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Argentina players celebrate with Messi (Reuters)
Argentina, who have long secured their place in the 2022 World Cup, recorded their third consecutive World Cup qualifier tonight (Friday-Saturday) when they easily beat Venezuela 0: 3 at home, in a game that closed the 17th and penultimate round of the South American qualifiers.
Venezuela, who are in last place in the South American home, actually made life difficult for the Argentines, who managed to take the lead in the 39th minute when Rodrigo de Paul got the ball on the right side of the extension and cooked for Nicolas Gonzalez, a Fiorentina striker, who slipped the ball inside the five-yard box. .
The Albiceleste failed to score a second goal and saw the host team try to achieve a draw, but in the 70th minute Angel Di Maria came off the bench and the trend changed. Nine minutes later Di Maria got a wonderful depth ball from Paul Paul on the right, cut to the center while overcoming two defensive players and when he was 17 yards from goal and the visiting goalkeeper came out towards him, he provided a marvelous chip that sent the ball into the net.
Another three minutes passed and in the 82nd minute Messi joined the celebration, after a great collaboration with Di Maria. The “flea” received a delivery in the half of Venezuela’s field, overcame the defender who kept him with a bounce and passed from the air to his teammate, who advanced, penetrated the field, overcame his guard and sent in his own bounce a wonderful ball that left Messi five meters from the goal line. The big star of the team lowered himself and with an imperfect Dredella rolled the ball in, set the result of the game and raised Argentina’s balance to 38 points.
