By Arnaldo Fernandez
Argentina’s undefeated streak is over Lionel Messi when falling in the Bombonera with a score of 2-0 against Uruguay, in a match in which the Inter Miami star did not appear beyond a free kick that hit the crossbar. In this way, the light blue team led by Marcelo Bielsa climbs to the second step of the classification and the Argentines remain leaders.
For its part, Ronald Araujo ended the unbeaten record of the Draw Martínez who stayed in an impressive streak of 753 minutes without conceding goals between official matches and friendly duels, which means a record in Argentina, in which they surpassed Germán Burgos with a total of 608 minutes without conceding goals.
Uruguay’s goals against Argentina
Uruguay was superior to Argentina From the beginning, the hand of a coach like Bielsa is noticeabletaking into account that he managed to add two victories against the giants of the continent, first Brazil and now Argentina, and Loco Bielsa does not believe in records and knows that they are made to be broken.
At minute 41 the FC Barcelona player, Ronald Araujo, placed at right back by Bielsa, entered the area from his side and pushed the ball recovered that ended up signifying the beginning of the Uruguayan victory in the Clásico de la Plata.
And so the first half ended, with a partial victory for the Uruguayans, who would later expand to add a historic three points.
Second half and final blow from Uruguay to Argentina
Lionel Messi had the equalizer that crashed into the top post of the goal defended by Rochet. However, despite the entry of Ángel Di María, the Argentines would not achieve parity against an orderly Uruguayan team that sealed the match with a perfectly defined counterattack by Liverpool striker Darwin Nuñez.
Argentina, despite the defeat, remains at the top with 12 pointsthe product of four victories and this defeat against Uruguay, while those led by Marcelo Bielsa climb to second place with 10 points, thanks to three victories, a draw and a defeat.
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