The National Team says goodbye to the year against Brazil at the San Juan Bicentennial Stadium, with the return of Lionel Messi and Leandro Paredes to the title, after being a substitute and the other absent on the last date against Uruguay. On the visit side, there will also be several absences: to the announced loss of Neymar was added that of Gabriel Jesus, who will start from the bench, and left his place to Matheus Cunha, from Atlético de Madrid.
If there is something left over in San Juan, it is a strong leg. The Selection came out to play “handsome” and rivals justice in each melee. Excesses, the order of the day. An elbow raised by Paredes facing the referee and dedicated to Vinicius could have ended badly. Otamendi and Romero, also on the edge, although with a very good task so far.
Brazil dominated for almost the first half hour of the match, with a vertical approach that found the National Team a bad stop a couple of times. In the clearest, Vinicius defined as the worst hand in hand with Draw. Visiting attacks were much lighter and sharper than Albicelestes attempts, which started from far behind and had to overcome numerous obstacles to reach Alisson’s area. The unusual “olé” who came down from the stands in the first seconds of the match was prehistoric.
The best of Argentina was long in coming, but it was worth it. The last part of the first half was high-flying by those led by Lionel Scaloni. A touch from right to left in which almost everyone touched, ended with Acuña knocking at the door of the area with De Paul who, with a lot of traffic in between, took a spectacular shot to place that Alisson cleared in a great way.
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