The draw left Argentina with one point from two games and on the bottom of the table with one game remaining. LionelMessi Argentina CopaAmerica
Messi swept in a 57th-minute spot-kick at Belo Horizonte’s Mineirao Stadium to cancel out a first-half opener from Paraguay’s Richard Sanchez.
However, with the two best third-placed teams advancing to the quarter-finals, Argentina can still reach the last eight with a decisive win over Qatar in their final group game. The South American giants will need to raise their game however to advance any further after another disjointed performance which followed their opening defeat to Colombia on Saturday.
Messi, however, was unable to conjure anything from the free-kick, floating his effort up and over the wall but without the pace to trouble goalkeeper Roberto Fernandez, who gathered comfortably.A swift counter-attack saw the ball transferred to Newcastle United’s Miguel Almiron near halfway. A wild kick brought down the Paraguayan player but Armani somehow escaped a red card and was only cautioned.
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