Messi’s magical left foot gave dominant Argentina a deserved first-half lead but Eduardo Vargas equalized in the second half after Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez saved veteran midfielder Arturo Vidal’s penalty.Despite Argentina’s dominance, Messi lamented that “we weren’t calm, we didn’t have control of the ball.”“We deserved to win but in the end, we drew. In any case, it’s only the start of a very tough tournament,” said Scaloni.
Minutes later, Giovani Lo Celso crossed from the left but a sliding Lautaro Martinez could only spoon the ball over the bar from inside the six-yard box. They should have had a second soon afterwards but teed up by Gonzalo Montiel 10 yards out, Martinez screwed his shot horribly wide.“I would be worried if the team wasn’t creating chances. The important thing is we are, we’re getting lots of players in the box. And it will go in,” said Scaloni.Chile started the second half with more intent and Erick Pulgar played Vargas into the area but his shot on the stretch was saved by Martinez.Referee Wilmar Roldan consulted VAR and then awarded a penalty.
Twenty minutes from time, Messi created space in the box but Bravo was down well to save his low shot.
With all the freekick noise, it ended in tears.
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