At the start of the World Cup year, Argentina beat Chile 2-1 in Calama

Argentina arrived in a particular situation in Chile, in a match that was hot in the previous one due to the arrival of the delegation to the trans-Andean country, but also due to a series of statements and cross accusations in the extra-sporting. Thus, the team was already presented at the Zorros del Desierto stadium, in Calama, where it played with more than 2,200 meters of height and with the absences of Lionel Messi, as the main novelty, and Lionel Scaloni on the bench of substitutes, who continues to test positive in his swabs, and took forward a great game.
With many variants and some absences, Argentina jumped onto the field of play with Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alejandro Gómez; Nicolás González, Lautaro Martínez and Ángel Di María.On the other side, the locals do not have Arturo Vidal, suspended, but without much of his team. Thus, it was with Claudio Bravo; Paulo Díaz, Gary Medel, Guillermo Maripán, Sebastián Vegas; Charles Aránguiz, Erick Pulgar, Marcelino Nuñez; Eduardo Vargas, Ben Brereton and Alexis Sánchez.

At the beginning of the match, and after the local took control of the match, came the opening of the scoring for Argentina with a great play by Di Maria. The brand new captain faced and from outside the area adjusted the ball against a stick to beat Bravo in 9 minutes of the game. From there, Chile arrived again with danger in the arc of “Dibu” Martínez and with a cross center, Ben Brereton rose above Molina and headed established the tie, to the joy of all the fans in Calama, in addition to taking over the actions again and controlling Argentina.
However, in a counter that managed to continue after a recovery of Gómez, the second of the visit would arrive. De Paul drove and finished off the middle, but Bravo, with some physical difficulty, gave a rebound that was taken advantage of by Lautaro Martínez to establish the 2-1 partial. In the complement, the physical effort was the fundamental factor, in addition to Chile, forced to go out to look for the result, left spaces that were not taken advantage of by the albiceleste and thus closed a 2 to 1 that left the trans-Andean complicated in the search for the pass to Qatar 2022.

Original source in Spanish