Copa America quarterfinals, the favorite Argentina team, challenged the strength of Ecuador, Messi started this campaign, Antonella also came to the scene to support her husband, the process of the game was not as easy as imagined, Argentina and Ecuador have offensive and defensive each other, the strength is comparable!
In the 35th minute of the first half, Messi took a corner kick, McAllister nodded the ball in front of the ferry, Lisandro was unmarked at the far post, and the header scored, Argentina led Ecuador 1-0, it is worth mentioning that Lisandro has played 21 games for Argentina so far in his career, which is also his first goal.
In the 50th minute, there was a rather chaotic scene, Argentina and Ecuador had a fierce confrontation, and Messi, Romero, and Caicedo were all knocked down in the scramble. And 9 minutes later, Argentina sent a big gift, De Paul was fouled for handball in the penalty area, Ecuador won a penalty, and the veteran Valencia made a penalty, but unfortunately his penalty angle was too awkward, hitting the post, Valencia lost the point to cover his face, missed the perfect opportunity to equalize, goalkeeper Martin raised his arms and shouted, very excited!
It is worth mentioning that although Messi did not have a particularly eye-catching performance in this game, he still set a record, which was Messi's 37th Copa America game, and at the same time, he also became the player with the longest playing time in the history of the Copa America, which means that one more second he stayed on the field was a refresh of history.
In the 91st minute of the game, Ecuador staged a tie moment, Kevin Rodriguez put the ball into the goal, the whole team celebrated wildly, and then VAR intervened, and the goal was still valid after a long decision, 1-1, Ecuador "came back to life", with the referee's final whistle sounding, there was no overtime, and the two sides directly entered the penalty shootout.
In the first round, Messi took the penalty and kicked out the spoon penalty but unfortunately hit the post, but fortunately, Big Martin made continuous contributions and saved 2 penalty kicks from the opponent, Argentina finally won the penalty shootout, defeated Ecuador without danger, and broke into the top 4 stage of the Copa America, and then their opponents will be the winners of Venezuela and Canada, if nothing else, Argentina basically locked the final seat!