The absence of captain Lionel Messi didn’t sluggish Argentina on Friday because the world champions warmed up for his or her Copa America title protection with a 3-0 pleasant victory over El Salvador in Philadelphia.
Defender Cristian Romero opened the scoring in the sixteenth minute, followed by Enzo Fernández in the forty-second and Giovani Lo Celso in the 52nd, finishing the victory at Lincoln Monetary Area, home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner now starring for Main League Soccer’s Inter Miami, was dominated out of Friday’s match and Argentina’s pleasant in opposition to Costa Rica in Los Angeles subsequent week after tweaking a hamstring in Miami’s 3-1 victory over Nashville within the CONCACAF Champions Cup this month.
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Romero was the first to interrupt in opposition to the group coached by Spain’s David Doniga, rising to move home a nook kick taken by Angel Di Maria.
Minutes earlier than halftime, Di Maria obtained the ball on the appropriate flank and arranged Rodrigo de Paul, whose again go was headed by Lo Celso to Fernandez, who slotted house from in entrance of the purpose.
After the break, it was Lo Celso’s flip, as he completed one other good connection between Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez with a left-footed shot.
The match noticed Argentina supervisor Lionel Scaloni take the chance to provide minutes to kids Alejandro Garnacho and Valentin Barco — the 19-year-old left-back signed by Brighton in January who stood out for the U-23 group in qualifying for the Paris Olympics.
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