On June 21, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte hosted the second match of the Argentine national team in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup. The rivals of one of the favorites of the World Cup were the players of the Iranian national team.
The national team of Iran at the World Cup in Brazil finished the first game with a boring and dull goalless draw with the national team of Nigeria. Few thought that something like that could happen in a match with the Argentine national team. However, up to the condensed time, the account on the scoreboard was never opened.
Argentina's national team played a very bleak and boring match. Despite the fact that in the first half the South Americans had more than 70% possession of the ball, Argentina's players rarely created real scoring chances. We must pay tribute to Iran. This team is able to tactically correctly hold the defense with the whole team.
Argentina's leader and its main star and hope Lionel Messi could do nothing with the Iranian defensive ranks. His dribbling was often unsuccessful, with few sharpening passes. The entire South American team in the first half simply piled on Iran's defense, but this did not bring any goal dividends.
In the second half, the same picture was observed. After the 65th minute, with a zero score, panic began to manifest itself very clearly in the game of the South Americans. Eminent football players did not succeed in attack, and sometimes the Iranians could tickle the nerves of South American fans from the standards.
The match gradually ended in a goalless draw, the teams had already played 90 minutes, but Lionel Messi saved Argentina. Already in the condensed time, he, having received the ball near the line of the penalty area, struck with the most accurate dribbling blow into the far corner of the Iranian goal. The goalkeeper was powerless. This goal of the Argentine captain allowed the South Americans to win a difficult, tortured victory over the Iranian national team with a score of 1 - 0.
The Argentines are gaining six points after two games and single-handedly lead the table in Group F at the Brazilian World Cup. It is worth noting that for Messi, the goal was already the second in the championship, but in this indicator he is still inferior to many of the championship scorers.
