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The captain of Argentina, Lionel Messi, and the coach of Brazil, Tite, staged a controversial exchange of words during the confrontation between the South American giants on Friday, although it was the Barcelona player who laughed for the last time after the good run of his team will continue with a 1-0 victory in Saudi Arabia.
Messi looked at the band and put his fingers to his lips , telling Tite to shut up. The Brazilian also admitted that he had complained to the referee during the first half and that they had had an argument.
"I complained because he (Messi) should have been shown a yellow card and told me to shut his mouth and I told him to close his mouth," Tite said. "And that was it."
The coach of Brazil played down the incident and highlighted Messi's performance in the deserved friendly victory. The Barcelona striker was one of the most prominent of Argentina in his return to international football after missing four games by penalty.
He scored the only goal at 14 minutes and the result was encouraging for Argentina, which has now gone six games without defeat, the longest streak since 2016.
"From the beginning we tried to play. We had a couple of failures and they had their chances," Messi said. "But in the second half we were much better ." "When you win, you calm down more and that is very positive for what lies ahead. I finished the game well, we all ran a lot. And that is what we were there to do."
Argentina will play Uruguay in a friendly next week, while Brazil will face South Korea.
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