In the penultimate round of competition, Argentina, ranked no. 5 in the world, ushered in Colombia, ranked 16th in the world FIFA, both teams are traditional South American teams, have won the copa America, has always been a sworn enemy who does not obey anyone, this battle must be Mars splash.
Although Argentina have already locked up the World Cup place in advance, judging from the starting lineup of this game, they do not intend to let go of this South American rival easily. At the front end, Lautaro, Di Maria and Ocampos formed a trident, and the game just began, Colombian striker Díaz, who had just joined Premier League giants Liverpool, knocked the mountain with a long-range shot, but in the next 15 minutes, Di Maria's arcing shot flew out of the upright, which was a response to Díaz. In the 29th minute, Lautaro got a chance in the penalty area, he received a precise cross from Acuña, unloaded the ball, turned around, pumped the ball into the dead corner of the goal, and the score came to 1-0.
Then in the 34th minute, Argentina had a chance to extend the scoreline, Di Maria won a set-piece in front of him, but his leafy ball was saved by the Colombian goalkeeper. The best chance of the Colombian side in the first half came in the 45th minute, and in another counterattack, Díaz got the ball and entered the box, his close-range burst hit the goalkeeper who attacked, and his teammates followed up with the first time, but Argentine defender Sepelia flew to block the gun hole and turned the danger into a disaster, Colombia also missed the opportunity to equalize.
After the adjustment of the midfield, the attack of the home team Argentina has only increased. In the 48th minute, Argentina fired a free-kick from the left, and the first point was pushed out by a Colombian player and then Acuña's front of the penalty area was suddenly fired, but it was unfortunately confiscated by the goalkeeper. Then in the 60th minute Di Maria fired a direct free-kick into the arc and forced the goalkeeper to fall to the ground. The best chance came in the 74th minute, when the Argentine corner kick was opened, Locelso followed up with a second point, the ball flew out of the crossbar, and Argentina lost the opportunity to extend the score, and the two sides ended 1-0.
In this game, Argentina only won by one goal in the case of the advantage of the whole game, which also reflected the huge impact of the absence of the king of the plum ball on the offensive end. Argentina's possession rate in this campaign is as high as 58%, Colombia is only 42%, in terms of the number of shots, Argentina is as many as 17 feet, while Colombia has only 4 feet in total, which can be said to be completely suppressed by Argentina. What is more exaggerated is that Colombia did not hit the goal frame range in these 5 shots, and the Argentine goal was not threatened by any threat except for the 45th minute when there was a small penalty area to block the shot, which can not help but be reminiscent of the scene where the Japanese goalkeeper of the Japanese team was almost frozen in the match between China and Japan.
After this round, Argentina had a 29-game unbeaten run in the World Preliminaries, but for Colombia, their ranking has dropped to seventh, a four-point gap from fifth-place Peru, and it is very difficult to make up for this gap with the last two rounds of the World Preliminary Round left. And Lautaro after scoring the winning goal, the goal of this World Preliminary Tournament has reached 7 goals, surpassing teammate Messi's 6 goals, Mei Qiu Wang saw his teammates in such a hot state, presumably also very happy, their performance in this year's Qatar World Cup is worth looking forward to.