As the favorite to win the 2024 Copa America, the Pampas Eagles Argentina showed a strong overall strength in the first two group games, easily slashing Canada and Chile under the horse, and locked a knockout ticket in advance. Messi did not play in this game, which affected Argentina's combat effectiveness to a certain extent, but the Pampas Eagles still relied on Lautaro Martinez's brace to kill the Peruvian team 2-0!
Due to the early promotion, Argentina coach Scaloni has hidden a number of main players, including Messi, in a 4-3-3 system, so that Lautaro Martinez, Garnacho and Di Maria form an attacking trident, in the midfield, Paredes is in the middle, Palacios and Lo Celso are active on the wings, Tagliafico, Otamendi, Pezzella and Montiel are in the back, and the starting goalkeeper is Martinez.
Although they did not play with all the main players, after the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Argentina completely suppressed the Peruvian team on the field, launched a tidal attack towards the opponent's goal, and in the 7th minute they got a free kick opportunity, Di Maria's set-piece, straight to the back point was bravely held out by the Peruvian goalkeeper.
In the 26th minute, Argentina got a free kick opportunity in a better position, this time Paredes took the penalty, the ball still hit the same point, the Peruvian goalkeeper made another successful save to keep the goal intact, and in the 40th minute, Di Maria suddenly got up and hit the goal with his feet on the right side, and still couldn't break through the opponent's goalkeeper's ten fingers.
Before half-time, Lo Celso received an inverted triangle pass from his teammate on the right, and his tackle from the penalty spot was again blocked by the Peruvian goalkeeper, and then Garnacho, who made his Copa America debut, fired a right-footed shot into the far corner, but unfortunately he couldn't hit the target, and the two teams also returned to the dressing room with a 0-0 scoreline.
After returning to the field, Lautaro Martinez, who had not performed well before, helped Argentina break the deadlock on the field, Di Maria sent a straight plug with his back on the right side of the front without stopping, and Lautaro Martinez faced the Peruvian goalkeeper who attacked with a single knife and easily scored a goal to help the team take a 1-0 lead.
Argentina, which was full of morale, took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick in the 55th minute, and was outflanked by Tagliafico at the back point, but the referee signaled that Lo Celso in front of the goal was in an offside position, interfering with the Peruvian goalkeeper and canceling Argentina's goal, Argentina, which continued to attack wildly, caused Castillo to handball in the penalty area in the 70th minute, and the referee also gave Argentina a penalty, but unfortunately Paredes wasted the opportunity to end the suspense of the victory with a penalty.
Fortunately, at the last moment of the game, Lautaro Martinez seized the opportunity of the Peruvian team's defensive mistakes, easily picked up the score, and fixed the score to 2-0, Lautaro Martinez, who has scored in three consecutive Copa America games, also led the scorer list alone with 4 goals, and Argentina also qualified as the first in the group, looking forward to them being able to play a more dominant performance in the more brutal knockout round!