At 12 minutes after the game started, Mbappe attempts to escape with a tight one-two, but Tagliafico sticks with him and neutralizes the threat. If there had been a goal from it, it would have been the epitome of a goal against the odds since, so far, Argentina has been, to put it mildly, dominant.
Oh, that maneuver fails because Di Maria misses his attempt. Most likely his first mistake in this game. Messi is the first skier, and after receiving a cutback from De Paul, he misses his effort. The ball then goes to Di Maria at the edge of the box, but his attempt is deflected into the stands.
You never know, this might out to be a brilliant move in the second half. For the time being, it serves only as a demonstration of how mistaken Deschamps and the company were in their strategy today. Thuram and Kolo Muani are in, replacing Dembele and Giroud.
After the ball is cleared, Messi promptly passes it to Alvarez, who then frees Mac Allister to run down the flank. As the Brighton player charges forward and sends the ball to Di Maria on the left, the veteran scores on the first attempt as France are nonexistent in the middle of the field. When he is through rejoicing over that one, he is in tears. Argentina emigrating
Argentina started out well and dominated the majority of the first half. In the 23rd minute, Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi skillfully converted a penalty kick to give Argentina a 1-0 lead. As France failed to get going throughout the first half, Angel Di Maria added a second goal.
Argentina played very well and headed towards winning the trophy. as Till Half time they Scored two goals.