Soccer — World cup qualifiers Friday, September 2, 2016 Messi leads 10-man Argentina to victoryMENDOZA — Lionel Messi led Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Uruguay at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza last night in a seventh-round match of the South American World Cup qualifiers. Argentina now leads the standings with 14 points, one ahead of Uruguay, Colombia and Ecuador. The visitors let Argentina have complete control of the ball and the national team played an attacking style. Argentina nearly went ahead in the 40th after a fantastic team play, which involved almost all the players. Argentina fielded: Sergio Romero; Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Otamendi, Ramiro Funes Mori, Emmanuel Más; Lucas Biglia, Javier Mascherano; Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Ángel Di María; Lucas Pratto.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald September 02, 2016 03:22 UTC