The defending champions Argentina defeated Peru 2-0 in the final group stage to finish first and advance to the knockout round. In Messi's absence, Lautaro stepped up, scoring four goals in his last three group games, scoring twice against Peru and currently leading the Copa America scorer list with four goals.
Messi was absent in this game, but the Argentine team was crushed. In the 47th minute, Argentina broke the deadlock, Di Maria provided the assist, Lautaro stepped in and formed a one-on-one knife, he chose to pick up the goalkeeper and scored. Then the Argentine goal was whistled, and Lo Celso in front of goal profited from an offside position, and Tagliafico's goal was disallowed.
In the 70th minute, Montiel crossed, Castillo blocked the ball with his arm when he fell to the ground, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty. Paredes took the penalty and his shot bounced off the post to extend his advantage. In the 86th minute, Lautaro scored a goal, the Peruvian player complained that the foul was first, and the referee confirmed that the goal was valid. After that, neither side scored, the score was fixed at 2-0, and Argentina won all the group stage and ranked first in the group.
Argentina were able to win and Lautaro was the main contributor, scoring four goals in three games. Lautaro became the first player since Aaron Wanchope and Aristizabal in 2001 to score in all three group games of the Copa America. After the game, Lautaro said domineeringly: "I enjoy every day wearing this shirt, as I said before, I try to show the coach that when he needs me, I am here. ”
Before this Copa America, Lautaro suffered a goal drought in the national team, and now not only broke the goal drought, but also scored in 3 consecutive games, performing extremely well, he is also considered the biggest favorite for the Golden Boot award in this Copa America, and the probability of winning the Golden Boot is very high.
At the same time, Argentina kept a clean sheet and were the only team in this Copa America to concede 0 goals, and the defense was very good, and the performance of this team was very stable, and we are looking forward to the next knockout round.