![]() Messi’s cross from a free-kick was headed on target by Rodriguez. But Messi was following up, and picked the loose ball up, and picked out Rodrigo de Paul in the box who slotted the ball into the empty net to send the Argentinian team into raptures.Īrgentina had a chance to double their lead just before half-time. Messi sent Rodriguez through down the left flank, only for the Ecuador keeper to swipe him down. ![]() And he did atone for his miss in the 40th minute. ![]() The maestro had won the Man-of-the-Match award in all 4 group matches and wasn’t to let slip now. A reckless backpass by defender Grueza was pounced upon by Messi only for the mesmeric Argentine to hit the post when one-on-one with the keeper, in a miss reminiscent of Higuain’s in the World Cup 2014 Final against Germany.ĭespite the deja vu miss, Messi on about his task of running the Argentine midfield. Argentine footballer Lionel Messi, captured by Кирилл Венедиктов, for, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licenseĪs in matches before, Argentina made a bright start and were almost gifted an opener by Ecuador. ![]()
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