from the substitute bench.
In addition, on the left side was Marcos Acuña, who was under suspicion due to muscle discomfort and had a good first half until he was substituted.
Alexis Mac Allister was finally selected to fill in for Giovani Lo Celso as left midfielder and completed the midfield with Rodrigo De Paul and Leandro Paredes.
Up front, Julián Álvarez seized the opportunity to replace striker Lautaro Martínez and was responsible for opening the scoring after Messi’s pass.
Di Maria increased the advantage with two amazing goals, the first with a stunning first-class shot after an Acuña cross and the second with a series of dribbles in the six-yard box.
To complete the presentation of the first stage, Messi’s goal appeared with precise definition, with a cross shot with his right leg.
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In the second half, Scaloni’s coaching staff took the opportunity to test the World Cup.
From the start, he made four changes with Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, German Pezzella and Joaquín Correa entering.
With these variants, the team began defending with a line of five with Montiel and Molina as the right and left wingers, respectively.
In 5 minutes, Enzo Fernandez entered instead of Julian Alvarez and left the midfield with the former River Plate, Paredes and De Paul.
Messi remained at large and “Toko” Correa remained the lone striker.
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After a small scare with a shot against the crossbar and a save by “Depo” Martínez, Argentina found the fifth goal with the confessor Correa who with some luck located after a wonderful pass from De Paul, the engine of the team he played with. The seriousness of the World Cup match.
The new defense had some doubts and was the weakest part of the second half, as the UAE grew a bit more and had a chance at the opponent, but first Martinez and then Pezzella on the line saved the unbeaten fence.
Argentina has fulfilled its role and will transfer its enthusiasm to Doha, where tomorrow it will start work for the first time on Tuesday the 22nd against Saudi Arabia at Lusail Stadium, the same place where it dreams of being in the final on December 18th.
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installation
Argentina: Emiliano Martinez, Juan Foyth, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez and Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, and Alexis McAllister; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Arab Emirates: Khaled Issa Shaheen Abdel-Rahman, Khalifa Al-Hammadi, Al-Hassan Saleh, and Khaled Al-Dhanhani. Abdullah Hamad and Ali safe. Abdullah Ramadan, Harib Abdullah, Kaio Canedo; Ali Mabkhout. DT: Rodolfo Arroabarrena.
Objectives: In the first half, 16 m. Julian Alvarez, 24m. and 35 m. Angel Di Maria and 44 m. Lionel Messi. In the second half, 14 m. Joaquin Correa (a).
the changes: In the second half, before the start, Nahuel Molina for Di Maria (a), Joaquín Correa for Acuña (a), Gonzalo Montiel for McAllister (a), German Pezzella for Otamendi (a). Fabio Lima for Mabkhout and Yahya Nader for Salmeen (EA); 5 m. Enzo Fernandez as Julian Alvarez (a); 20 m. Tahnoun Al-Zaabi, on the authority of Hamad (EA), and Ahmed Jamil on the authority of Al-Hassan (EA). 30 m. Guido Rodriguez for Paredes (A); 32 m. Abdul Aziz Hussein, on the authority of Abdullah (pbuh), and Yahya Al-Ghassani, on the authority of Al-Dhanhani.
Prohibited: Al-Zaabi (pbuh); Lisandro Martinez (extra)
Rule: Ibrahim Noureddine
stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
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