Acuña, match true to his nickname: one of his plays ended with a penalty taken by Messi but a yellow card takes him out of the semi-final

He was left with one of the positions that, due to the level levels, it was difficult for Lionel Scaloni to define, especially in this World Cup in Qatar where a constant of the coach, the youngest in the tournament at 44, was the movement of pieces.

The scheme defined by the DT for the crossing with the Netherlands fell again due to his offensive characteristic, in that one-on-one he usually has in every training session with his teammate Nicolás Tagliafico.

and there it is Marcos Acuña, with his ability to go and his willingness to return. With a first half that saw him among the best in the lineup, but with a spectacular play to go very deep, already in the second half, entering the area with a hitch and being the victim of a penalty.

Key moment. Touch full of quality from Messi for 2-0. All around there. Then came the orange reaction, the two goals, the draw, extra time and penalties.

At that intensity, in a match that was worthless if he didn’t get involved, Acuña saw the yellow card almost towards the end of the first half. And in that detail, perhaps the only bad one for the Argentine in a dream afternoon (and suffered, of course): “Huevo” will not be able to be in Tuesday’s semi-final against Croatiafor accumulation of two cards.

The same thing happened with Gonzalo Montiel, who had already gone into extra time, he also scored a penalty in the decisive series, but saw his second yellow card.

Until his departure, replaced by Tagliafico, he completed 314 minutes in the entire cup: starter in four games (he was only replaced with Mexico) and only came on the bench in one, in the first match, defeat against Saudi Arabia , because he was another of those who arrived “touched” at this world event.