Of ANSA
05-07-2024 – 09:16
(ANSA) – ROME, JULY 5 – Anything goes in the first quarter-final of the Copa America: Argentina lives up to the predictions and flies to the semifinals, but penalties are needed to beat Ecuador. In regulation time it ends 1-1 with Lisandro Martinez scoring for the Albiceleste. The Tricolor misses a penalty in the 62nd minute against Valencia but scores in the 91st minute with Rodriguez: in the penalty lottery Messi also misses, but Scaloni flies to the semifinals against Canada or Venezuela.
Argentina is the first semi-finalist of the Copa America 2024. The Albiceleste sweats blood at the Nrg Stadium in Houston but thanks to the miracles of their histrionic number one, Emiliano ‘Dibu’ Martinez, beats a moving Ecuador on penalties and obtains the long-awaited passage to the next round. Opaque and long devoid of ideas and solutions, Argentina has very little to save from this match in which the dull performance of captain Leo Messi stands out who, a few days after Cristiano Ronaldo’s sensational error from eleven meters at the European Championship in the eighth against Slovenia, sensationally misses the first penalty of the series with a chip that incredibly dies on the crossbar. Luckily for the 37-year-old former Barça champion, Dibu Martinez neutralized two consecutive penalties with two super saves and chased away the ghosts, giving Scaloni’s Seleccion the semi-final against the winner of the match between Canada and Venezuela (scheduled for the night between Friday and Saturday). (ANSA). .
Of ANSA
05-07-2024 – 09:16
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