Argentina is a rare defeat! In the World Cup Qualifiers against Colombia, Argentina lost 1-2 on the road, ending Argentina's 12-game winning streak. As the world's No. 1 team, Argentina has been too stable over the years, with a solid defense and sharp attack, and the team has won two Copa America titles and one World Cup title in succession. But this time, Argentina fell at the feet of Colombia. In fact, this is not surprising, after all, Colombia is already strong. In the final of the 2024 Copa America, Argentina beat Colombia in extra time. And this time Argentina was avenged by Colombia.
The only better performance in this game for Argentina was Gonzalez, who scored one goal on three shots, but unfortunately his goal did not help the team win. The other two strikers in the Argentina team, Lautaro and Alvarez, had a poor, even disastrous performance, neither of them had a single shot on target, and neither could pose a substantial threat to Colombia's door. Clearly, Colombia's targeted defense has been so good that these two high-priced top strikers are at a loss.
Lautaro, who is valued at 110 million euros, has been in a bit of a slump this season, with four consecutive matches for club and country, with a total of six shots and zero goals on goal. In Inter's first round match against Genoa, Lautaro had only one shot on goal and had a shot on target, but it didn't score. In the match between Inter Milan and Atalanta, Lautaro, who started the game, still had only 1 shot on goal, failed to shoot on target, still got nothing, and did not assist.
Lautaro then returned to the Argentina national team to play in the World Qualifiers. In the match between Argentina and Chile, Lautaro played 79 minutes and did not even have a single shot on goal, and his performance was very sluggish. Thankfully, Alvarez played well in that game and helped Argentina to a 3-0 victory. Then came this match against Colombia, and Lautaro, who started the game, continued his sluggish form, failing to shoot on target with 4 shots on target, and once again failed to return. Lautaro was a bit lost and fell into a rare slump. It is unknown when Lautaro's first goal of the season will come. Hopefully it won't take too long!