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Argentina’s World Cup qualifier towards Paraguay took an unsavory flip when an incident of obvious spitting involving a Paraguayan participant and Lionel Messi got here to mild.
The reigning World Cup champions secured a 1-0 victory over Paraguay in Buenos Aires on Thursday, sustaining their good report within the qualifiers for the 2026 event.
Lionel Messi, who had been sidelined attributable to harm whereas taking part in for his membership facet Inter Miami, made a second-half look within the match, with Argentina already main 1-0 courtesy of a objective by Nicolas Otamendi within the third minute.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner took on the captain’s position and have become a central determine within the sport, hitting the publish on two events as Argentina secured a vital victory beneath the steering of supervisor Lionel Scaloni.
This win continues Argentina’s spectacular report, having misplaced solely as soon as of their final 50 matches, which was towards Saudi Arabia within the earlier 12 months’s World Cup.
Moreover, since their defeat to Brazil within the 2019 Copa America semifinals, they’ve outscored their opponents 108 to 25.
Nevertheless, the match took a darker flip throughout Messi’s half-hour look when Paraguay’s Antonio Sanabria appeared to spit within the route of the previous Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star.
