After taking advantage of a Ryan mistake: Julián Álvarez scored Argentina’s 2-0 win over Australia | VIDEO

The Argentina team came out with their foot on the accelerator at the start of the second half against Australia. Due to that intensity that he imposed on the field, the ‘Albiceleste’ scored 2-0 through Julián Álvarez in the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

At 57 minutes, goalkeeper Mathew Ryan came out playing a defender who returned the ball to him. Then, the goalkeeper controlled the ball poorly in the face of constant pressure from Rodrigo De Paul and that caused him to let the ball escape.

Instantly, Álvarez was attentive to the mistake, dodged the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the net to score the second goal for his colours. The goal unleashed the uproar of the Argentine fans at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.

With the partial result, the Argentine team would face the Netherlands, which beat the United States a few hours ago (3-1), for the quarterfinals of Qatar 2022.

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The unexpected blow received in the debut by Saudi Arabia (2-1 defeat) was key for the Albiceleste to react. Thus, from behind and despite the doubts, the team led by coach Lionel Scaloni managed to come back to win the first group C by clear victories over Mexico and Poland: both 2-0.

Now, the idea is to increase performance in knockout games. In this sense, Scaloni will bet on those who are best. So, the sense Ángel Di María leaves the starting team and his place is disputed by Alejandro Gómez and Ángel Correa. One of them will accompany Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez, who earned his space like Enzo Fernández and Alexis Mac Allister.

On his side, the 4-1 defeat against France presaged that Australia could leave the tournament quickly. But, the cast led by Graham Arnold did their thing to beat Tunisia and Denmark 1-0. Due to these results, the oceanic team that represents the Asian Confederation passed for the second time in its history to the round of 16 of the World Cup.