Emi Martinez shines in the quarter-final for Argentina
Messi's Argentina reached the semifinals of the Copa after defeating Ecuador in a tight tiebreaker. At the end of 90 minutes, if the match ends at 1-1, the game will be played in a tiebreaker. There Messi missed the penalty but everyone else found the net. And Ecuador's first two footballers stopped the penalty and Emiliano Martinez became the hero again.
If Ener Valencia had not missed a penalty in the 64th minute of the match, the game might have turned into a tiebreaker. But that didn't happen anymore. Lisandro Martinez's goal in the first half kept Argentina ahead until ninety minutes into the match. However, in the 91st minute, Kevin Rodriguez equalized for Ecuador. Then the match is made in tiebreaker. In the Copa America, the quarter and semi-finals do not play an extra 30 minutes after the scheduled time. The match goes directly to the tiebreaker.
Argentina beat Ecuador 4-2 in that tiebreaker. Lionel Messi took the first penalty for Albiceleste. But he hits the crossbar. But the Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez became the hero by stopping the first two penalties taken by Ecuador. On the other hand, Alvarez, Alistair, Montiel and Otamendi scored the remaining four penalties for Argentina.
In the 2022 World Cup finals, Argentina won the title thanks to Martinez's heroics. Then Emiliano Martinez gave the title to the team by saving Koman and Chuameni's penalty in the tiebreaker.
After showing dominance in attack in the first half, Ecuador maintained that style in the second half. Valencia-Paez repeatedly attacked the Argentine camp. In the meantime, Ecuador received a penalty in the 62nd minute of the match. Ecuador gets a penalty if De Paul gets the ball inside the D-box.
However, Ecuador's striker Ener Valencia could not take advantage of the penalty. The Argentinian goalkeeper dived in the opposite direction but Valencia hit the bar. However, Ecuador got several opportunities. But those attacks did not have much edge. However, Kevin RodrÃguez equalized Ecuador in the first minute of extra time after the scheduled time. The Argentina-Ecuador match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Earlier, Argentina scored their first corner of the match in the 35th minute of the first half. Messi's corner first hits McAllister's head and goes behind. Lisandro Martinez scored easily with the head. Argentina's semi-final is confirmed with this victory.
Meanwhile, Argentina captain Lionel Messi was worried about this match. But Messi played the whole match; However, the performance was not that great.
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