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Argentina’s talisman may not have scored in the 6-1 victory over Paraguay but there was no doubt who took centre stage at the semi-final of the Copa América
• Argentina hit Paraguay for six to reach Copa América final The problem with a genius like Lionel Messi is that you’re always waiting for him to perform. You can’t watch a game he plays in as you watch any other game because you’re always hoping that this will be of those days when he turns it on, and if he doesn’t you end up feeling a little cheated. Nobody felt cheated on Tuesday night, just grateful to have been there, unless you had the misfortune to be a Paraguayan defender. The Chile fans who made up most of the crowd and who had begun the game by jeering the Argentinian national anthem and chanting “Argentinos – hijos da puta” ended it in awed applause.
Argentina, in truth, didn’t play that well. They were so defensively shaky that even at 4-1 Gerardo Martino was hopping in the edge of his technical area, waving his arms in frustration. Space kept appearing in midfield. Paraguay troubled them with pace and aerial balls. There were some neat passes (and some poor finishing) from Javier Pastore. But mainly, there was Messi.
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• Argentina hit Paraguay for six to reach Copa América final The problem with a genius like Lionel Messi is that you’re always waiting for him to perform. You can’t watch a game he plays in as you watch any other game because you’re always hoping that this will be of those days when he turns it on, and if he doesn’t you end up feeling a little cheated. Nobody felt cheated on Tuesday night, just grateful to have been there, unless you had the misfortune to be a Paraguayan defender. The Chile fans who made up most of the crowd and who had begun the game by jeering the Argentinian national anthem and chanting “Argentinos – hijos da puta” ended it in awed applause.
Argentina, in truth, didn’t play that well. They were so defensively shaky that even at 4-1 Gerardo Martino was hopping in the edge of his technical area, waving his arms in frustration. Space kept appearing in midfield. Paraguay troubled them with pace and aerial balls. There were some neat passes (and some poor finishing) from Javier Pastore. But mainly, there was Messi.
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