Argentina cruise past Brazil in World Cup qualifying | OneFootball

After qualifying earlier in the day thanks to results elsewhere, Argentina put four past Brazil in a comfortable World Cup qualifying victory.

Scorers: Alvarez 4', Fernández 12', Mac Allister 37', Simeone 71' ; Cunha 26'

Argentina were on top from the very jump, perhaps buoyed by their qualification earlier in the day.

They grabbed the lead inside five minutes thanks to red-hot Julián Alvarez, and his finish was one-upped by Enzo Fernández just eight minutes later to double the lead.

While the hosts looked poised to run away with it, a defensive lapse allowed Matheus Cunha to steal in and fire his shot in past Emi Martínez to cut the lead in half.

Any hope of a Brazil fightback was quelled in late in the first half when Alexis Mac Allister fired home a superb finish from close range.

And after the break the hole got even deeper when Giuliano Simeone came off the bench for Argentina to add another goal to the tally.

The victory is merely a bonus after securing the qualification in the afternoon for Argentina, while Brazil end the evening in fourth.

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