The first half witnessed excellent individual performances by Dani Alves for Brazil and Lionel Messi for the visiting team Argentina.
Messi still had situations where he dribbled past 2-3 men and looked for opportunities to finish. However, M10's efforts were not enough to make a splash against Brazil.
Meanwhile, Alves showed that "the older the ginger, the more spicy it is", the former Barca defender alone made Argentina's defense miserable with his classy dribbling.
One of them was transformed by Alves into a delicious opportunity, helping Selecao open the scoring in the 19th minute. He controlled the ball delicately and then passed 2 Argentine players. A delicate pass was then made to Gabriel Jesus in front of the goal. 1-0 for Brazil after a practice match and the pressure was once again on Argentina.
That is also the reason why the match heated up afterwards with unnecessary card-taking of the players of each team. It was Alves who received a yellow card with Argentina's Acuna after a serious encounter on the pitch.
The second half clearly witnessed the home team's defensive toys. Brazil gradually replaced defensive factors such as Miranda on the field. A 1-0 result is probably enough for Selecao to gradually deploy their defensive intentions in a tense match.
Meanwhile, Argentina had to attack to find an equalizer. Di Maria was brought on to the field with countless blocks. However, although Messi put the ball in the "A corner" of Alisson's goal, Albiceleste still did not score.
After attacking a lot but not scoring, Argentina immediately took a bitter taste. In the 73rd minute, Jesus alone dribbled the ball quickly from midfield, passing the 2 defensive players of the away team and "clearing the deal" for Firmino. Facing an empty goal, the Liverpool striker did not miss the opportunity to double the gap.
The goals conceded showed the inherent weakness of Argentina's defenders throughout the past tournaments.
The match ended in the final minutes, Argentina still pushed up their formation to find a goal to shorten the score, but the psychological burden was too great, causing everyone to not be calm in the handling stages.
2-0 is the final score. Brazil is the team participating in the final on July 8. Selecao's opponents will be Peru or Chile in the second semi-final match taking place on the morning of July 4 (Vietnam time).
