Two to zero! Manchester City's new star scored a goal, Argentina won but lost the group to face France in the last eight【hongyan】

2024-07-30
    In the group stage of the European Cup last month, the four teams led by Belgium and Romania accumulated 3 points after 2 games, and the qualifying situation was chaotic; As luck would have it, so did the B team in Paris; At the end of the second group stage, all four teams were on three points, and Argentina topped Group B solely on goal difference. In the early morning of July 31, Beijing time, the final round of the group stage began at the same time, Argentina against Ukraine. Almada scored the first goal, Echeverri sealed the victory, Argentina 2-0 smoothly.
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   Although the four teams have the same points, Argentina can qualify even if it draws because it ranks first. However, Mascherano did not dare to make too many changes in the starting line-up, Otamendi and Rulli played in defence, and Giuliano Simeone was brought up to start with Alvarez and Almada to form the attacking line.
    But Argentina in the first half or continued the slow state, Alvarez in front of the little support, only through sporadic shooting and backtracking to get the ball; Fortunately for Ukraine, there was no improvement up front, and Otamendi's defence was not threatened.
    The second half came back only 2 minutes, Almada center circle holding the ball with personal ability to advance to the top of the arc decisive ball blast out of the world wave, Fiesn can not reach, 1:0! Almada scored in succession to give Argentina the lead. In the 59th minute, Alvarez left front penetration trip spike back knock, Almada encircling too fast push shot missed.
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    73 minutes, Feodor right side long ball hanging into the penalty area, Luli attack error, Kriskiv in the face of an empty door but with teammates Krasnopil ran to the same route, missed this good opportunity, the field coach Rotan hands on his head very helpless. Mascherano then reaped the harvest with new attacking players.
    In the 91st minute, Zenon pushed in to cut the long shot, Fiesn jumped the ball offloaded; Echeverry converted a shot into the net to seal the win; Echeverry, 18, was only signed by Manchester City in the summer window; Currently on loan at River Plate, Echeverry also became River's third youngest ever Copa Libertadores scorer; As long as things go well, it is only a matter of time before he is selected for Argentina in the future.
    In the end, Argentina successfully won the game 2-0, but Morocco beat Iraq 3-0 in the same group, because of the outcome of the relationship between the two sides, Argentina can only be second in the group; As a result, Argentina will face Thierry Henry's hosts France in the last eight.
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