Alejandro Garnacho played the second half as Argentina ran out comfortable 3-0 winners versus El Salvador in Philadelphia yesterday.
The world champions mauled their opponents by taking 24 shots to two and enjoying an impressive 80% of the ball.
La Albiceleste took the lead through Tottenham’s Cristian Romero after 16 minutes and added their second through Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez.
Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez, who was involved with the squad, flew back to Manchester before the game in preparation for his much anticipated return from injury against Brentford in a week’s time.
Therefore, United’s interest lay in 19 year old sensation, Alejandro Garnacho.
The winger has had a very successful season where he has nailed down a starting spot in the team after primarily breaking through as a bench option last season.
Such has been his form, it was reported last night that Garnacho currently is favourite to scoop the club’s prestigious Player of the Year Award.
He came off the bench to play the entire second half at the Lincoln Financial Field and was on the pitch as Argentina added their third through Giovani Lo Celso.
One of Garancho’s most notable plays was when the player crashed down the left sideline before turning the ball around to pass to Di Maria, but the former Man Utd star’s shot was blocked by the opponent’s goalkeeper.
Garnacho made a strong impression as he was awarded with a 7.4 rating from Sofascore.
The winger had one shot on target and one shot that went wide of the goal during the half.
As you would expect, he ran successfully at tired El Salvadorian legs and completed three of his four dribble attempts.
The player was also heavily involved in an attacking sense, making two key passes and touching the ball 37 times.
Garnacho also left the field of play with an impressive passing accuracy of 91%, making 26 out of his 29 passes.
He was also very careful with the ball, only losing possession four times during the 45 minutes he was in action.
When Argentina plays Costa Rica in the wee hours of Wednesday morning UK time, the young Argentine, who has expressed his satisfaction at representing his country in his fourth appearance for the world champions, will be looking to leave another lasting impression.
As was recently reported, the young talent is fervently hoping to add another medal to the South American country’s trophy-laden history by representing Argentina at the Copa America and/or Olympic Games this summer.
