On the morning of February 2, Beijing time, the World Preliminary Round of 10 in South America was played to the 16th round, and the former Copa America champion Colombia completely withered and continued to win, losing 0-1 to Argentina, which had advanced to the World Cup. The difference between the strength and status of the two teams is obvious, Colombia has been kept clean sheets in 6 consecutive World Preliminary Tournament matches, the offensive end is useless, J Ronaldo and Cuadrado and others have become very weak; Argentina has been unbeaten in 28 consecutive games, even without Messi is still overall strong, with Lautaro's goal, Argentina won Colombia 1-0.
Colombia Rueda arranged Borja, J Ronaldo, Luis Díaz to partner the trident, Uribe, Vermar Barrios, Cuadrado to form a three-midfielder, Mohica, Tesillo, Davinson Sanchez, Medina to form a four-back, Camelot Vargas as the goalkeeper; Argentina's starting 11 people led by Di Maria and Lautaro 2 cores, Messi was absent, although the rotation of the lineup is not small, But Argentina's starting 11 still costs €279 million, while Colombia's is only €147 million.
In the 29th minute of the game, Lautaro scored the only goal of the game, he received a cross from his teammate in the box, and easily swept the goal without being defended, successfully helping Argentina to take the game away with 1-0.
Statistics, Colombia was crushed in the whole game, there was no way to fight back, the possession rate was 44%, but the difference between attack and defense was huge, compared with Argentina's shots was 4-16, the shooting contrast was 0-5, and the final 0-1 loss was already considered Colombia lucky, and In the 90+ 4 minutes of the game, Gonzalez single-handedly assisted Dybala, who almost expanded the score, but Gonzalez's cross was smaller; Di Maria also had a straight-hanging long-range shot that almost broke the goal, which was defused by the goalkeeper.
Judging from the course of the competition, Colombia, which won the Copa America in 2001, has completely lost and will be out of this World Preliminary Tournament, and currently has only 17 points after 16 rounds of competition, ranking 7th in the standings, 3 points away from Peru in 5th place, and Chile in sixth place with 19 points. More importantly, Colombia has set three humiliating results after this round, first, starting from the 0-0 draw with Uruguay in October last year, until today's 0-1 loss to Argentina, Colombia has not won 4 draws and 3 losses in 7 consecutive world preliminary rounds; second, 7 consecutive rounds of world preliminary matches have been 0 seals by opponents; third, against Argentina 0 shots.
In contrast, Argentina has opened up, setting a record of 29 consecutive unbeaten games in various competitions, is the longest existing unbeaten achievement in world football, during which it also won the Copa America championship, and now it is still soaring in the case of entering the World Cup in advance, Messi's performance in the World Preliminary Round has also been surpassed, Lautaro scored 7 goals for Argentina in this World Preliminary Tournament, surpassing Messi's 6 goals to become the top scorer in Argentina, Argentina opened a dream mode, and the 2022 World Cup will become the favorite to win the championship.