Albiceleste won comfortably against the African team with goals from Julián Álvarez, Lionel Messi, Nicolás Otamendi, Valentín Barco and one against
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The March FIFA date for the Argentine National Team is over. In a much more dominant facet than the one shown against Mauritania last week, Lionel Scaloni's team crushed
Zambia by 5 to 0.
The Albiceleste started with the whole match, creating danger near the Zambian area in the first few minutes. Just after 3, after a great assist from Lionel Messi, who could have played his last match with the national team on Argentine soil, Julián Álvarez would shoot from the center of the box to score the first goal of the night
Although it continued to have a presence in the attack and a general dominance of thematch, Argentina was unable to find the second goal. For their part, the Africans practically did not reach the goal of Dibu Martínez, but they were able to withstand the Argentine attacks.
For about 30 minutes, the match was stalled.
However, towards the end of the first half, that peace of mind in the game would be interrupted again by Messi. The Flea would bring out its magic and turn the provisional 2-0 in favor of Albiceleste
Right after the second half, Albert Kangwanda knocked down Thiago Almada in the area.
At the request of several players, including the captain, Nicolás Otamendi, who already assured that after the World Cup he would leave the National Team, executed the penalty and did not
Taking advantage of the advantage, Scaloni moved the bench: Nicolás González, Valentín Barco and Rodrigo De Paul for Nicolás Tagliafico, Leandro Paredes and Alexis
Mac Allister, respectively.
At 55, Zambia would have its first chance with a Kingstone Mutandwa shot, but Dibu would respond with a big save.
The Zambian goalkeeper, Willard Mwanza, would do the same a few minutes later, with a spectacular cover just a powerful shot from Enzo Fernández.
After a series of changes in the visit, Argentina would unexpectedly reach 4-0, thanks to the goal against Dominic Chanda, who deflected a shot from Thiago Almada.
After the fourth goal, DT Albiceleste decided to continue testing variants.
First, Lucas Martínez Quarta and Giulano Simeone would enter for Otamendi and Álvarez, and soon after Juan Musso, Máximo Perrone and Nico Paz for Emiliano Martínez, Enzo Fernández and
Almada.
Without much of a chance in the last few minutes, it seemed that the game ended without any more goals. However, at 93, after an exquisite assist from Nico González in taco, Barco would score his first goal with the National Team for the 5-0 final
Beyond the positive results in this international window, Argentina will lose a place in the FIFA ranking.
Due to the difference in level between their rivals, France, which beat Brazil and Colombia, will score more points than the National Team and will surpass it in the table, moving to second place. For its part, Spain remains at the top of the ranking.
The good news from a country bordering Zambia Parallel to the first minutes of
the Albiceleste match, the Democratic Republic of the Congo beat Jamaica 1-0 in the final of one of the keys to the intercontinental repechage.With the lone goal scored byTuanzebe in the 100th minute of the extension, the Congolese team achieved their qualification for the World Cup, in which they will be part of Group K, along with Portugal, Colombia and Uzbekistan. This will be their first participation in the World Cup under their current name, since they previously had a single appearance in Federal Germany 1974, but being called “Zaire”
. Democratic Republic of Congo beat Jamaica and will be in Group K of the World Cup
With 47 of 48 confirmed countries, it only remains to define the last spot of the intercontinental repechage, which will come out of this midnight game between Bolivia and Iraq
