Argentina vs Australia 2022 FIFA World Cup, Round of 16

Argentina

35': Lionel Messi
57': Julián Álvarez

FT
2 - 1

Australia

77': Enzo Fernández (OG)

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Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
15': Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card.
35': Goal! Argentina 1, Australia 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi following a set piece situation.
38': Milos Degenek (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50': Substitution, Argentina. Lisandro Martínez replaces Papu Gómez.
57': Goal! Argentina 2, Australia 0. Julián Álvarez (Argentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
58': Substitution, Australia. Craig Goodwin replaces Riley McGree.
58': Substitution, Australia. Ajdin Hrustic replaces Keanu Baccus.
71': Substitution, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez replaces Julián Álvarez.
72': Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Tagliafico replaces Marcos Acuña.
72': Substitution, Australia. Garang Kuol replaces Mathew Leckie.
72': Substitution, Australia. Jamie Maclaren replaces Mitchell Duke.
72': Substitution, Australia. Fran Karacic replaces Milos Degenek.
77': Own Goal by Enzo Fernández, Argentina. Argentina 2, Australia 1.
80': Substitution, Argentina. Exequiel Palacios replaces Nahuel Molina.
80': Substitution, Argentina. Gonzalo Montiel replaces Alexis Mac Allister.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup

Venue: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
Location: Al Rayyan, Qatar
Attendance: 45,032

Statistics

AUS		ARG
15	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
3	Corner Kicks	1
3	Saves	1
39.3	Possession	60.7
5	SHOTS	14
1	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
359	Accurate Passes	610
435	Passes	695
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	1
16	Crosses	5
0.1	Cross %	0.2
63	Long Balls	42
36	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	2
4	Effective Tackles	8
11	Tackles	15
0.4	Tackle %	0.5
8	Interceptions	7
10	Effective Clearances	18
10	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Argentina (4-3-3)

No.	Name
23	Emiliano Martínez (GK)
19	Nicolás Otamendi
13	Cristian Romero
8	Marcos Acuña
26	Nahuel Molina
24	Enzo Fernández
20	Alexis Mac Allister
7	Rodrigo De Paul
10	Lionel Messi
17	Alejandro Gómez
9	Julián Álvarez

Substitutes:

Paulo Dybala, Thiago Almada, Gonzalo Montiel, Guido Rodríguez, Leandro Paredes, Juan Foyth, Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez, Germán Pezzella, Gerónimo Rulli, Ángel Correa, Exequiel Palacios, Lisandro Martínez, Franco Armani, Nicolás Tagliafico.

Australia (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Mathew Ryan (GK)
4	Kye Rowles
19	Harry Souttar
16	Aziz Behich
2	Milos Degenek
13	Aaron Mooy
26	Keanu Baccus
14	Riley McGree
7	Mathew Leckie
22	Jackson Irvine
15	Mitchell Duke

Substitutes:

Garang Kuol, Ajdin Hrustic, Awer Mabil, Nathaniel Atkinson, Thomas Deng, Joel King, Andrew Redmayne, Bailey Wright, Cameron Devlin, Craig Goodwin, Danny Vukovic, Marco Tilio, Fran Karacic, Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings.

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