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Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (4-2 pens): Copa América 2024 quarter-final – as it happened | Copa América

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Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (4-2 pens): Copa América 2024 quarter-final – as it happened | Copa América

Full time: Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (4-2 pens) A very good penalty, dragged into the bottom left corner. Argentina have won on penalties again!

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Argentina 3-2 Ecuador Argentina will have to serve it out. Caicedo’s penalty wasn’t the best but Martinez dived past it.

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Argentina 3-1 Ecuador The World Cup winner sends Dominguez the wrong way to move Argentina within one kick, or more likely one save, of going through.

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Argentina 2-1 Ecuador Good penalty, whipped to his right. Martinez went the wrong way for once.

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Argentina 2-0 Ecuador Very good penalty, curled into the bottom-right corner. Ecuador are on the brink.

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Argentina 1-0 Ecuador This is ridiculous. Martinez guesses right again and stretches to claw away Minda’s penalty. He’s broken Ecuador’s will.

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Argentina 1-0 Ecuador A brilliant penalty, curled top right. Dominguez went the right way but had no chance.

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Argentina 0-0 Ecuador He’s done it again. Mena’s penalty was well struck but at a decent height for Martinez, who dived to his left, pushed it away and set off in celebration. He is remarkable.

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He tried a Panenka and hit the top of the crossbar! There aren’t enough exclamation marks in the world!

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Argentina are about to be eacquainted with an old friend: the penalty competition. The substitute Kevin Rodriguez’s superb injury-time header gave Ecuador a fully deserved draw. There’s no extra-time until the final so this goes straight to penalties.

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Ecuador have equalised and this quarter-final is going to penalties!

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62 min Oh dear lord. He swaggered up nonchalantly, sent Martinez the wrong way – and then rolled the ball slowly against the left-hand post. Hincapie rattled the rebound into the side netting from a tight angle.

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The scoreline is no surprise, but it doesn’t tell the full story of an intriguing first half. Ecuador were the better team for much of it, with Emi Martinez making a fine save from Jeremy Sarmiento early on. Another Martinez, Manchester United’s Lisandro, headed Argentina in front from a well-worked corner in the 35th minute.

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Bautismo de gol para Licha 👏 pic.twitter.com/xNmBFXx7hr

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ (@CopaAmerica) July 5, 2024

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Lisandro Martinez scores his first goal for Argentina! Messi’s clipped corner from the right was headed on deftly at the near post by Mac Allister, and Martinez arrived at the far post to nod in from close range. Dominguez pushed the ball away but he was well behind the line when he did so.

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Ecuador make one change from their goalless draw with Mexico: the defensive midfielder Carlos Gruezo replaces the forward Kevin Rodriguez.

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Argentina (4-4-2) E Martinez; Molina, Romero, Lisandro Martinez, Tagliafico; De Paul, Mac Allister, Fernandez, Gonzalez; Messi, Lautaro Martinez.
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Ecuador (4-3-2-1) Dominguez; Preciado, Torres, Pacho, Hincapie; Franco, Gruezo Caicedo; Paez, Sarmiento; Valencia.
Subs: Galindez, Ramirez, Porozo, Hurtado, Loor, Ordonez, Micolta, Mena, Corozo, Cifuentes, Yeboah, Ortiz, Minda, Jordy Caicedo, Rodriguez.

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📝🇦🇷 Our starting XI to face Ecuador 🇪🇨 in the quarterfinals!#ArgentinaNT pic.twitter.com/fR6t4ds2VB

— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) July 5, 2024

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📋 𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝗫𝗜

Así saltamos a la cancha esta noche en el NRG Stadium para enfrentar a 🇦🇷 en la 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗟 @CopaAmerica.

• #LaTriArgentina • pic.twitter.com/qdXfQ78Bdw

— La Tri 🇪🇨 (@LaTri) July 4, 2024

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Key occasions

So, Argentina will play Venezuela or Canada within the semi-finals after a scruffy, unconvincing win over Ecuador. Emi Martinez was their hero with two penalty saves within the shootout, which suggests Lionel Messi’s missed Panenka will turn out to be a footnote slightly than a headline.

Otamendi scores and Argentina undergo!

Full time: Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (4-2 pens) An excellent penalty, dragged into the underside left nook. Argentina have gained on penalties once more!

Jordy Caicedo scores!

Argentina 3-2 Ecuador Argentina should serve it out. Caicedo’s penalty wasn’t the most effective however Martinez dived previous it.

Montiel scores!

Argentina 3-1 Ecuador The World Cup winner sends Dominguez the flawed technique to transfer Argentina inside one kick, or extra probably one save, of going by.

Yeboah scores!

Argentina 2-1 Ecuador Good penalty, whipped to his proper. Martinez went the flawed means for as soon as.

Mac Allister scores!

Argentina 2-0 Ecuador Excellent penalty, curled into the bottom-right nook. Ecuador are on the brink.

Martinez saves from Minda!

Argentina 1-0 Ecuador That is ridiculous. Martinez guesses proper once more and stretches to claw away Minda’s penalty. He’s damaged Ecuador’s will.

Alvarez scores!

Argentina 1-0 Ecuador A superb penalty, curled prime proper. Dominguez went the precise means however had no probability.

MARTINEZ SAVES FROM MENA!

Argentina 0-0 Ecuador He’s achieved it once more. Mena’s penalty was properly struck however at a good peak for Martinez, who dived to his left, pushed it away and set off in celebration. He’s exceptional.

MESSI MISSES! Argentina 0-0 Ecuador

He tried a Panenka and hit the highest of the crossbar! There aren’t sufficient exclamation marks on the earth!

“Maybe the Argentine defender would have been higher enjoying defence whereas Ecuador attacked down his aspect proper earlier than the equaliser as a substitute of writhing round on the bottom performing like he was injured,” writes Russell Eberts. “The soccer gods are all the time watching.”

Mom Soccer’s gonna get ya.

“Messi’s groups (membership and nation) have gained a ridiculous variety of shootouts in a row,” says Robert Pace. “It could possibly’t final, can it?”

Emi Martinez doesn’t imagine within the legislation of averages.

Full time: Argentina 1-1 Ecuador

Argentina are about to be eacquainted with an previous buddy: the penalty competitors. The substitute Kevin Rodriguez’s very good injury-time header gave Ecuador a totally deserved draw. There’s no extra-time till the ultimate so this goes straight to penalties.

90+7 min: Probability for Ecuador! Jordy Caicedo heads vast from six yards after advantageous play from Minta on the left. That was a terrific probability to place the holders out!

90+6 min Virtually one other probability for Ecuador! Mena breaks into the realm earlier than operating out of room.

In the meantime, Gonzalo Montiel has changed Molina with penalties in thoughts.

90+5 min “No, there’s no downside with VAR in soccer,” says Robert Pace. “All of it works nice!”

The objective stands! It will need to have been a test for offside, although it didn’t look even shut on the replay.

I don’t know what they’re checking. It’s nonetheless happening although. That is bizarre.

There’s a VAR test, goodness is aware of what for although.

Oh. My. Goodness. Ecuador took a fast free-kick on the precise, then Yeboah curled a advantageous cross into the center. Rodriguez bought throughout Otamendi on the close to put up, 12 yards out, and flicked a improbable header that beat Martinez and bounced into the far nook.

GOAL! Argentina 1-1 Ecuador (Rodriguez 90+2)

Ecuador have equalised and this quarter-final goes to penalties!

90+1 min There might be 5 minutes of added time.

90 min Jordy Caicedo shoots indulgently vast from a really tight angle on the left aspect of the realm. He needed to cross that, absolutely.

88 min It seems like neither staff has put 5 passes collectively within the final 15 or 20 minutes. I assume that constitutes good recreation administration from Argentina, but it surely has been a wierd spectacle.

87 min: Ecuador substitution Jordy Caicedo comes on for Alan Franco. It’s now or by no means for Ecuador.

86 min “I’m undecided why precisely,” begins Peter Oh, “however when Cristian Romero takes a full-throttle shot proper within the household jewels and writhes on the bottom in agony, I don’t really feel as a lot sympathy for him as I do for different gamers.”

85 min It’s been a stop-start second half, which fits Argentina simply advantageous. End result > efficiency.

83 min Romero stayed down after being hit by that shot from Mena. At first I assumed he was losing time, however the free-kick hit him in a fragile place.

82 min Mena’s free-kick hits the wall.