WE Are The Champions rings out over the speakers, but both teams know they are pretty far away from hearing that song in a more meaningful context.
It was full blooded, and had far more bite to it than a typical friendly.
But quality was low, passes were misplaced about every other minute and at times it looked more like a Championship match than Brazil vs Argentina.
ARGENTINA have won, but they don’t seem particularly excited about it.
Neither Messi or his team-mates really able to crack a smile despite the positive result.
Brazil look as disappointed as you would expect on the sidelines.
And there is a trophy presentation for this game.
SO there you have it.
Argentina earn a measure of revenge for their earlier Copa America semi-final defeat in July.
The victory will be particularly sweet for Lionel Messi, whose outbursts during that tournament earned him a three-month international suspension.
But things could have been very different.
Brazil had the perfect chance to win the match in the first half, but Gabriel Jesus side-footed an abject penalty wide of the post.
And we could also so easily have been talking about another Messi penalty miss after his poor spot kick was saved by Alisson.
Luckily, however, Argentina’s top scorer was on hand to tap in the rebound and earn his country Superclasico bragging rights.
FULL TIME – Brazil 0 Argentina 1
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
