Argentina held a football recital at Wembley with Messi, added another title and is on the path of illusion for Qatar

“Can anyone find me someone to love?”, Freddie Mercury sang 36 years ago at the legendary Wembley. And the more than 90,000 privileged fans who attended this anthological concert in the history of world rock sang the lyrics and went mad at the power of Queen. It is not the same structure, of course, but in this same scenario as well at a football play you can be sure that the answer to the question of the song of the immortal Freddie has finally found an answer. When they say you no longer have common sense and no longer have anyone to believe in, as paraphrased in the beautiful British band theme, you now have someone to love: Leone Messi Already La Scalonetta.

It is a kind of magic surrounding Argentine football fans who have taken over more than half of Wembley’s 90,000 venues. The Argentine team continues to win hearts and win praise. In the Final against Italy, champion of the last European, Lionel Scaloni’s players have settled one of the few pending accounts they had: to compete with a European rival. And it was a complete success. Argentina turned out to be one Rock and roll powerful and gritty, he beat 3-0 (he could have been bigger) to win his second official title in this new era, take his unbeaten record to 32 games and, above all, confirm that he is on the right path to Qatar.

It’s a crazy little thing called love watch Lionel Messi play. A crowd charmer who, with his dance on aluminum caps, leaves even the defenders in front of him speechless. A master of deception is Rosario. If Giovanni Di Lorenzo knows, he went to look for him on one side and on the 10th he came out on the other with a break in life almost like a contortionist. He endured his attack on the run and when he saw the hole he assisted Lautaro Martínez who scored a goal as a scorer, appearing among the central. Nobility obliges, the one played comes from the pressure of Nicolás Tagliafico and from a passage of Giovani Lo Celso.

Before that, there was a fairly balanced 27-minute match in which Italy, which presented its best men with the forced absences of Immobile, Chiesa, Verratti and Insigne, he wanted to face Argentina as an equal. And with his weapons he managed for a few moments to put the Albiceleste defense in difficulty. A couple of pitches that put an attentive Emiliano Martínez to the test. An overflow by Federico Bernardeschi on the right that Cristian Romero has just closed.

But it was not enough for Roberto Mancini’s Italy, who has the open wound of not qualifying for the World Cup at the hands of North Macedonia. And on the first shot it completely crumbled. It happened to him on English soil, on a London afternoon-night that was atypically clear. Neither the desire of Nicoló Barella, nor the attempts of Giacomo Raspadori were of much use. Not against an overwhelming Argentina who could barely score another goal.

Lautaro was once again the protagonist. He takes Martínez from the goal and the attacker deflects Leonardo Bonucci’s sign, turns and hands it to Angel Di María to define himself in front of his former teammate, Gianluigi Donnarumma, as he knows: from above.

The national team has kept its usual scheme. The one with high blood pressure. To find short touches and, if possible, look for the long passage to surprise as Rodrigo De Paul likes to do, with a good performance. Something was missing, yes: Messi’s goal.

The albiceleste captain looked for him. He had several possibilities, some clear. But Donnarumma still did not allow him to allow himself a coronation night because he commanded all the advances of the team. The last one, which could have been Leo’s, was made by Paulo Dybalaone who has to add beans to the World Cup list.

Scaloni and the Argentine fans can rest easy. They have someone to love. God save from the king. God save Messi, the King of Wembley who led the national team to another party and gets excited thinking about November. “We are the Champions…”

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