Argentina equalizes with Chile and maintains a good position in the qualifiers

Yesterday, Argentina equalized 1-1 with Chile for the return of the Conmebol qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, Argentina's 1st game since Maradona's death. The first goal came from a penalty from Messi, but Sánchez equalized not long after. Messi's stats were: 1 goal, 4 SoT, 1 woodwork (5 shots in total), 6/10 dribbles, 2 key passes, 13/17 duels won, 5 fouls won, 1 tackle, 5 recoveries, 1 long ball, 1 cross, 49/58 passes, and 87 touches, which earned him a 9.1 rating according to Fotmob.

This was his heatmap:

This was his performance on video:

Another thing to note is that he swapped shirts with Gary Medel, and Medel praised him calling him an alien.

And he also swapped shirts with Alexis Sánchez at the end of the game.

Argentina is currently 2nd in the qualifiers, 4 points ahead of 6th placed Colombia (who they'll be facing next in the qualifiers). That's the same amount of points as Paraguay and Uruguay (placed 4th and 5th). And Ecuador, who's 3rd, is 2 points away from Argentina with one game at hand, but they'll be facing Brazil tonight so we'll see about that.

As already stated, Argentina's next opponent will be Colombia, programmed for June 8th at 8 PM (Argentine timezone). So as always, I hope you liked this entry, and I'll see you in the next blog.