Argentina produced
their best performance of the Copa America so far to crush Paraguay 6-1 on
Tuesday and set up a classic final against hosts Chile. Minute-by-minute
report: Angel di Maria scores twice as Argentina produce a dazzling display
to reach the Copa America final.
“We talked about that just before the match and we said it
was just chance that we hadn’t scored more because we’ve been playing well,”
Messi said.“Today all the goals came at once.”Gerardo Martino’s side took the
lead after 15 minutes when Messi swung a free kick in from the left, Rojo
failed to connect cleanly with his first touch but swept the ball home from
close.
Argentina doubled
their lead 12 minutes later and again Messi was the provider, threading an
inch-perfect pass through the Paraguayan defence for Pastore to run on to. His
powerful low shot gave goalkeeper Justo Villar no chance.Things went from bad
to worse for Paraguay when both their strikers, Derliz Gonzalez and
Roque Santa Cruz, limped off injured.Santa Cruz’s replacement, Lucas Barrios,
gave them hope with a goal just before the break but in the second half
Argentina were unstoppable.
Minutes into the second half Pastore burst through midfield and fed Di
Maria, who buried a left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Six minutes later Messi destroyed the Paraguayan defence with a mazy run
to set up Pastore. His shot was parried by Villar but Di Maria was on hand to
slot home the rebound. On 80 minutes Di Maria turned provider, crossing
from the left for Aguero to head home, and minutes later Higuain came off the
bench to score a sixth.Argentina will face Chile at Santiago’s national stadium
on Saturday.
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