Tottenham Hotspur attacker Erik Lamela has impressed for Argentina this summer.
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Should Argentina defeat the United States, as expected, it will face either Chile or Mexico in the final on June 26 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Lionel Messi and Argentina await hosts United States in Tuesday’s semifinal for a spot in the Copa America Centenario final. When you play against a team like this, we were trying to control them and force them to play long balls, make them uncomfortable.
The in-form Napoli striker doubled the lead 20 minutes later when he latched on to a slack back pass to round the goalkeeper and slot the ball into the empty net. They take advantage and they kill you.
Messi – who finished with a goal and two assists – was making his first start of the tournament, lining up in a frightening front three alongside Higuain and Nicolas Gaitan, with Angel Di Maria sitting out through injury. The US have been off since beating Ecuador on Thursday last week.
“I liked the personality of the team and that we always go out to be the protagonists”.
“We try to boost their confidence as much as possible, even though it’s hard when not both of them can play”. “But they have that stroke of genius that changes all your schemes”.
Messi put the game to bed on the hour after exchanging passes with Gaitan and finishing through Hernandez’s legs. If they lose there is a third-place game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale on Saturday the 25th on FX/Univision.
Argentina 2-0 Venezuela, 30′mins: Penalty shouts as Messi is taken down in the box.
Rondon gave his side some hope of a remarkable comeback when he registered a deserved goal in the 70th minute, but Lamela ended it less than a minute later when he turned home a lovely Messi pass to seal the result.
Lionel Messi had the ball along the sideline, closer to midfield than the goal, in what seemed to be a harmless position.
Batistuta, who won two consecutive Copa America titles during his career, set the all-time record in 2002 when he scored his final worldwide goal after 78 appearances. “Let’s see if we can win”. He came on as a second-half substitute in the group stage match against Bolivia on Tuesday last week.
Argentina controlled most of the game against Venezuela, but Martino was not happy with how his players almost allowed their opponents back in the game in the final stages of the first half.
Martino said his team were worthy winners by such a margin, but he is wary of the test the home nation US will provide in the semi-finals. That should be an interesting match – the USMNT have been good in the Copa America so far, but Argentina are far, far better than anyone they’ve faced.
“First, I’d like to offer my most heartfelt apologies to the Mexican fans”, Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said.
Quarterfinal of the 2016 Copa America Centenario, between Argentina dan Venezuela in Foxborough, MA.
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“Everyone knows that we are the champions and today we showed it”, Vargas said.
