da mrbet： Goals from Leandro Paredes and Cristian Romero sealed victory for La Albiceleste in their final game of the 2022-23 season
da imperador bet： An Argentina team missing Lionel Messi laboured to a 2-0 friendly victory over Indonesia on Monday.The world champions stroked the ball around without much resistance from the off, but were blunt in front of goal. However, La Albiceleste would enter the interval 1-0 up thanks to a long-range stunner from Leandro Paredes.
Indonesia, currently 149th in the FIFA world rankings, did not go down without a fight, though. On the stroke of half-time, Emiliano Martinez was called into a reaction stop to prevent Ivar Jenner grabbing an equaliser from close range, while Elkan Baggott's looping header drew an even better save from the goalkeeper.
Argentina reasserted control in the 55th minute, when Cristian Romero rose high to nod home Giovani Lo Celso's whipped corner. They saw the game out fairly comfortably from there, with Pratama Arhan's long throws only sporadically giving them something to think about.
GOAL rates Argentina's players from the showpiece friendly at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta…
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Emiliano Martinez (7/10):
Not entirely absent from the action. The Aston Villa man was forced into one decent save on the stroke of half-time and had to stretch to keep Baggott's header out. A fine display.
Nahuel Molina (6/10):
Got up to support attacks constantly. Was beaten once, but he was otherwise solid.
Cristian Romero (7/10):
Even in this lowest-of-stakes friendly, his love for the physical side of the game shone through. He didn't give Indonesia's forwards an inch and scored a powerful header.
German Pezzella (6/10):
Wasn't as involved as his defensive partner, but nothing too worrying.
Facundo Medina (6/10):
Potentially the most comfortable afternoon he'll ever have in his career. Spent the majority of the game camped out in the Indonesia half before being subbed with a clean sheet secured.
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Exequiel Palacios (6/10):
Laid off Paredes for his stunning opener. A few good moments, but the least involved of his side's starting midfielders.
Leandro Paredes (8/10):
Began strongly and capped off a fine first half with an unstoppable strike into the top corner that would have beaten any goalkeeper. His side's pass-master throughout.
Giovani Lo Celso (7/10):
Busy in the opening exchanges and provided the corner that Romero crashed home with his head.
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Nicolas Gonzalez (4/10):
A little disappointing. Wasn't involved enough and was replaced by Garnacho.
Julian Alvarez (5/10):
Fluffed two straightforward chances in the first half. Faded after the break.
Facundo Buonanotte (5/10):
Handed his international debut. Showed quick feet to round the keeper before the break, but couldn't score.
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Alejandro Garnacho (5/10):
Tried to forced his way into the game, but very little came off for him. On the end of one crunching tackle that would have had Manchester United fans holding their collective breath.
Marcos Acuna (6/10):
On the ball a lot after coming on.
Lucas Ocampos (5/10):
Not a great deal to report.
Guido Rodriguez, Thiago Almada & Giovanni Simeone (N/A):
Padded their cap collections with a five-minute cameos.
Lionel Scaloni (6/10):
Shuffled his pack a little and the performances of Paredes and Lo Celso will have given him something to think about going forward. The capacity crowd in attendance certainly sounded like they enjoyed the World Cup holders coming to town, too.