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Argentina beat its host Bolivia 1-0, at the end of the first half of the meeting that brings them together at the “Monumental” stadium in the capital, Buenos Aires, as part of the tenth round of the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Lionel Messi, the French star of Paris Saint-Germain, scored the Argentine national team’s goal in the 14th minute of the match, with a wonderful shot to the right of the Bolivian goalkeeper.
Messi succeeded in equalizing the record for the best scorer in the history of South America, with 77 goals, equal to former Brazilian star Pele.
And the video technology “VAR” refused to calculate the second goal of the Tango team in the 26th minute by Lautaro Martinez, the Inter Milan star.
Today’s match will witness the return of the public to watch the national team from the stands after an absence that lasted about a year and a half, due to the crisis of the outbreak of the Corona virus.
The Argentine team, led by its star Lionel Messi, seeks to win and is close to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, especially if the three points are counted in the Brazilian team match, while Bolivia is playing in the hope of achieving a surprise against the Tango team.
Argentina started the match with the following formation:
Goalkeeper: Musso.
Defense: Pezzella, Acuna, Molina, Otamendi.,
Midfield: De Paul, Paredes,
Forwards: Messi, Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez.
Argentina is in second place in the qualifiers with 15 points from 7 matches, pending the outcome of the FIFA decision regarding the canceled Brazil match, while Bolivia is in the ninth and penultimate place with 6 points.
The Brazil national team match against its Argentine rival, which was scheduled to be held last Sunday, was canceled due to the union of a number of officials in the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the match stadium, to remove the Argentine team’s quartet coming from Britain due to sanitary isolation procedures.
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) issued an official statement on the crisis in the confrontation between the Brazilian national team and its Argentine guest.
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