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Unattainable: Lionel Messi’s shot for Argentina’s 2-0 friendly | VIDEO

Inspirational day of Lionel Messi in Pamplona, ​​Spain. The striker, after shining against Italy in the Finalissima, appeared as a star in Argentina vs. Estonia, the friendly match that is part of the preparation for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The attacker, at 45 minutes, crossed the ball to the second post to make it 2-0 at the El Sadar stadium.

La Albiceleste, which dominated the actions throughout the first fraction, advanced along the side with Rodrigo De Paul. The man from Atlético de Madrid, before losing the balloon against a rival, unloaded backwards with Alejandro Gómez. Then, the Sevilla midfielder took a few seconds for the next move.

‘Papu’ Gómez had several options to unload, but the midfielder waited for Lionel Messi to move inside the area. The Argentina striker entered the Estonian area with just enough, then controlled to define cross and high. In this way he scored the second of his personal account at the end of the first stage.

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The team led by Lionel Scaloni has just given a great football demonstration last Wednesday in London, when they thrashed Italy 3-0 at Wembley Stadium in the match between the last champions of the Copa América and the European Championship.

With its resounding victory, Argentina reached the historical record of 32 games without losing, since falling to Brazil on July 2, 2019 in the semifinals of the Copa América, when the local team won 2-0 at the Mineirao stadium.

The Albiceleste thus surpassed the historical record that had been established during the cycle of DT Alfio Basile, when Argentina was undefeated from the coach’s debut in 1991 until the 2-1 fall in 1993 against Colombia in Barranquilla for the qualifiers for the United States World Cup. United-1994.

Source: Elcomercio

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