Sao Paulo (AFP)
Argentina finished third in Copa America, beating Chile 2-1 on Saturday in Sao Paulo after a match by the second red card in Lionel Messi's career.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring with a quick free-kick from Messi (12) and Dybala doubled the bet on a splendid sequence (22), before Arturo Vidal reduced the penalty on the penalty early in the second half (59). ).
"We finished this Copa America so it was not easy, but we are starting in third place, even if we would have liked more," said Dybala late in the match times in the competition.
The red card of the star of FC Barcelona, for an altercation with the Chilean captain Gary Medel, also expelled, leaves a bitter taste. But the Argentine victory is a small revenge after the defeats on penalties against La Roja in the last two finals of the tournament, in 2015 and 2016.
The two teams played more than half of the match at ten against ten, after the expulsion of the two captains (37th).
Messi and Medel, who had already had some muscular exchanges earlier in the match, were fighting for a ball coming out in six meters on the Chilean side.
Driven by the number 10 Argentine, the defender turned suddenly and the two players were head to head.
Paraguayan referee Mario Díaz de Vivar gave the two players a red card, a controversial decision that has left the more than 44,000 admirers who came to admire the five-a-side golden ball, some even leaving the match before half-time.
- While waiting for Brazil -
The match for third place is the one nobody wants to play, but Messi quickly showed that he wanted to do the show.
The number 10 Argentinean launched into a series of dribbles full axis before being dried by Pulgar. On the free kick that followed, the star of Barça played quickly, finding a Aguero well launched at the edge of the offside to deceive the goalkeeper Arias (12th).
Dybala also found himself face to the doorman ten minutes later and increased the score with a subtle flick, well launched by Lo Celso (22).
The match was removed, with an inspired Messi, until his red card spoiled the party.
The only other time he was expelled was in 2005, during his big debut under the Argentine jersey, against Hungary, for a nudge on an opponent.
Without the star of FC Barcelona in the field, the second period has become anecdotal, even if Vidal gave hope to Chileans on a penalty awarded after using video assistance to arbitration (VAR).
The grand final, which will pit Brazil, host country, in Peru, will take place Sunday, at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro
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