Mac Allister, perfect statistics for Messi’s partner who equaled Maradona

At 23 years old, Alexis MacAllister He is already world champion. He lifted the Qatar 2022 trophy being one of the main figures of Argentina in the final before France. She ran, scored and even had the luxury of assisting for the second score scored by Ángel Di Maria.

The statistics showed that the versatile man from Brighton & Hove Albion recovered a total of 14 balls, won six of nine running games and gave up a key pass during the 116 minutes he was on the pitch. With four minutes to go in extra time he was traded for German Pezzella.

On the other hand, throughout the tournament there was talk of the famous cabals of the River Plate cast. Alexis is also part of these. He did it in the duel against France. He became the second Argentinos Juniors player to assist in a world final. Previous? Diego Armando Maradona in Mexico 1986.

Mac Allister’s numbers throughout the World Cup place him as one of the favorite footballers to get into the ideal eleven of the championship that today had its final chapter.

It should be remembered that the former Boca Juniors is one of the few footballers who were not present at the 2021 Copa América title. Although it is true that he made his debut with his team in 2019, it was not until a few months ago that he could only be called regularly. Only six calls were enough for them to be present on Lionel Scaloni’s final list.

In this World Cup, the ‘Colorado’ started from substitutes. He witnessed the only loss of the championship (vs. Saudi Arabia) from the bench. The injury to Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gómez freed up a place in the midfield of Scaloni’s team, who decided to trust the man born in La Pampa.

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