With two goals from the captain, who played just over half an hour, and another from Julian Alvarez, the Albiceleste prevailed with authority in New Jersey and stretched their unbeaten record to 35 games on the threshold of the World Cup in Qatar.
The National Team overwhelmed Jamaica in their second friendly tour of the United States to prepare for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He won 3-0 in New Jersey to confirm his extraordinary moment on the threshold of the big event. Julián Alvarez opened the scoring in the first perfect half hour of the national team. And Lionel Messi scored a brace to complete his work.
It took just a few seconds for the Albiceleste selected to detect which party he was going to meet.
Jamaica proposed a physical game of friction, pressing from midfield.
Jamaica proposed a physical game of friction, pressing from midfield. In return, Argentina opposed mobility and ball circulation with a dynamic midfield (Guido Rodríguez-Mac Allister and Lo Celso).
Thus, after 4 minutes came the first chance: a shot by Di María that goalkeeper Blake covered. And at 12, the goal fell: the clean start from the baseline, with 28 precise touches, led to the diagonal of Lautaro Martínez, who hooked in the area, threw the center back, and Julian Alvarez signed 1-0.
The cry was an accolade to the proposal, which did not lose strength without Messi (he started on the bench due to flu).
To the driving of the central defenders, the speed combinations, the projection of the wings, and the restlessness of the forwards, who did not stop moving to offer options. At 18 ', Alvarez enabled Lo Celso on the edge of the area, and the former Central midfielder tried a cross, and the ball passed close.
Argentina's dominance continued to be complete. Jamaica barely tried to get out of the siege with long balls without success. Meanwhile, those guided by Scaloni continued to play. And getting to the bottom.
At minute 30, on a stopped ball, Otamendi combed, and Rodríguez missed his goal at the far post. At 32 minutes, Lo Celso tested again outside, and the ball hit the crossbar.
After a first half hour of very high flight and physical exhaustion, the team rested. He eased the pressure a notch without abandoning his ambition.
And he went into the break with the feeling that he deserved more.
The collective celebration of the Argentine team after the conquest of Álvarez had 28 touches.
Still, Martínez could not define it accurately after the first-class assist from Mac Allister. Scaloni listened to the public's pleas and sent Messi to the field. Also, to Enzo Fernández in the function of N° 5, by Rodríguez.
The duel cooled down with the entrance of the fanatic, who jumped onto the field to hug Messi and offered resistance to the officials. The meeting only picked up the pace again when the Flea was turned on.
Like at 67 ′, he hooked between four and finished to force Blake's save. Or at 83, with the combination with De Paul that ended in his centralized shot, easy for the goalkeeper.
The friendly was played in the United States.
Between the impotence of Jamaica and the massive changes that distorted the development a bit, the match lost intensity. Until Messi put the finishing touch on it, it was activated by De Paul, who also came in to give him the ball and put him in action.
At 87 ', the star tried to combine with Lo Celso, but he failed; he left the ball and took a cross left-footed shot to seal the 2-0. And almost immediately caused a free kick on the edge of the area that he finished low to the goalkeeper's right post to close his show.
After 3-0 against Honduras, the Albiceleste rounded off their second victory on the tour of the United States and enriched the metrics of the Scaloni cycle. He reached the historic streak of 35 matches without defeats that Brazil had, between 1993 and 1996, and Spain, between 2007 and 2009.
But, beyond the statistics, Scaloni's cast continues to ratify her status as a candidate for Qatar. Because of the collective operation, even changing names, as in the first half. And because she has the biggest star in the world, who can put together an unparalleled show with a handful of minutes.
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