FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, June 21, 2014
Iran DDDWD 0
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Argentina WDWWW 1
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ARG011
Estadio Mineirão · 57,698 att. · ESPN · ESPN3

Match Report

Team Stats

14
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
10
4
Saves
3
30
Possession
70
8
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
86
Accurate Passes
462
130
Passes
512
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
9
16
Crosses
41
0.3
Cross %
0.2
22
Long Balls
52
7
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.3
Long Balls %
0.8
2
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
15
22
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
38
Effective Clearances
18
38
Clearances
18

Lineups

ARG · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Sergio RomeroG
  2. 2Ezequiel GarayCD-L
  3. 17Federico FernándezCD-R
  4. 14Javier MascheranoDM
  5. 16Marcos RojoLB
  6. 4Pablo ZabaletaRB
  7. 10Lionel MessiAM
  8. 7Ángel Di MaríaLM
  9. 5Fernando GagoRM
  10. 20Sergio AgüeroCF-L
  11. 9Gonzalo HiguaínCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Rodrigo PalacioSUB
  2. 12Agustín OrionSUB
  3. 19Ricardo AlvarezSUB
  4. 22Ezequiel LavezziSUB
  5. 3Hugo CampagnaroSUB
  6. 15Martín DemichelisSUB
  7. 21Mariano AndújarSUB
  8. 13Augusto FernándezSUB
  9. 23José BasantaSUB
  10. 8Enzo PérezSUB
  11. 6Lucas BigliaSUB
  12. 11Maxi RodríguezSUB

IRN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Alireza HaghighiG
  2. 5Amir Hossein SadeghiCD-L
  3. 4Seyed Jalal HosseiniCD-R
  4. 23Mehrdad PooladiLB
  5. 15Pejman MontazeriRB
  6. 3Ehsan HajsafiAM
  7. 6Javad NekounamLM
  8. 14Andranik TeymourianRM
  9. 16Reza GhoochannejhadF
  10. 21Ashkan DejagahAM-L
  11. 7Masoud ShojaeiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Hashem BeikzadehSUB
  2. 11Ghasem HaddadifarSUB
  3. 1Rahman AhmadiSUB
  4. 13Hossein MahiniSUB
  5. 2Khosro HeydariSUB
  6. 8Reza HaghighiSUB
  7. 17Ahmad AlnamehSUB
  8. 20Steven BeitashourSUB
  9. 22Daniel DavariSUB
  10. 10Karim AnsarifardSUB
  11. 9Alireza JahanbakhshSUB
  12. 18Bakhtiar RahmaniSUB

Timeline

  1. 53' Javad Nekounam (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 73' Masoud Shojaei (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 76' Substitution, Argentina. Rodrigo Palacio replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  4. 76' Substitution, Argentina. Ezequiel Lavezzi replaces Sergio Agüero.
  5. 76' Substitution, IR Iran. Khosro Heydari replaces Masoud Shojaei.
  6. 85' Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ashkan Dejagah.
  7. 88' Substitution, IR Iran. Reza Haghighi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi.
  8. 90'+1' Goal! Argentina 1, IR Iran 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezequiel Lavezzi.
  9. 90'+4' Substitution, Argentina. Lucas Biglia replaces Ángel Di María.

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