Lautaro Martinez's Goal Gives Argentina Victory Over Peru

JAKARTA - Argentina won three points after a narrow 1-0 win over Peru in the South American zone (Conmebol) World Cup Qualification at El Monumental, Buenos Aires, Friday morning.

Citing from Antara, the only goal in this match was scored by Lautaro Martinez.

Argentina immediately pressed since the early minutes of the game. In the 9th minute, the home team had scored through Cristian Romero's header.

However, the goal was disallowed after the VAR-assisted referee ruled that Romero was in an offside position.

Argentina did not give up chasing goals through attacks built by Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria.

In the 22nd minute, Di Maria had a chance with a volley, but the ball still did not meet the target.

Argentina finally got a goal in the 43rd minute. Starting from the action of Nahuel Molina who released a crossing bait, Lautaro Martinez headed the ball into Pedro Gallese's goal. Argentina leads 1-0.

In the first half, Peru struggled to get chances. However, the action of Gianluca Lapadula has not produced results until the first half is over.

Peru put up resistance early in the second half. They played more aggressively and were able to produce several chances.

In the 60th minute, Peru made a change. Lapadula was replaced by senior player Jefferson Farfan.

Farfan immediately gave an instant impact on the Peruvian attack.

In the 63rd minute, Farfan won a penalty after being brought down by Emiliani Martinez. However, this penalty failed to be converted into a goal by Yoshimar Yotun.

In the 76th minute, Messi had a chance that Gallese could still thwart.

The hosts were ambitious to score an additional goal by bringing on Joaquim Correa to replace Lautaro in the 85th minute.

However, until the game was over no additional goals were created. Argentina won with a score of 1-0.

This result strengthens Argentina in second place standings with 25 points from 11 matches. Meanwhile, Peru is in the ninth position with 11 points from 12 matches.

Lineup:

Argentina (4-2-3-1): Emiliano Martinez; Marcos Acuna, Nicolas Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Nahuel Molina; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes; Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi, Giovani Lo Celso; Lautaro Martinez.

Peru (4-1-4-1): Pedro Gallese; Carlos Lora, Carlos Zambrano, Alexander Callens, Miguel Trauco; Pedro Aquino; Raziel Garcia, Christopher Gonzales, Yoshimar Yotun, Christian Cueva; Gianluca Lapadula.