Lionel Messi led defending champion Argentina to advance to the Copa America quarterfinals after a hard-fought win against Chile on Tuesday night.
\nSubstitute Lautaro Mart\u00ednez scored in the 88th minute, which earned the Albiceleste a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n
Messi started the leadup to the goal with a corner kick that was sent toward goal with a glancing header by defender Lisandro Mart\u00ednez.
\nThe ball landed in front of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, where Argentina\u2019s Giovani Lo Celso and Chile\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Fern\u00e1ndez were contesting.<\/p>\n
Lo Celso kicked the ball off Bravo and it rebounded to Chile\u2019s Igor Lichnovsky, who tried to poke it wide, but Lautaro Mart\u00ednez, who entered in the 73rd, calmly one-timed that rebound into the roof of the net on Argentina\u2019s 21st shot.<\/p>\n
Players waited for three minutes while the goal, Mart\u00ednez\u2019s 26th for the national team, was confirmed in a video review.
\nArgentina leads Group A with six points, followed by Canada with three, and Chile and Peru with one each.<\/p>\n
The world champions finish the first round against Peru at Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, when Canada meets Chile in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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