Argentina pick Dybala for World Cup qualifiers
Argentina will play Venezuela and Brazil away on September 2 and 5 before a home clash against Bolivia on September 9
Argentina will play Venezuela and Brazil away on September 2 and 5 before a home clash against Bolivia on September 9
“I can’t cry yet,” Di Maria said after the match. “We dreamed of getting this, and we fought. Many people criticized us and asked us not to come back (to the national team).”
"(He is) one step ahead of all of us," De Paul told a virtual news conference on Monday. "For the first goal against Ecuador (in July 3 quarterfinal], for example, he saw me alone and luckily, it helped us to win."
In the dying moments of the match Messi scored Argentina’s third from a free kick from the edge of the box. It was his fourth goal in the tournament.
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez opened the scoring in the 18th minute with a near-post header from a left wing cross by Marcos Acuna.
Lionel Messi's World Cup dream seems even more elusive after Argentina's latest setback.
Iceland proving their run at the 2016 Euros was no fluke with a creditable draw against the 2014 World Cup finalists.
The first game of the day, France vs Australia, finished 2-1 in favour of Les Blues.
Messi is a man on a mission as he chases his first World Cup winner's medal and will not tolerate complacency against the minnows at Moscow's Spartak stadium.
VAR has been tested this season in both Germany's Bundesliga and Italy's Serie A but has been blighted by errors and confusing decisions.
