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Lisandro Martinez endured a blended evening as Argentina wrapped up their COPA America preparations with a 4-1 win over Guatemala.
A brace from Lionel Messi and one other double from Lautaro Martinez proved the distinction for the Argentines.
La Albiceleste had 19 photographs to Guatemala’s 4 and loved 72% of the ball.
After a powerful show final trip towards Ecuador, the sport received off to the worst attainable begin for Martinez and his nation.
Guatemala fired in a free kick from the left hand aspect within the fourth minute of play. Emiliano Martinez pushed the ball into the onrushing gamers and it ricocheted off an Argentine defender earlier than Martinez tried to hook it off the road, solely to kick it into the roof of the online.
It was extremely unlucky because the ball got here at him at such pace and from such a detailed distance.
Martinez was additionally given a rating of 6.7 on the evening from Sofascore and picked up a yellow card within the 63rd minute of play.
Nevertheless, there have been positives for el Carnicero as he managed to get one other 90 minutes in his legs in his quest to changing into an everyday starter within the coronary heart of the Argentine defence.
The defender made one clearance and blocked one shot on a quiet evening’s work after the shock opener for the Guatemalans.
The 26 yr outdated additionally made one interception and one deal with for his aspect. He gained one out of his two floor duels and one out of his three aerial battles.
He had a significantly better evening on the ball the place he touched the ball 105 instances and had a passing accuracy of 95%, finishing 93 of his 98 passes.
He solely hit 25% of his lengthy balls precisely nevertheless and had one shot off beam for the COPA America champions.
Martinez will hope for his third consecutive begin despite the personal purpose when the competitors begins in earnest on Thursday. Argentina tackle Canada of their group opener.
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