09/10/2021 11:10
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Updated 09/10/2021 11:10
It had been four years since the last time. And the contrasts are notorious. That night of September 5, 2017, with Jorge Sampaoli on the bench, Mauro Icardi as the center forward, Lautaro Acosta as the right wing and Javier Mascherano as the defender, there was no Argentine party nor Lionel Messi shone. Just one goal against Rolf Feltscher Martínez, a defender who was born in Switzerland and became a Venezuelan national, served to tie the match against Vinotinto 1-1
in one of the worst matches of the cycle
.
This Thursday, the Selection returned to the Monumental.
In the middle of that long gap the playing field of River's court was questioned
and also the weather that descended from the stands
.
Now everything has changed.
To the beat of the team, of course.
And of the remodeling that was done on the land and that generated praise from Lionel Scaloni.
So the question arises right away:
did the Monumental come back to stay?
Lionel Scaloni, very satisfied with the playing field that the Monumental Stadium presented.
Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
"The state of the field was so good, so fast, that at times the team hurried and lost some balls. We have to get used to playing here, which I think
is one of the best fields in Argentine football
," said the Argentine coach. after 3-0 against Bolivia.
And he continued: “We did not have time to come to train because of the rain, but it
gives pleasure and pleasure to play on a court like this
.
Rivals will have a hard time playing here.
The line of the two parties was the same and we are happy ", El Monumental, between works and spare parts, changed its appearance: it has a hybrid system to avoid the problems that were generated in the absorption of water on stormy days.
In addition, it is no longer one hundred percent natural and is composed of 95 natural and 5 synthetic to avoid reseeding according to each weather season.
It does not stop anyone.
Lionel Messi fired at speed.
Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
The numbers, at least for River, are not encouraging since they renewed: they won 8, tied 4 and lost 5. They obtained 55 percent of the points at stake at home.
For the Selection it was the perfect setting.
He was able to make his game flow, with Messi as the standard and achieve a comfortable victory that brings him closer to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
What's coming
Along that path,
in October there will be a triple playoff date again
: on the 7th it will start in Paraguay and then it will have two home matches, against Uruguay (on 10) and against Peru (on 14).
It was speculated that at least in one of those two games Argentina would play inside.
Although Scaloni's statements could change the scene.
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Messi's first message after his unforgettable night at the Monumental: "I dreamed a lot about this day and it came"
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