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What’s up with Messi and Co.? After two rounds of Copa America 2019, the Argentinean national team has only one point in the pack and is seriously worried about their place in the quarter-finals. Colombia have already won the ticket for the last eight in Group B. The runner-up also moves safely into the next round. Then there are the two best group thirds. On Sunday evening European time stands for the Albiceleste in the arena do Gremio of Porto Alegre the third and last group play. Only in a win against Qatar Argentina can still hope for a progress.
Opponents Qatar have one point after two games like Argentina. Of course, the reigning Asian champion and host of the upcoming FIFA World Cup hopes for the quarter-finals as well. If you think before the game Qatar vs. Argentina the odds of bookmakers, but the Qataris can calculate little chance. The Argentines enter the game as the clear favorite.
Qatar:
The national team of the desert state of Qatar is one of the two guests at the Copa America 2019th Since the South American Association has only ten members, the finals are often supplemented by external nations. For the hosts of the World Cup 2022, the Copa course is a great opportunity to prove themselves on a big stage and continue to gain experience for the tournament in their own country. A first exclamation point was set by the Qatari at the beginning of the year, when they won the Asian Cup for the first time. At that time Qatar had sovereignly qualified with three wins in a group with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and North Korea for the knockout stages. About Iraq, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates managed the “red wine” the entry into the final. There they defeated the favorite Japan 3: 1. Since the summer of 2017, the national team of Qatar is trained by Felix Sanchez. The Spaniard worked until 2006 in the youth department of FC Barcelona. All players in the squad earn their money at home.
The football league in Qatar takes place almost to the exclusion of the Western European public and has barely second division level. But to kick off the South American Championship, the Qataris braved Paraguay equal to a 2: 2 from. The South Americans had already led 2-0 after 56 minutes. But the men from the desert state did not give up and could use the defensive vulnerability of Paraguay to two hits. In the second group game Qatar met Colombia. And here, too, the men of coach Sanchez could keep up. Only in the 86th minute, the “Cafeteros” came to a 1-0 winner. The men from the desert state acted at the Copa America so far with a lot of physique and showed a well-organized game.
In addition, the “wine reds” put on their defensive. Already at the Asian Cup, the team had conceded only one goal in the entire tournament, in the final against Japan. In offense, the coach relies on Akram Afif and Ali Al-Moez. Al-Moez was the top scorer in the Asia Cup with nine goals, while Afif prepared eleven goals. Under coach Sanchez, Qatar climbed from rank 102 to 55 in the FIFA World Ranking.
Argentina:
Argentina has already won the Copa America 14 times. That’s the second best value behind Uruguay. The last title, however, dates back to 1993. In the last five finals, the Argentine national team had to settle for the second place four times. After the disappointing 2018 World Cup, when the selection to superstar Lionel Messi came only with great difficulty in the second round, but then failed at the eventual World Cup France, the proud and successful football nation wanted to play again a good South American Championship. For this mission, Lionel Scaloni, who had previously been under Jorge Sampaoli co-coach, took over in September 2018, the new national coach. After the retirement of veterans like Gonzalo Higuain or Javier Mascherano, there are some young professionals inexperienced in tournaments. From the squad of the World Cup in Russia are only nine players in the Copa.
At the start of the finals, however, Argentina had to accept a 0-2 defeat against Colombia. The offensive to Barca striker Lionel Messi recorded in the first round, not a single shot on goal. In addition, lacked the vote on the defensive and the team could show no apparent game concept. Messi is also not the superstar in the national team, as in Barcelona. In 23 Copa games at five tournaments since 2007, the “prodigy” hit nine times.
Thus, the Vice World Champion of 2014 praised improvement for the second group match against Paraguay. Players like Sergio Agüero and Angel di Maria first had to sit on the bench. In the first half Paraguay was the better team and deservedly took the lead. In the second half, Coach Scaloni’s side showed more momentum and were able to equalize with a hand-drawn penalty from Messi. Only minutes later, the Argentines were lucky, however, when goalkeeper Armani held a penalty by Gonzalez. Thus, in the last group match against Qatar urgently the first victory in the Copa 2019 ago.
Qatar vs Argentina head to head matches
16.11.05 FI Qatar Argentina 0 : 3