Now they made two more: Mac Allister and Di María. Exequiel Palacios is the first, but the second is a signal: Cristian Romero is a defender, and swapping him in for Di María says Argentina is shifting into safety mode. Schillaci’s first-half opener was equalised in the second half by Claudio Caniggia’s header for Argentina. Argentina has its goal. 67′ Argentina had made two subs just before the Messi goal, Nahuel Molina (for Montiel) and Julian Álvarez (for Lautaro Martínez). For months he had been targeting Qatar as the moment, and the place, where he closed the gap with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the debate over the best player in the game.
