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The team to rgentina stumbled into his World Cup debut in Russia-2018 with a 1-1 draw against Iceland, in a match where Lionel Messi missed a penalty in the second half
In a Group D match played in Moscow, Albiceleste took the lead thanks to a brilliant maneuver by Sergio Agüero at 19 minutes, but Alfred Finnbogason, at 23 years old, signed the tables with a mouth jarro shot at a rejection of goalkeeper Willy Caballero
Finnbogason entered the history of his country by scoring the first goal of Iceland in a World Cup .
The fear of Jorge Sampaoli was justified: Iceland demonstrated from the principle that had not landed in Russia to play the role of simple comparsa. He also did not witness the way Messi matched Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo's act against Spain.
Argentina took advantage of the first two opportunities, both of which were stopped. Albiceleste dressed in Iceland and, the latter, remained faithful to his plan: he hoped to delay his opportunity to do damage to the counter and the stopped ball.
Messi tried to appear in the center of the field, in front of the lack of depth of his But when Argentina was starting to feel comfortable, Finnbogason warned the thousands of people. Argentines who occupied the bleachers take the back of the back and finish up high in front of them. Willy Caballero in the 9th minute, in a prelude to what was coming
Diego Maradona, protagonist of the biggest ovation of the evening, suffered in the box.
He had reasons: immediately behind him The South Americans again showed nervousness when they were unable to catch the ball, but Birkir Bjornason, with all his goal in mind, overtook his shot too far (10th).
Two games in two minutes. Iceland warned: it's not going to be easy
A magic trick
Everyone was waiting for Messi, who tried it with a distant shot at 17, but the one that appeared was Agüero.
The Kun, in his third World Cup, in their ninth game, was finally able to score a goal in the championship. The Manchester City striker controlled a shot by Marcos Rojo, maneuvered and invented a powerful shot of the left foot at the Icelandic corner.
With little football, a lot of possession and a spark of talent, Argentina was ahead
19659013] From comfort to conformism and from that, to tragedy. Finnbogason, immediately after, took advantage of the astonishment of the Argentine defense to score the first goal of his country in the championship, in his first participation.
The former striker of Real Sociedad, currently in the ranks of the German Augsburg, has fortunately enjoyed third center followed by a stroll in the South American zone to relocate on the map a country that has 300 000 inhabitants and 10% of them in Russia
From this moment, Argentina has been invaded by ghosts. . Past, present and future. He ran out of ideas, Messi disappeared and Willy Caballero had to act like a hero at the edge of the break to clear a shot from Gylfi Sigurdsson that the Europeans were already singing as goal.
Sampaoli, who was shouting orders, decided to take his alternate heat. The changes were coming
A lot of ball, little danger
The first to leave was Ever Banega by a disappeared Lucas Biglia in search of more depth and creation in the midfield. A 74% possession and 91% efficiency in the pbades was not enough to create more chances.
Argentina dominated the second half but missed punch. Until the 63rd, Maximiliano Meza was intercepted inside the penalty area and the referee signaled a penalty.
Messi had the option of overtaking his, to be the savior that everyone in the stands was waiting for but badly hit and missed the pitch. The unexpected hero was Hannes Halldorsson, who fortified his bow, sealed the draw for his team and received the best player of the game award at his World Cup debut. The one who paid the hazing was Argentina.
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