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Argentina qualified for the Qatar World Cup on Tuesday 2022 thanks to the point achieved after the goalless draw with qualifying Brazil and Chile’s 0-2 defeat against Ecuador for the fourteenth day of the South American qualifiers.
The team led by Lionel Messi knew during the second half that, as the match between Paraguay and Colombia ended in a draw, they could qualify for World Cup if they beat Canarinha or if, with the draw against Brazil, Chile’s defeat against Ecuador would facilitate their early qualification for the great event.
The equality achieved in the province of San Juan in a new edition of the South American classic It allowed Canarinha to maintain a six-point advantage over Albiceleste with four rounds to go to the end of the qualifying rounds.
Argentina, meanwhile, reached the 27 matches without defeats, with 17 trumps and 10 draws. Before the start of the game, the Argentine team posed with a flag that read ‘Vamos Kun, con todo’ and that had an image of Barcelona striker Sergio Agüero, to whom he diagnosed heart problems .
During the first minutes, Argentina pressed high and opted for the production of passes short. Brazil, on the other hand, defended itself close to its goal and tried to disturb with counterattacks that took advantage of the speed of Vinicius Junior, Raphinha and Matheus Cunha.
Although the Albiceleste had more possession during the first few 20 minutes, Canarinha was a bit uneasy with medium-distance shots that passed far from the goal.
With the passage of time, Brazil prevented Argentina from stringing together more than four consecutive passes and became dominator of the match.
A violent elbow from Nicolás Otamendi in the face of Raphinha to the 35 minutes produced some pushes and complaints, but the referee did not see the infraction, the VAR did not intercede and the game resumed.
The clearest of the first half was 40 minutes, when Rodrigo De Paul received a pass behind Marcos Acuña and He defined the far post from outside the area, forcing Alisson to have to fly on his left to save the shot.
The Argentina coach, Lionel Scaloni, made two changes at halftime: Joaquín Correa entered for a Lautaro Martínez who did not gravitate and Lisandro Martínez for Leandro Paredes, who came from a long inactivity due to an injury.
As soon as the second half started, defender Cristian Romero had to be replaced due to injury by Germán Pezzella.
At 60 minutes, Fred’s mid-range shot hit the crossbar and at 80 Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano ” ” ” ‘Martínez saved him a shot from Vinicius Junior.
Brazil needed to have less p Elota to generate more danger, but Argentina also had some scoring opportunities with mid-range shots that did not go on goal.
In one of In the last few plays, Messi shot from medium distance, but Alisson controlled the ball in two halves.
Brazil faced this encounter with several casualties. Neymar, due to injury, and Casemiro, suspended, were the great absentees of the South American classic.