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Argentina secured a 1-0 victory over Uruguay of their South American World Cup qualifier on Friday, regardless of lacking Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martinez.
Thiago Almada delivered the decisive objective with a superb curling strike from exterior the field, placing the reigning champions only one level away from securing direct qualification for subsequent 12 months’s match.
At present main the standings with 28 factors from 13 matches, Argentina may affirm their place with no less than a draw towards Brazil at house on Tuesday.
Coach Lionel Scaloni’s squad holds a snug 15-point benefit over seventh-placed Bolivia, with solely 5 rounds remaining within the qualifiers.
The final time Argentina and Brazil confronted off, Argentina claimed a 1-0 win on the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil sit in third place with 21 factors, simply forward of Uruguay and Paraguay, whereas Colombia holds the sixth spot with 19 factors.
Alongside Messi, Argentina had to deal with the absences of Martinez, Lisandro Martínez, and Rodrigo De Paul for his or her match in Montevideo.
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Consequently, coach Scaloni included Giuliano Simeone within the beginning lineup alongside Julian Alvarez and Almada in assault.
Uruguay, backed by a packed Centenario Stadium, began effectively and had one of the best alternatives within the first half. Nonetheless, Argentina started to take management after the break.
Almada’s breakthrough within the 68th minute got here after a number of missed alternatives towards Uruguay’s goalkeeper Sergio Rochet.
“I used to be just a little anxious, very keen to play and to indicate why I used to be making the squad,” mentioned Almada, a member of Argentina’s 2022 World Cup-winning workforce. “Now we have now to relaxation and await this match towards Brazil, they’ll relaxation yet another day than us.
“We made a whole match, we absorbed the strain. After we needed to play, we did it. And after we needed to defend, we did it too,” Scaloni said in a press convention. “I’m blissful not just for our win, but additionally for the way the workforce behaves.”
Argentina will probably be with out Nico Gonzalez towards Brazil after he obtained a crimson card in stoppage time for a problem on Nahitan Nandez.
Brazil, in the meantime, face line-up points for Tuesday’s conflict, with beginning goalkeeper Alisson, defender Gabriel Magalhaes, and midfielder Bruno Guimaraes all unavailable.
