Argentina kept Lionel Messi's dreams of Copa America glory on track as goals from Lautaro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso saw off Venezuela.
Match Events
0' Messi sings the Argentina anthem before match begins
3' MISS! Aguero’s shot saved
10' GOAL! Venezuela 0-1 Argentina (Lautaro)
Martinez smartly redirects Aguero's strike into the back of the net following a corner! All of Argentina can breathe a collective sigh of relief, they lead 1-0.
37' MISS! Pezzella's header wide out
48' OFF THE POST! Lautaro nearly scores again
74' GOAL! Venezuela 0-2 Argentina (Lo Celso)
Disaster strikes for Venezuela who now trail 2-0 as Lo Celso is in the right place at the right time to turn the ball into an empty net after Farinez spilled Aguero's straightforward strike from 20 yards.
That's poor from the keeper, and it will likely cost his side a place in the next round.
Match Report
Lautaro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso were on target for Argentina as they downed Venezuela 2-0 to set up a mouth-watering Copa America semi-final against hosts Brazil.
Martinez's instinctive 10th-minute finish was his sixth goal in 10 international appearances and due reward as Lionel Scaloni's men made a rapid start.
They faded during the second half but Lo Celso capitalised upon an error from Venezuela goalkeeper Wuilker Farinez to settle matters at the Maracana - the stadium where Argentina lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany.
It means Lionel Messi's ambitions of a first international title remain on track, with Argentina's bitterest rivals now standing in his way.
Martinez displayed his burgeoning understanding with Sergio Aguero in attack by playing in the Manchester City striker with a deft early pass – Farinez saving with his feet.
Wangnao_Wangnaolim
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Argentina's story in this year's Copa America!
Longlife2000
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Someone is very angry right now.👀
neymarjosephtse
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Finally Argentina is carrying messi to the final
karan1995
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if you are a football fan you will notice messi is playing back at midfield.... because they have weak mid field and soo they more likely to play 4-4-2... messi as mid fielders
Desmondeyum
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Today Messi sang the national Anthem, tomorrow they would criticize him for not shouting
leofrankid12
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OFFICIAL: ARGENTINA have finally discovered how to carry MESSI along
MridulPandey
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Can't wait 😍🔥
Rey1706
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Messi be like: “It’s my time to get carried”
PepRichie
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Messi be like so lautaro where have you been since 2014😂😂
kosbmptu
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I really dont like Scaloni. He gets results... But he is sooo defensive. Messi was bad but its not excatly his fault scaloni played him as a defensive midfielder for 80 minutes
AndreSmart
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Real Madrid, PSG and Barca interested in signing Lautaro Martinez and Lo celso
Nischaldeep
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Summary of match
shahebaz
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it feels like Messi didn't want to play today
prakashdanai10
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Mateo be like: I have excepted more from Venezeula😂.
adepops
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You guyz don't know anything about football, hating Messi has blinded your eyes to watch football matches without been sentimental. 1 You guyz have refuse to see that Messi did not go much forward and only was dropping passes to his teammates to avoid been injured by a very rough & physical Venezuela players 2 The formation may look 4 3 3 but Agentina really play 4 4 2, Martinez & Aguero player forward with Martinez the point man and assisted by Aguro. 3 Because of the two strikers in front And 4 4 2 formation Messi played in the midfield because of lack of coordination in the midfield. so u people should stop saying he played bad, he did not want to play etc. Messi played against Qater and created many chances for Aguero to score but wasted...He cannot deep himself into playing as he use to against Venezuela cos he will be bady injured. Scoring goals and giving assist too is also the respons of his teammates not Messi alone. okay so stop Criticism and analize matches with sentiment for A great and influencial player.
Khlassic_Newton
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Even Venezuela Assistant Referee(VAR) couldn’t save them from Argentina🤣 Meaning Argentina have already qualified for the finals because Brazil couldn’t net a single ball against them✅✌️
Red-John
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Argentina fans after realising they gonna face Brazil 😜
Dammie_Rickie
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if you are a football fan you will notice messi is playing back at midfield.... because they have weak mid field and soo they more likely to play 4-4-2... messi as mid fielders
bt instead of appreciating his concern for his teams development...someppl will take pleasure in comparing MESSI with RONALDO who is always at the front of the opponents GK wanting to score goals
karan1995
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Thanks u know football at least one who got a brain 🧠
see truth is truth.... but still haters will hate.....
Bobacpty
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if you are a football fan you will notice messi is playing back at midfield.... because they have weak mid field and soo they more likely to play 4-4-2... messi as mid fielders
Thanks u know football at least one who got a brain 🧠