The result leaves Paraguay top of Group A, ahead of Argentina and Chile. Romero then made it 3-1 with 10 minutes left when he finished smartly after a quick break.

Paraguay equalised with a volley from Kaku after 62 minutes and then Ángel Romero put them 2-1 ahead three minutes later when he scored from close range after Rubén Cordano could only parry a goal-bound header. In the later game, Paraguay went behind to an early penalty but fought back against 10 men in the second half to beat Bolivia 3-1.īolivia took the lead in the 10th minute from the spot but the game changed in the seconds before half-time when their 19-year-old forward Jaume Cuéllar was sent off for a second yellow card offence. The result extends Argentina’s unbeaten run to 14 games under Lionel Scaloni, although four of their last five matches have ended in draws. “We needed to be calm, have control of possession and play more quickly. “This match got complicated for us,” a tired Messi said. The Blackburn forward Ben Brereton, whose mother was born in Chile, came off the bench to make his international debut for La Roja. Arturo Vidal’s spot-kick was tipped on to the bar by Emiliano Martínez but Eduardo Vargas reacted quickest to head home the rebound.Īrgentina pushed for victory late in the game but their opponents held firm defensively. It's funny that both Messi's goals were scored against the run of play, but Barca took their chances and Liverpool didn't took theirs.Ī huge lead for Barcelona as they have a big advantage going into the second tie.Chile were missing the injured Alexis Sánchez but rallied in the second half and won a penalty 12 minutes into the second half, awarded by VAR. Gif: Lionel Messi funny smile after failing to get Milner booked!Īlisson couldn't do anything as Barca took a huge 3-0 lead.Video: Matip controversial handball against Barcelona!.Messi took a spectacular free-kick as the ball went into the top right corner of Liverpool's goal. It wasn't some great position to score a goal, but Messi doesn't have a bad free-kick position. Messi's first goal against Liverpool was kind of lucky, but the second goal was a masterpiece.įabinho made a pointless foul on Messi some 30 meters out of Liverpool's goal. Lionel Messi SPECTACULAR free-kick goal as Messi destroyed Liverpool.īarcelona is leading with a 3-0 against Liverpool as Messi took things in his own hands. Lionel Messi SPECTACULAR free-kick goal against Liverpool in a Champions League semi-final match!

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