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00:00It's the eighth, with only one win in six games.
00:04Gareca arrived in charge in January, after, as you say, having been in Peru for eight years
00:09and having had a very brief experience in Argentine football, in Vélez.
00:15Argentina is moving, they are doing it at the moment in the coverage area,
00:18maintaining the position since the game started, almost a minute into the game.
00:24Nahuel Molina was late, the footballer from Atlético, the ball for Divo Martínez.
00:29It seems that Chile is a 4-4-2, with Alexis and Vargas at the top and then a line of four,
00:35where Davila is in the left wing and Osorio covering the right.
00:39Here we see it well, that line of four midfielders.
00:42It's Tagliafico's turn, he did it for Lissandro, this one with Cuti Romero.
00:48At the moment, Chile is keeping up with expectations, with Eduardo Vargas
00:57probably a bit more advanced than Alexis, but forming that line of two,
01:02with four men, as Guillermo said, in the midfield.
01:09The ball goes to that left wing, where Tagliafico touched it.
01:13The pass to McAllister, he tries to get the ball out.
01:19Argentina, the ball to the right wing.
01:22Rodrigo de Paul intervenes.
01:26Julián Álvarez for Messi, the pass from behind,
01:31and with a lot of danger from Enzo Fernández, although he left the ball on the way.
01:36Argentina had moved and mixed well in this first position,
01:40with almost two minutes to go for Chile, who are trying to be more vertical.
01:46Maybe with Ricardo Gareca, this is what Chile have won.
01:50They're a team that speculates less in transitions.
01:54They want to look for the opponent's goal with a bit more speed,
01:58which Alexis had on the ground.
02:04Here we have Ricardo Gareca.
02:06He's left out a couple of heavyweights from Chile's brilliant era.
02:11Medel and Vidal have been left out, but some of the most important ones are still in the line-up.
02:18The 41-year-old goalkeeper, Maurizio Isla, Alexis Sánchez, Eduardo Vargas, who's 34.
02:27Some of the most important players in Chile's recent history are still here.
02:31We're going to see the start of Argentina again, with Messi,
02:34who left behind Villado after the pressure from Chile's players,
02:39who were trying to regain their defensive position at full speed.
02:45The ball now goes to Gabriel Suazo.
02:49And Paulo Díaz, a footballer who plays for River.
02:55We're talking about his possible move to Arabia, to the team of Míchel, precisely.
02:59He's been promoted to the first division.
03:01We're talking about the possibility that Pablo Díaz can move up.
03:05And he's not stopping, because he's confirmed Nacho, Fernández and Quiñones,
03:10the extreme that we liked so much about Mexico on the first day.
03:16Suazo, leaving the ball short for Eric Pulgar.
03:20Suazo again.
03:22The left-back closed in that area, Rodrigo de Paul.
03:25The ball ends up being lost by the side-line.
03:28Lionel Scaloni, since August 2018,
03:31leading the way for Albi Celeste.
03:35And the results are there, no doubt about it.
03:40Winning the Copa América for the first time since 1993,
03:45in the last edition.
03:47Breaking that drought of titles,
03:49which for a team of the same level as Argentina,
03:52was already very, very big.
03:54An excessive period without winning a title,
03:57despite having won it on several occasions,
03:59at the end of the World Cup, and also at the end of the Copa América.
04:03But then he entered that winning sequence,
04:06and the triumph in the Copa América came, of course,
04:08with the World Cup in Qatar.
04:12He plays for Chile.
04:13He does it now for the right-back.
04:15A good cross from Osorio.
04:16The centre.
04:17Daviland.
04:18He rose up with a lot of strength.
04:20By the way, he's done a lot of damage.
04:22He's in pain from a Daviland shot.
04:24At the moment, he's not stopping the development of the game.
04:26Now the Uruguayan goalkeeper is going to do it.
04:29We'll have to see.
04:30I think the VAR can come in.
04:31It seemed to me that the Argentine defender was hitting him in the face
04:34without any option of going to the ball.
04:36Well, Víctor Daviland,
04:38in pain from that shot in the face.
04:41In Cuclillas too, there's Dibu Martínez,
04:43also interested in the physical condition of the Chilean footballer.
04:53A situation that initially seemed very, very worrisome.
04:58There's that good cross and the centre.
05:01It's a penalty for me.
05:02I've seen it live.
05:03How Cuti Romero misunderstands the ball.
05:05He hits him in the face.
05:07The arm there, extended.
05:08I don't know if it was on purpose
05:10or simply because of the impulse of the arms up,
05:12but it seemed to me that there was a blow in Daviland's face.
05:16Where the VAR can come in.
05:18We can see a repetition from the other side.
05:21To see if it's really a blow in the face or in the neck.
05:24But of course, Cuti Romero never touches the ball.
05:27And I think Daviland had the option of finishing it off.
05:32It's from that type of action, obviously,
05:34that if it happens in the middle of the field,
05:36it would surely have been necessary, without a doubt.
05:39There's Daviland's gesture,
05:42showing that he has received the impact of Cuti Romero,
05:46there in the face.
05:47But at the moment, we don't have confirmation
05:50that it's being checked as a possible penalty.
05:55Of course, the images are being reviewed in the BOR room.
06:00There's Romero's explanation,
06:02that in any case, he's taken a lot of risks.
06:05I think he's going to pass the play without any kind of sanction.
06:10He's going to free himself.
06:11But with a significant risk in that first ball
06:14that put Chile in the area.
06:16Daviland is still asking for explanations from the referee.
06:19But it doesn't look like it's being checked.
06:27No, it doesn't look like it's been resolved.
06:30That situation was coming from Paula,
06:33anticipating it.
06:35But for Cuti Romero,
06:39to pass the ball to Claudio Bravo.
06:48Well, there's the feeling that it hasn't been resolved yet,
06:51that neutral goal,
06:53that possession for Chile.
06:58Daviland waiting for the referee's OK
07:01to be able to get back into the game.
07:04We saw him there in the video.
07:06Another long pass.
07:09Chile betting on the most verticality.
07:13With Argentina trying to keep control of the game,
07:16although with a pace that's not too high at the moment.
07:23The ball for Romero.
07:25Cuti Romero playing for Lissandro.
07:29Lissandro Martínez with Tagliafico.
07:33The ball now in depth,
07:35which Enzo Fernández won't be able to get to.
07:45Well, the game for Argentina started with a bit of a scare.
07:48I think it was Isla.
07:50I'd said Osorio, but it was Mauricio Isla,
07:52another of Chile's historic players.
07:55Yes, he's been playing at a very good level in this team for a long time.
07:59When he plays for the team, it's still a guarantee.
08:02Chile are well placed on the pitch, in that 4-4-2.
08:06Now it's Osorio's turn.
08:08The ball for Vargas,
08:09locked in by Argentina's defence,
08:11who were about to get it back.
08:13He put his foot in.
08:14The ball now definitely to Davila,
08:16who takes the game to the left with his shot.
08:19This one to the back for Paulo Dyat.
08:22The pressure from Julián Álvarez.
08:24Claudio Bravo, who's going to have to move that ball quickly
08:27in front of the Manchester City striker,
08:29who's forced him to pass too quickly.
08:34It's to McAllister.
08:36Rodrigo de Polo returns it to Liverpool's player.
08:40It's an opening for the team.
08:47Cuti Romero intervenes.
08:53Nico González, who's also on the left wing.
08:57He had started on the right wing,
08:59but he's changed quickly.
09:01Julián Imezzi stays in the middle,
09:03and Nico changes sides.
09:05Raúl Molina with de Pol.
09:07Julián Álvarez tries to cut the ball over Vargas.
09:11Vargas was defending very far back in that last play.
09:15Nico González filters the ball inside.
09:18Alexis' slip-up,
09:20who couldn't keep the ball,
09:23Chile quickly lose it
09:25because Argentina's pressure,
09:27with the whole team up front,
09:29is allowing them to get the ball back easily.
09:35De Pol to Lissandro.
09:38Nico González, who's a bit further inside.
09:42He's keeping the ball on the side.
09:44Nico González again.
09:46And it's back to square one.
09:49The Scaloni team are in possession of the ball
09:52in the first 10 minutes of play.
09:56Cristian Romero
09:59keeping the ball in the middle
10:01before the ball reached Nahuel Molina.
10:06Macalister.
10:08Macalister's midfielder
10:10trying to clear Isla.
10:12He missed his first clearance.
10:15Then he passed it over to Itagliafico.
10:17Isla was able to make a foul.
10:20He didn't see it that way.
10:23The referee.
10:25Here's the president of CONMEBOL, Alejandro Domínguez,
10:29watching this game live at the MetLife Stadium.
10:36This reissue from eight years ago,
10:39also in the United States.
10:41If I'm not mistaken, also in this stadium.
10:43Yes, that's right.
10:46Argentina are in control,
10:48although they haven't yet tried Claudio Bravo.
10:51Slow pace, slow movement
10:53at the moment in Argentina
10:55because they're facing a Chilean team
10:57that's not well-armed.
11:02Chile is aware of the importance
11:04of not offering space,
11:06of maintaining concentration
11:10and limiting opportunities.
11:13Limiting the chances
11:15of Messi or Julian Alvarez
11:17getting the ball.
11:21Argentina are doing very well
11:23in the recovery of the ball.
11:25Nico González moving in.
11:27He connects with Rodrigo de Paul.
11:29The Fiorentina footballer
11:31is on the ground.
11:33Atlético were trying it
11:35with a shot from far away.
11:37Messi got the ball,
11:39but he didn't want to lose it.
11:41It was a possible foul,
11:43not sanctioned by the referee.
11:45De Paul comes in,
11:47and Couto and Romero go back.
11:49Argentina are short of space.
11:51What ability do they have
11:53to get the ball once Chile
11:55gets it?
11:57Always press on their priority
11:59to get the ball back immediately.
12:01De Paul.
12:03Too strong of a pass,
12:05although Atlético manage to sprint
12:07to avoid losing the ball.
12:11They keep moving forward,
12:13keeping control of the ball.
12:15Lalby Celeste with Messi
12:17going down to the box.
12:19Leo Messi.
12:21Nahuel Molina.
12:23They can't move forward
12:25because Chile are well positioned
12:27and aggressive.
12:29Vargas to the back
12:31to steal the ball.
12:33Dávila holding on.
12:35He was close to connecting
12:37with his shot.
12:39But Chile
12:41are very focused
12:43on the game.
12:45They're very focused
12:47and working hard
12:49collectively
12:51to limit
12:53Argentina's chances
12:55in the duel.
12:57De Paul's anticipation
12:59was good.
13:01La Roja gets the ball back.
13:03Dávila with the ball.
13:05Alexis short.
13:07De Paul
13:09going down to
13:11deflect the pass.
13:15Toulouse
13:17ready
13:19to get the ball back.
13:21Alexis Sánchez
13:23trying to turn.
13:25Julián Álvarez
13:27trying to defend.
13:29A duel
13:31in the first quarter
13:33without any chance.
13:35But with two teams
13:37very focused.
13:39With a high level of focus
13:41at the moment
13:43in the game.
13:45Cuti Romero
13:47trying to get the ball back.
13:49Chile get the ball
13:51from Montonera.
13:53Pulgar to the right.
13:55Lichnowski intervenes.
13:57The ball for
13:59Paulo Dyat
14:01with Gabriel Suazo.
14:03Alexis Sánchez
14:05trying to move between the lines.
14:07The pass
14:09to Vargas.
14:11Isla's attack
14:13to the right.
14:15The ball
14:17from behind.
14:19Lisandro Martínez.
14:25With the passing of the minutes
14:27Argentina still have
14:29some difficulty to progress.
14:31Yes, yes.
14:33It was a very aggressive Chilean game.
14:35At the moment Argentina
14:37can't find the way to progress.
14:39I'm not talking about getting to the area.
14:41I'm talking about the interceptions.
14:43Messi again between the lines.
14:45Rodrigo de Paul's pass.
14:47Messi again with Nahuel Molina.
14:49Argentinians are complaining
14:51that there are many fouls
14:53from Chile that the referee doesn't whistle.
14:55He understands the advantage
14:57but he could have whistled
14:59instead of Paul.
15:01He could have criticized the referee.
15:03Deja de Paul
15:05behind for
15:07El Cuti Romero.
15:09Lisandro
15:11closing the defensive line
15:13of Argentina.
15:15And Nico González.
15:17We are seeing that Tagliafico
15:19is trying to leave the left wing
15:21to Nico González.
15:23At the moment that tactical move
15:25is not giving Argentina too much credit.
15:27It's a possibility
15:29for Argentina
15:31to win a man
15:33in the middle of the field
15:35with Nico Tagliafico.
15:37A move that we see more and more
15:39in football.
15:41Argentina already has
15:43three midfielders.
15:45We often see that
15:47when there is a double pivot
15:49or less midfielders than Argentina.
15:51Maybe
15:53Tagliafico
15:55would be more productive
15:57for Argentina.
15:59Chile is defending
16:01very well.
16:03Baja Vargas
16:05holding the ball.
16:07Davila looking for Suazo.
16:09Very active.
16:13But the pass
16:15ended up in power
16:17of Martínez.
16:19Macallister plays.
16:21Chile stands up
16:23with a lot of pressure.
16:25Very aggressive.
16:27He keeps
16:29the team very focused
16:31to make it difficult
16:33in the midfield
16:35for the Biceleste team.
16:37Depol.
16:39Depol is making progress.
16:41He is over the line.
16:43Messi comes out with skill
16:45in front of Suazo.
16:47Echeverria was on the floor
16:49with a lot of determination.
16:51There was another foul by Suazo.
16:53Chile is aggressive
16:55to steal or to prevent
16:57the Argentinian player
16:59from leaving easily.
17:01Nico González,
17:03Tagliafico, Lissandro.
17:05This one with Coutinho
17:07and Romero.
17:09Depol touches and touches
17:11but in an area where Argentina
17:13couldn't hurt Chile.
17:15He is appealing
17:17to patience and calm
17:19but also
17:21to a certain
17:23difficulty.
17:25It's almost 18 minutes
17:27to find those situations
17:29of imbalance.
17:31Let's see Nico González
17:33with a certain freedom.
17:35It's a very comfortable ball
17:37for Claudio Bravo.
17:39A ball that
17:41Julián Álvarez couldn't dispute.
17:43Bravo to Suazo.
17:45Depol making it difficult
17:47for Pablo Díaz.
17:49He got a little
17:51run over with that ball.
17:53The ball hit Suazo.
17:55And from that rebound
17:57the Chilean team
17:59couldn't stop well.
18:03Here's Gareca.
18:05We can see
18:07how he goes out
18:09to the technical area
18:11to correct his position.
18:13They're well-armed
18:15at the moment
18:17in this first phase
18:19of the game.
18:21Pablo Díaz is back
18:23looking for the pass
18:25very quickly.
18:27He'll have to be very precise
18:29with that type of ball.
18:31Chile wants to organise
18:33a promising attack.
18:35The Chilean team
18:37barely enjoys the possession
18:39of the ball.
18:41He'll have to be very clinical
18:43when he gets the ball back
18:45to surprise Argentina.
18:47Lisandro.
18:49McAllister.
18:51McAllister
18:53with Romero.
18:55Here's Messi trying to receive
18:57to give a bit of fluidity
18:59to the movement.
19:01I don't know where he can help
19:03the team more.
19:05He's gone down on occasion
19:07but he's found
19:09those very intense marks
19:11from Chile.
19:13Rodrigo de Paul's ball
19:15could have gone to Molina
19:17but he touched it
19:19in a defective way.
19:21He's conscious
19:23that the game
19:25will have to be worked on
19:27in a very special way.
19:29Something that probably
19:31won't surprise
19:33Argentina's team.
19:35There are a lot of teams
19:37that close out the season
19:39thanks to Argentina's great talent.
19:41It won't surprise them.
19:43Chile's aggressiveness
19:45at the start of the game
19:47will surely surprise them.
19:49Molina.
19:51He's managed to protect
19:53the ball against Alexis
19:55but Echeverria
19:57is trying to get it back.
19:59Lechnoski.
20:01He's a player from Mexico.
20:03Claudio Bravo
20:05is trying to get it back
20:07but Suazo
20:09hasn't been able to keep the ball
20:11for Ricardo Gareca's team.
20:13Chile's new coach
20:15has been trying to repeat
20:17Peru's successes since January.
20:19He's won a World Cup
20:21after 32 years
20:23and he's been a semi-finalist
20:25in the last two Copas Américas.
20:27Gareca is aware
20:29that the game won't be easy
20:31for his team,
20:33the Argentine team.
20:35As you said,
20:37it won't be a dramatic game
20:39for Chile
20:41because they've been able
20:43to qualify in the last game
20:45by beating Canada.
20:47Nico González
20:49facing Isla.
20:51Julián Álvarez
20:53is in a great position.
20:55I don't know
20:57if he's instinctively
20:59trying to get the ball
21:01and have time to
21:03score with more calm.
21:05He couldn't have known
21:07that he was so alone.
21:09At least he could have
21:11armed his legs faster.
21:13It was clear that once
21:15Nico González had scored
21:17it would have been logical
21:19to take a step back.
21:21Julián was very well positioned
21:23in the area.
21:25It was the first important
21:27arrival of Argentina
21:29for Nico González.
21:31He was in a hurry
21:33looking for a ball
21:35that he had almost lost.
21:37He was looking for the corner.
21:39It looked like he had
21:41arrived before the ball
21:43was lost.
21:45But the goalkeeper
21:47took the ball out of the goal.
21:49How many times have we seen
21:51that pass from Messi?
21:53We don't see it every week.
21:55It's nostalgic to remember
21:57when Messi scored
21:59and put the ball inside the box.
22:01It was a deep pass
22:03from the right-back.
22:05It looked like Claudio Bravo
22:07had been the last one
22:09to deflect the ball.
22:11It looked like he hadn't
22:13lost the ball yet.
22:15Maybe it was a corner kick.
22:17But the ball
22:19was a goal for Chile.
22:21Ecuador was already
22:23in the first half
22:25with a draw.
22:27The most important thing
22:29for Chile
22:31is not only the result
22:33which is significant
22:35but also the fact
22:37that Argentina
22:39had just arrived
22:41in the first 23 minutes of the game.
22:43That's what we saw
22:45a couple of minutes ago
22:47with Julián Álvarez
22:49and Nico González on the left.
22:51Without any news
22:53from Chile in attack.
22:55Yes, they lost the ball very quickly.
22:57They don't have fast forwards.
22:59Neither Alexis nor Vargas
23:01and the ball is very short.
23:03Saving a bit the distances
23:05similar to yesterday's game
23:07between Brazil and Costa Rica.
23:09Saving, of course,
23:11the distances.
23:13But a team
23:15that has the possession,
23:17that has the control,
23:19that has the responsibility
23:21to take the initiative.
23:23And yesterday Costa Rica
23:25and today Chile
23:27defending with tremendous order.
23:29Suazo, of course,
23:31risking a lot
23:33in every entry,
23:35in every action.
23:37He warned verbally.
23:39But after this,
23:41maybe he could have taken
23:43the yellow card perfectly.
23:45Here, without any possibility
23:47for Suazo.
23:49Yes, clearly.
23:51And it's worrying for Messi
23:53because he was massaging him.
23:55There we see him again.
23:57An area that seems to be loaded.
24:01Scaloni.
24:11Screaming Gareca,
24:13Rodrigo, Rodrigo and Echeverria.
24:15The bar.
24:21When, indeed, Leo Messi
24:23is still there in the band
24:25receiving that massage
24:27in the inner face of the thigh.
24:31A little overloaded
24:33muscularly.
24:35Let's hope it's not important
24:37for the good, of course,
24:39of the show.
24:41High pressure now from Chile.
24:43Martinez, while
24:45Nico González starts
24:47with that ball controlled.
24:51There goes the
24:53Fiore player,
24:55while Enzo Fernández changes
24:57to Rodrigo de Paul.
24:59Nawel Molina was also incorporated
25:01and the launch of de Paul
25:03that ends above
25:05Claudio Bravo's goal.
25:07It gave the feeling that
25:09many things happened to de Paul.
25:11Then the second stick came in
25:13and finally, as the defences opened,
25:15he finished it, but the shot
25:17was not good.
25:19Messi has returned
25:21with that
25:23race to the pitch,
25:25giving the feeling of being
25:27in good condition, of course,
25:29to be able to continue in the game.
25:31Pressure from Lissandro
25:33over Vargas.
25:37The match has no flight at the moment
25:39in terms of fluidity,
25:41in terms of speed.
25:43We insist on
25:45the defensive
25:47solidity of Chile.
25:51Argentina, despite wanting
25:53the ball and taking the initiative,
25:55at the moment, are lacking
25:57that ability to generate
25:59important goal situations.
26:01Lechnowsky
26:03playing for Paulo Díaz.
26:05The pass from the inside,
26:07good pressure, the recovery
26:09from Cuti Romero, who can
26:11enable Julián Álvarez.
26:13Rodrigo de Paul arrives,
26:15puts his foot in, his foot hurts
26:17from that action with de Paul.
26:19Nico González left it for Enzo Fernández
26:21and the release of the Chelsea player
26:23that ends in the hands
26:25of Claudio Bravo, taking the ball
26:27out of the game
26:29so that his shot
26:31is attended
26:33in that play where
26:35he tried to get to that ball
26:37that was loose, he stretched his foot,
26:39here we see it
26:41and it's true that he ends up stepping on it.
26:43Yes, the play comes from a very good
26:45pressure from Cuti Romero, it allows him to recover
26:47very high, then he solves badly
26:49what could have been the most dangerous action.
26:51He finished with a shot from Enzo Fernández
26:53but Chile was wrong.
26:55I think for the first time in the whole game,
26:57losing that previous ball.
26:59Of course, a very painful action,
27:01totally accidental.
27:03With that arrival
27:05forced by de Paul's ball
27:07that when he
27:09put his foot down
27:11he did it at the height of his ankle.
27:15Gabriel Suazo's right foot
27:17stopped again.
27:19The development of the match
27:21in this minute, 28, hydrating
27:23the footballers of both teams.
27:27With the game stopped.
27:33Chile,
27:35as we remember,
27:37drew 0-0 against Peru
27:39in the first half.
27:41Argentina
27:43with two goals
27:45beat Canada.
27:47Julián Álvarez
27:49and Lautaro Martínez,
27:51authors of the two goals.
27:59It's good for Chile
28:01to stop the game a bit
28:03because we were just in a few minutes
28:05where Argentina had managed to reach the area.
28:07This is the previous play
28:09that perhaps could have been worth
28:11the yellow card for Suazo.
28:13Suazo was in all
28:15the last.
28:19Suazo will be able to return
28:21without major setbacks.
28:25While the tactical corrections
28:27of Gareca continue.
28:29For nothing, the team
28:31is disorganized.
28:35And of course, they don't lose
28:37concentration either.
28:41Suazo with a gesture of pain
28:43but already on the pitch.
28:45It was too long for Alexis
28:47to have the chance
28:49to win it.
28:51There, against Nahuel Molina.
28:53He stopped the ball
28:55towards Molina.
28:57Julián Álvarez, but takes advantage
28:59of that free kick.
29:01Rodrigo de Paul crossed his thumb.
29:03Enzo Fernández puts his foot in too.
29:05The ball with the effect.
29:07It was stopped and Nico González,
29:09always attentive,
29:11has arrived before anyone
29:13to head from the front of the area.
29:15It's very difficult to surprise
29:17Claudio Bravo, but it's an opportunity
29:19for Argentina.
29:21He sensed better than anyone
29:23that the ball had effect
29:25as he intended.
29:27The feeling that it was even stopped,
29:29that the effect was even greater
29:31than Nico González could imagine.
29:33I think that in the end
29:35he ended up finding the ball
29:37very, very high.
29:39But of course, intuitive as always,
29:41the Fiore footballer.
29:45Paulo Díaz
29:47towards Dávila.
29:49This one with Suazo.
29:51Chile wants to start the play
29:53more on the left side than on the right
29:55despite always having
29:57the safety of a footballer like Isla.
30:01Who precisely touched that ball
30:03inside for Osorio.
30:05Thumb intervened, Echeverría too.
30:07This one for Paulo Díaz.
30:09Chile, when they have the opportunity
30:11also trying
30:13not to lose the ball.
30:15Although in the first phase,
30:17in the first minutes,
30:19they bet more on the vertical play.
30:21Let's see that ball.
30:23Messi can reach it.
30:25He protects it well.
30:27He turns to Messi.
30:29In the end, there are two men on top.
30:31He clearly had his head
30:33towards Julián Álvarez
30:35but he was aware that he couldn't
30:37pass the bodies
30:39or the legs of the Chilean players.
30:41They surrounded him four.
30:43The Chileans are fully aware
30:45that if they let Messi think
30:47they will go through a lot of trouble.
30:49Now Chile is slowing down.
30:51Paulo Díaz
30:53with Claudio Bravo.
30:57The ball
30:59with force forward
31:01looking for Davila's run.
31:03Nawal Molina responds.
31:05With that, the half-time is over.
31:07Scaloni
31:09is still thoughtful.
31:13In this duel,
31:15the draw would still leave Argentina
31:17in the first position of the group
31:19but it wouldn't be mathematically
31:21qualified for the quarter-finals.
31:23Something that would happen
31:25with the win in this game
31:27and also guaranteeing the first position
31:29of the group.
31:35Suazo,
31:37with the ball.
31:39Rodrigo de Pol
31:41with Vargas.
31:43After the pressure
31:45from Kuti Romero,
31:47a Chilean footballer
31:49finishes on the floor.
31:51He doesn't lose the ball.
31:53Lichnowski
31:55playing short for Pulgar.
31:57The game is stopped.
32:01I think it's Isla
32:03who is on the floor.
32:07It didn't look like much
32:09the contact with Nico González.
32:11It gives the feeling that the Chileans
32:13are not taking advantage of the game
32:15to stop the game.
32:17We saw in the previous game
32:19a 9-10-minute break.
32:21There was a long medical attention.
32:23We are seeing long breaks.
32:27We see the play repeated.
32:33I think the end comes too fast
32:35for Nico González.
32:37With a little more time,
32:39the impact
32:41could have been
32:43much more precise.
32:45It could have compromised
32:47Claudio Bravo.
32:49But there are few
32:51chances
32:53for Argentina
32:55in more than half an hour
32:57of this first half.
33:01They don't end up
33:03finding those situations
33:05of relevance in attack.
33:07Paulo Díaz
33:09played for Alexis.
33:11That vital role
33:13played by
33:17the footballer
33:19during this season
33:21at Inter Milan.
33:23Vargas, Alexis
33:25to receive between the lines.
33:27Dávila is also a player
33:29who can play that role.
33:33But Argentina
33:35in recovery
33:37is an extremely
33:39reliable team.
33:41Raúl Molina
33:43plays for El Cuti Romero.
33:47This one to the back.
33:49Martínez,
33:51McAllister.
33:53When Chile can,
33:55they will press high.
33:57They are not going back.
33:59They are going back.
34:01Julián Álvarez
34:03to the back with Enzo Fernández.
34:05Leo, Messi,
34:07McAllister again for Enzo Fernández.
34:09They touch.
34:11The Argentinean footballers
34:13play short.
34:15Tagliafico.
34:21Cuti Romero again for Tagliafico.
34:23Nico González.
34:25One of the most dangerous situations
34:27has come with a play by Nico González
34:29for the team.
34:31But it is not that he is exploiting them
34:33for Argentina in this first half.
34:35Raúl Molina.
34:39Short to Depol.
34:41Depol with McAllister.
34:43This series of passes
34:45by Argentina
34:47does not disorganize Chile.
34:49They keep the team very compact,
34:51the lines very close together
34:53and without practically suffering.
34:57Depol.
34:59Depol.
35:01Romero.
35:05Raúl Molina.
35:07Depol.
35:09Enzo Fernández.
35:11Leo Messi.
35:13He had caught it.
35:15He had surprised Claudio Bravo.
35:17It is a goal.
35:19Leo Messi's pass.
35:21Now there are a couple of situations
35:23where Messi is a bit faster.
35:25The ball touches the post.
35:27What a shot.
35:29Very fast from Depol and Enzo in the middle.
35:31Messi was in a very far shooting position.
35:33It would have been a great goal,
35:35but the shot with the pure effort
35:37is tremendous.
35:39Bravo had not been able to move
35:41practically from how fast that ball reached him.
35:43He touched the post from the outside.
35:45Well, the situation
35:47of course more spectacular,
35:49more brilliant and the clearest option
35:51of goal that Argentina has had
35:53throughout the game.
35:55In short, the most significant
35:57in attack that the duel
35:59is leaving us in this first half.
36:03Messi's shoe.
36:05The ball that ended up touching
36:07the post and that has been
36:09about to become the first goal of the game.
36:11Salta-Vargas
36:13who could barely extend that ball.
36:15It is released.
36:17It reaches Isuazo.
36:19In short for Echeverria.
36:21Echeverria with Víctor Dávila.
36:23Echeverria again.
36:25Backwards
36:27for Igor Lichnowsky.
36:33Ball there inside.
36:35Osorio held it.
36:37The pass now to Alexis.
36:39Kuti Romero took advantage of the fact
36:41that Alexis Sánchez had a little bit of that ball.
36:43Julián Álvarez also wanted to win it.
36:45Recoveries now
36:47of one and another team.
36:49Nico González holds on.
36:51He puts his foot on the island.
36:53Argentina with Julián Álvarez
36:55giving time to get
36:57the centre of the field.
36:59What a skill to come out
37:01in front of two rivals.
37:03Changing direction with a spectacular elegance.
37:05Ball there to Molina.
37:07The pass and about to reach the goal
37:09in his own goal.
37:11With that deviation from Eric Pulgar
37:13who has been about to
37:15score
37:17the first goal of the game
37:19in his own goal.
37:21Half-falling
37:23and Claudio Bravo not having
37:25any chance of getting that ball.
37:27He couldn't let it pass either.
37:29It's a good defensive help
37:31but the ball is a little bit behind
37:33and he has to touch it.
37:35The most normal thing given the position of the body
37:37was to touch it towards his goal.
37:39Luckily for Chile he managed to send it to the corner.
37:41But Argentina has accelerated.
37:43They are doing it
37:45in the last two or three games.
37:47Leo Messi has two or three flashes.
37:49A spectacular pass to the post.
37:51The way he came out
37:53of the Chilean pressure
37:55in the last play.
37:57He placed the ball at the height of the first post.
37:59The ball was deflected.
38:01It looks like
38:03he was looking for
38:05McAllister
38:07in a play that
38:09ends up in the corner.
38:13From that position
38:15will be the footballer
38:17with the ball in play.
38:21In the 39th minute of this first half
38:23although we understand that the game
38:25is going to be played in this first half
38:27beyond the 45th minute.
38:29He hits the ball.
38:31McAllister again.
38:33Yes, the two players are very similar.
38:35They go to the first post and McAllister
38:37tries to comb his hair towards the second post.
38:39It didn't go well but
38:41Argentina's intention was clear.
38:43A repeated play
38:45by Leo Messi.
38:47He could only
38:49continue with the look.
38:51Claudio Bravo, that spectacular
38:53pass
38:55by the Argentine star.
38:59He goes down, Tagliafico
39:01getting the ball back.
39:03He also pressed McAllister.
39:05He closed Alexis Sánchez's way out.
39:07The coach indicates a foul.
39:11He didn't see it the same way.
39:13It was a mistake by Caloni.
39:15Isla for Osorio.
39:17A wall attempt.
39:19Nico González's boots die.
39:21There's Nico González
39:23joining Depol.
39:25The opening to the right, Nahuel Molina.
39:27The pass again to Nico González.
39:29The play has taken him to the centre.
39:31Messi moves the ball
39:33towards Julián Álvarez.
39:35He arrives with speed. Tagliafico.
39:37The pass inside.
39:39Lichnowski finishes it.
39:41That's what we thought at the start.
39:43Chile in the box,
39:45Argentina moving the ball
39:47quickly, getting to the wings
39:49and creating chances.
39:51And without giving
39:53half a chance to Chile,
39:55who haven't even had
39:57the chance to try
39:59the pass towards Martínez's goal.
40:01They tried it again on the left
40:03with Julián Álvarez.
40:05McAllister's pressure.
40:07Tagliafico arrives to protect the ball.
40:09Vargas makes an imprudence
40:11because he gives away a situation
40:13with the ball stopped.
40:15There's the wish of the future
40:17Atlético Mineiro player, Eduardo Vargas,
40:19to dispute that ball.
40:21He made Tagliafico
40:23press the ball.
40:25He felt the contact, he won
40:27and it's a situation with the ball stopped
40:29that will try to exploit Argentina.
40:31The way the game is, it's not a small thing.
40:33Messi is in charge
40:35of putting the ball in play.
40:39The Argentine midfielders
40:41are advancing their position.
40:47Messi's shot.
40:49The ball goes down.
40:51Lisandro will be able to grab that ball.
40:53He was looking for the centre
40:55because Vargas blocked it.
40:57Messi starts again,
40:59delaying the ball.
41:01Lisandro's pass.
41:03Claudio Bravo's ball.
41:07A very fast ball,
41:09very precise for Alexis,
41:11but Enzo Fernández was also
41:13very attentive.
41:15He didn't find his strikers
41:17because they're not especially fast,
41:19but Claudio Bravo shouted
41:21to stay with her and then
41:23he put a beautiful ball.
41:25Very good, Alexis.
41:27Enzo Fernández touched
41:29for Kuti Romero.
41:31De Paul.
41:33This one again,
41:35for the footballer,
41:37for the Tottenham midfielder.
41:39Messi.
41:43Osorio's foul.
41:45At the end,
41:47he took the lead.
41:49Echeverria now for Chile.
41:51Pulgar trying to get the ball
41:53that was well anticipated there.
41:55However, Lisandro,
41:57if they finish on the floor,
41:59Julián Álvarez holds it.
42:01Julián Álvarez trying to
42:03get the ball to Enzo Fernández.
42:05This one for De Paul.
42:07Enzo again.
42:09The ball for Messi.
42:11Without any precedent,
42:13the ball slipped and
42:15Messi couldn't get it back.
42:17Lisandro's foul on
42:19Eduardo Vargas.
42:21There's a lot of contact in the game.
42:23The referee is allowing
42:25It's a beautiful game.
42:27Very intense.
42:31With more calm,
42:33Igor Lichnotsky
42:37playing for
42:39Paulo Díaz.
42:45Osorio receives.
42:47Kuti Romero didn't allow
42:49that free-kick
42:51that he was trying to
42:53get to the Argentine center.
43:03Dibu Martínez had work to do.
43:11A tragic night
43:13for the Argentine goalkeeper.
43:15De Paul
43:17with Romero.
43:23The ball didn't slip.
43:25Despite that,
43:27Lisandro is looking for
43:29a long pass to Nico González.
43:31Nico González with Mauricio Isla
43:33on top of him.
43:35Enzo Fernández
43:37and Dávila.
43:39Good defensive coverage.
43:41Isla
43:43steals the ball.
43:45Macalister looking
43:47for the goal.
43:49Impressive.
43:51The Argentine footballers
43:53are very motivated.
43:55The Argentine goalkeepers
43:57are doing well.
43:59But if
44:01there's no control
44:03and maximum security
44:05in Argentina
44:07in the last few meters,
44:09Chile finds solutions
44:11to defend it.
44:13Lisandro, Kuti and Romero
44:15are very aggressive.
44:17That allows Argentina
44:19to win the game.
44:49Nico González, fantastic.
44:51Julián Álvarez with the shot.
44:53He had Messi,
44:55but the ball was left to him.
44:57It was an invitation
44:59to look for the shot.
45:01He didn't think twice.
45:03Julián Álvarez
45:05didn't find the goal.
45:07It wasn't a good control.
45:09He was left to it.
45:11He couldn't do much more
45:13because there were three Chilean players
45:15around him.
45:17They're very focused
45:19on closing the gap.
45:21It's a great first half
45:23for Chile.
45:25It's a step
45:27to close a first half
45:29from that point of view.
45:31Impeccable.
45:33But
45:35there's no chance
45:37for Chile
45:39to score
45:41in a first half
45:43where the effort
45:45was to
45:47cancel
45:49Argentina's options.
45:51Lichnowski
45:53to the back.
45:55Claudio Bravo
45:57had to attack the ball.
45:59Julián Álvarez
46:01didn't stop his run.
46:03Lissandro Martínez
46:05didn't stop it either.
46:07A minute and a half
46:09to get to the end of the first half.
46:11Chile 0-0 Argentina.
46:13Argentina
46:15would lead
46:17after the second half
46:19with four points.
46:21Canada would end up with three.
46:23Chile with two.
46:25Peru with one.
46:27The group would still be open
46:29with this result,
46:31but there's still a long way to go.
46:33Depol is trying.
46:35Depol's shot
46:37also ends
46:39above Claudio Bravo's.
46:41But look how fast they correct.
46:43They're going to press four,
46:45and here comes another player
46:47forcing Depol to arm his leg quickly.
46:49And then the shot isn't precise.
46:51But Chile is making a physical effort
46:53that we'll see if they can maintain
46:55in the second half.
46:57Argentina needs
46:59that finesse
47:01in the last few metres.
47:03And not only
47:05that quality
47:07to quickly find opportunities,
47:09but also to execute them
47:11with tremendous speed.
47:13If that's not the case,
47:15we'll see how Chile
47:17corrects defensively at full speed.
47:25They're slowing the game down
47:27in this final stretch.
47:29Chile are one step away
47:31from a draw.
47:33Suazo is looking for Osorio.
47:35He steals from Depol.
47:37We'll see if Argentina have time
47:39to organise this attack.
47:41No.
47:43The 48th minute is up.
47:45The first half is over.
47:47It's a draw at the MetLife Stadium
47:49between Chile and Argentina.
47:51Guillermo.
47:53Yes, it was an intense first half.
47:55Argentina took the initiative.
47:57Chile got into the game
47:59thinking...