By Edgardo Avelar
15 Oct 2024, 11:35 PM EDT
Lionel MessiI was once again the Messi who captivates on the field of play and after an absence of almost a year of not seeing action in front of his fans in the Albiceleste uniform, he led the merciless rout of Argentina 6-0 over Bolivia to reaffirm its leadership in the South American qualifiers
The Argentine star in front of his people was a sun at its best, because he not only finished with a hat trick, but he was the orchestrator of the national team led by Lionel Scaloni with two assists that gave shape to the six Argentine goals. on a night to forget for Bolivians.
Messi’s magical evening began very soon when he scored 1-0 in the 19th minute of action, when Lautaro Martínez pushed the visitors out to take the ball away from Marcelo Suárez and give it to Messi to sign the play.
Messi extended his brilliant performance by sealing the Albiceleste’s victory with two goals at the end of the match in the 84th and 86th minutes. The first with a right-footed shot and the second and sixth of the night for the Argentines with the house brand beating several rivals and signing their performance with a resounding 6-0.
But the Argentine star was not satisfied with that and with the Gods of Olympus of football accompanying him, he collaborated with two assists to lead Lautaro Martínez’s goals to 2-0 in the 43rd minute, repaying the favor of passing the pool’s goal and then to Julián Álvarez for 3-0 at 45+3.
The sixth goal was the work of Thiago Almada, it occurred in the 69th minute when Argentina was already with a comfortable 3-0 and it gave it more airs of superiority with a 4-0 that left the table set for Messi to seal the victory. with two more goals.
All these ingredients influenced him to give a great show to his compatriots, who had not seen him in action after almost a year and he did so by letting his hair down, since with his three goals Messi not only helped Argentina win, but also They reaffirmed their position as leaders in the competition and in scoring in the same South American tie.
Colombia also beat Chile 4-0
For its part, Colombia remained three points away from the leader Argentina thanks to the 4-0 win over Chile with goals from Davidson Sánchez, Luis Fernando Díaz, Jhon Durán and Luis Sinesterra, in a night of hell. for the Andean team.
With the victory, Colombia added five victories to Argentina’s seven, so that the difference between both teams is barely three points, with 22 for the Argentine team and 19 for the coffee growers.
The rest of the day
For now, in the rest of the results of the tenth day of the Conmebol qualifying round, Brazil beat Peru 4-0 with two goals from Raphinha, another from Andreas Pereira and the last from Luis Enrique, while Paraguay stopped the victorious moment for Venezuela with a 2-1 victory with two goals from Antonio Sanabria, while the vinotinto score was from Jon Aramburu.
Finally, Uruguay added its second game without a victory in a row since Luis Suárez’s statements against coach Marcelo Bielsa that seem to have plunged the light blue team into crisis, which now lost the tie with Ecuador 0-0.
Leaderboard
With these results, the qualifying positions were as follows:
1.-Argentina 22 pts
2.-Colombia 19 pts
3.-Uruguay 16 pts
4.-Brazil 16 pts
5.-Ecuador 13 pts
6.-Paraguay 13 pts
8.-Venezuela 11 pts
9.-Peru 6 pts
10.-Chile 5 pts
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