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The Argentine National Team closed its 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Peru, on the twelfth date of the Conmebol Qualifiers, much more limited in the result than on the field of play, where the team emerged as the exclusive protagonist. The evening served the national team to change its face and leave behind the setback against Paraguay. In the first half, although it lacked intensity, the team tried, generated danger and looked poised, confident that sooner or later it would get the advantage. Gonzalo Montiel was the first to not be able to connect well with Pedro Gallese. Was he ahead? Later, Alexis Mac Allister had him twice with his head with two deflected shots, first lobbed. Then, he repeated with a chip. So things were, to find strong emotions we had to wait until the second half. And patience did not fail, because at nine Lionel Messi provided the assist with a cross from the left that Lautaro Martínez took on the volley with a spectacular pirouette, a kind of scissors kick that rose slightly off a defender and stuck in the left corner of Gallese's goal. Having achieved the lead, the merit of the Albiceleste was to maintain it by avoiding risks. Lionel Scaloni took advantage to renew his ranks with Nehuén Pérez, Giuliano Simeone and Giovani Lo Celso and, towards the end, with Leandro Paredes and Giovani Lo Celso. The epilogue came without surprises and Argentina was able to celebrate to rest until March at the top of the table on the way to the 2026 World Cup. And, beyond some recent turbulence, it said goodbye with a success to another year in which it celebrated a title, that of the Copa América. Everything is in order for what comes next. For more information, visit http://www.tycsports.com