The 1-0 win over Cape Verde, which took the Albiceleste into the last 16 of the World Cup, was the result of previous instructions during a hydration break.
Scaloni celebrated Lisandro Martinez’s goal
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Like in the NBA Lionel Scaloni took advantage of the cool-down break to celebrate his team’s performance, which ended with Lionel Messi scoring for Argentina in a hard-fought 3-2 win over Cape Verde.. The coach advised Lisandro Martinez to play long, looking for a shot from one of the strikers. The defender listened to him and made an exquisite pass to the Rosario player, who controlled it superbly to open the scoring.
Argentina found it difficult to defeat the Cape Verdean team, which defended with a large number of men in the final meters. Considering the impossibility of introducing him into the short game, Scaloni asked the centre-backs, especially Lisandro Martinez, to play long to free up Lionel Messi or Nahuel Molina. on the right side.
In a few minutes, The central defender listened to his coach and made an exquisite pass behind Dina Borges. the second central defender of the African national team. Messi controlled the shot with the outside edge of his left foot and fired it over Vozinha, who remained on the line trying to cover as much of his goal surface as possible.
Towards the end of the first half, he tried a similar shot, but the Rosario player narrowly missed. It is clear that the formula proposed by the coach had an effect in breaking through the defense sandwiched in its zone.
Messi’s goal against Cape Verde
“The break had just come, and with Licha we saw the same thing as that pass.. It was difficult, but there was space for it and he threw the ball fairly, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to get into the goal. “I controlled the situation and it ended with a goal, I’m very happy.” Messi said in the mixed zone after the match.
This is very It was Rosario’s seventh result at this World Cup and he leads the scoring charts.. Except, He scored 20 points at the World Cup and moved away from Kylian Mbappe, who turned 18. after his brace against Sweden in the round of 16.
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