Julián Álvarez was one of the figures of the Argentina team that got him the pass to the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar against Australia. The Manchester City striker made it 2-0 after capitalizing on a mistake by goalkeeper Mathew Ryan to score his second goal of the World Cup.
This move is very similar to that which took place during the game between River Plate and Alliance of Lima for the 2022 Copa Libertadores, in that memorable 8-1 victory for the millionaire team. Ángelo Campos, the trusted goalkeeper, tried to play with the ball, but the “Spider” took it from him and scored one of the goals of the game.
This did not go unnoticed by Conmebol, who reminded their followers of this goal on Twitter. “A goal by Julián Álvarez taking the ball away from the opposing goalkeeper? We’ve already seen that with the Conmebol Libertadores. Today, at the FIFA World Cup,” he expressed on his networks with a video of the game.
Goal by Julián Álvarez against Alianza Lima
Julian Álvarez goal against Australia
Julian Álvarez, responsible for marking the second game.#ARG 2 vs #OUT 0
Argentina is among the eight best in #CatarEnDIRECTV 🙃 ! pic.twitter.com/GQh1uwRzuo
– DSports (@DSports) December 3, 2022
The “spider” in the River Plate story
The goals Álvarez scored against Alianza Lima made him the first soccer millionaire to score six goals in an official match.
Argentina’s next game
The Albiceleste meet the Netherlands in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday 9 December from 14:00 (Peruvian time).