In a friendly played this Thursday morning, the Argentina beat Australia 2-0, with goals from Lionel Messi and Germán Pezzella. The two teams had already met in the world Cup and returned to duel at the Workers’ Stadium in Beijing, China.
This was Argentina’s third game since winning the World Cup in Qatar. The team is touring Asia in June. The next match for Lionel Scaloni’s men will be on Monday, against Indonesia, in Jakarta, the country’s capital.
In the previous duel between the two teams, Argentina got the better of Australia and won 2-1, qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Cup. Messi and Álvarez were responsible for the victory at Ahmed bin Ali Staduim.
The game
Argentina started with everything and opened the scoring in the second minute of the match. Enzo Fernández stole the ball and passed it to Messi, who cleared the marker and took a risk from outside the area, opening the scoring of the confrontation.
Australia even offered danger in the 28th minute, when Duke took advantage of O’Neill’s cross and headed well, forcing Emiliano Martínez to defend in two periods.
In the second stage, the Argentines extended the advantage in the 23rd minute. De Paul tackled Messi down the left and crossed in the area, where Pezzella appeared free between the defenders to head in and take the ball away from goalkeeper Ryan, scoring the second of the game.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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