They are not usually the most reliable parties to draw conclusions from. We saw it with Spain and France a couple of days ago. But you have to win them, and Argentina has done it and giving a good image. With a Lautaro stellar and without his great staron the bench as a precaution.
And without Messi this first ‘Scaloneta’ test started. With Lautaro commanding the Albiceleste attack. An attack that started well, with Inter’s own forward being the protagonist of the best actions, although denied in front of goal. Honduras grew but it did not generate fear in Lisandro and Otamendi and that was the extent of the Central American team. First it was Lo Celso with an impressive shot that crashed into the wood and right after, the referee signaled penalty for Scaloni’s team.
Lautaro transformed the maximum penalty and sent Argentina with a minimal lead into the break after a discreet first half and with the attentive gaze of Leo Messi from the benchwhere he also continued at the beginning of the second half, between cottons.
But It was Lautaro’s day. After ten minutes, the Inter player a heel assist was invented one of those that only geniuses think of to serve Simeone the second of the game. A goal scandal.
The second 45 minutes of Scaloni’s team were very good, much more active with and without the ball and with a lot of fluidity in the game in the three-quarter zone. It is true that the opponent was not the toughest they have ever faced. We didn’t see Musso throughout the gamea symptom of Honduran ineffectiveness above. But time was running out and so was the energy of both teams. It was the moment when Lionel Scaloni decided to give the opportunity to all those boys who were part of the support groupas Luis de la Fuente also did against Iraq the other day. And until there. Nothing else happened and the current world champion It’s already starting to take shape… even without Messi.