In Salvador, Argentina starts on the wrong foot: Roger Martinez and Duvan Zapata score the first coup of the tournament

FORMATIONS:

Argentina (4-4-2): Armani; Saravia, Pezzella, Otamendi, Tagliafico; Lo Celso, Rodriguez, Paredes, Di Maria; Messi, Aguero. Scaloni All.

Colombia (4-3-3): Ospina; Medina, Mina, Sanchez, Tesillo; Cuadrado, Barrios, Uribe; Rodriguez, Falcao, Muriel. Alliro Queiroz.

CHRONICLE:

It takes a few minutes of play to understand that Scaloni’s team sins in the game and in the personality. The whistles from the stands of the Arena Fonte Nova stadium arrive after just half an hour and for Argentina it is like reliving a nightmare: the hopeful and optimistic effect is already over. A couple of occasions come above all on a set-piece, with Ospina twice saying “no” to Otamendi. But in the second half he is a Colombia monologue, with two new entrants who will be decisive for the match.

At 70 ′ Roger Martinez thinks: Saravia jumps dry and unloads a right-hand fireball on which Armani can do nothing. At 86 then Zapata protects the ball in midfield in his own way, widens it for Lerma, who is waiting for the right time, and puts it in the middle: in the area the paw of the atlas still comes out, which takes off his shirt and shows his muscles . Argentina is crushed and the Copa America for Scaloni and Messi is already uphill.