Beijing time on January 28, 8: 15, 2022 World Cup South American Qualifier Round 15. In the first half Di Maria World Wave, Brilton equalized with a difficult header and Lautaro scored. In the second half, the two sides did not succeed each other, argentina won 2-1, won the first victory in 2022, and continued to sit firmly in the second place in the table.
Prior to this match, Argentina won 8 wins and 5 draws in 13 rounds, ranking second in the table with 29 points, becoming the second South American team to qualify for the World Cup in advance after Brazil.
Due to the overall situation, coupled with Messi's previous infection with the new crown, the Paris superstar was not selected for the national team roster. According to Argentine coach Scaloni, Messi personally revealed to him that the impact of the new crown is very large, which is the truth of his absence.
Although Messi is not in the squad, Argentina still has Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez to escort the two major fronts, and the bench is still sitting on Dybala.
In the 10th minute, De Paul scored, di Marianeche then suddenly got up and shot from a distance, playing a world wave, the ball arced in the air, and fell into a dead corner. Argentina broke the deadlock and led 1-0.
In the 20th minute, Marcelino Nunez picked up the ball, Brilton nodded the ball and shot over the top of Martinez's head into the net, Chile equalized, 1-1!
In the 33rd minute, De Paul advanced with the ball, pulled his foot out of the goal and fired a furious shot, Bravo saved the hand, Lautaro Martinez followed up and shot into the net, Argentina once again led, 2-1!
In the 44th minute, Martinez staged a world-class save and rejected Paul Díaz's long-range shot.
In the 52nd minute, DePaul brought down his opponent from behind and the referee showed him a yellow card, which caused dissatisfaction among the Argentine generals.
In the 69th minute, Maripán pushed down Paredes and clashes broke out again. In the 78th minute, Sanchez was shown a yellow card for bringing over Otamendi. In the end, Argentina beat Chile 2-1, and the world's 5th consecutive 14th round of world preliminaries remained unbeaten, continuing to rank second in the South American division. In addition, Argentina have been unbeaten in 28 consecutive official matches, the last time they lost was in the semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America, when they lost 2-0 to Brazil.
Both sides of the lineup
Argentina starters: 23-E Martinez, 14-Molina, 19-Otamendi, 6-Lisandro Martinez, 3-Tagliafico, 7-DePaolo (70' 20-Loterso), 5-Paredes, 17-Gomez, 15-Gonzalez (69' 8-Acuña), 22-Lautaro Martinez (77' 9 Julian Alvarez), 11-Di Maria (84' 10-Angel Correa)
Chilean starters: 1-Claudio Bravo (35' 23-Brian), 5-Paul Díaz (59' 4-Isla), 17-Gary Medel, 3-Guillermo Maripán, 18-Sebastian Vegas (46' 6-Suaso), 20-Charles Alanges, 13-Eric Pulga, 10-Marcelino Nunez (59' 8-Montsinos), 11-Eduardo Vargas (84' 19-Victor Vidara), 22- Ben Brilton, 7 - Alexis Sanchez