The Argentinian of Javier Mascherano and the "Tata" Martino achieved to save the "Match Ball" of classification for the World-wide of Russia 2018 and added his first victory in the four first parties of the round against Colombia, being upper in all the party (0-1)

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Gerardo Martino already can breathe. A lot it was speaking during the last days of his possible dismissal at the head of the selection of Argentina in the case that the albiceleste obtained a bad result against Colombia in Barranquilla, but luckily the negative spiral in which it had gone in the team in the three first parties -saldados with two ties and a defeat- changed radically against the "cafeteros". Argentina showed a game of touch and possession that served to shut to Colombia in his own field, doing cost the initial goal of Lucas Biglia after a good assistance of Ezequiel Lavezzi, the attacker of the PSG that sounds for the FC Barcelona.

Javier Mascherano exerted of captain and under his control the Colombian attackers had it very difficult to combine of centre of the camp for up, with James Rodríguez cancelled and very desacertado in the shots from out of the area. After the goal of the albiceleste to the 20 minutes of game, Colombia came up in search of the tie and asked in the minutes 35 and 37 two penaltis that the referee did not concede, and that caused both counterattacks of Argentina that ready were of repercutir in the 0-2 for the combined led by Mascherano.

Of face to the second half, Colombia did changes and went out Luis Fernando Muriel in place of Macnelly Torres. It was the entrance of Cardona in the minute 57, however, the one who allowed to the "cafetera" begin to recover the possession of balloon and generate offensive game from here, with a local selection that put the difficult things to Argentina during the last 15 minutes of game. Muriel and Murillo had of a clear opportunity to few minutes of the end when taking advantage of a played full of refuse, but the finish final left high.

At the end, Argentina achieved to add the three points and advanced to Colombia in the career by the classification for the World-wide of Russia 2018. Colombia remains with four points, whereas Argentina already has five of twelve possible.