International Friendly

FT Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Argentina WWLWL 7
–
Hong Kong WLLLL 0
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ARG347
HKG000
Mong Kok Stadium

Match Report

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Lionel Messi double inspires Argentina to win over Hong Kong

Argentina bounced back from their weekend defeat to bitter rivals Brazil with a 7-0 rout of Hong Kong in Tuesday's international friendly in the Far East.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
13
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
13
80
Possession
20
22
SHOTS
2
14
ON GOAL
0
0.6
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
686
Accurate Passes
128
775
Passes
195
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
0
28
Crosses
4
0.2
Cross %
0.0
67
Long Balls
34
48
Accurate Long Balls
4
0.7
Long Balls %
0.1
3
Blocked Shots
1
18
Effective Tackles
16
21
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
39
0
Clearances
39

Lineups

HKG · 4-4-2

  1. 1Hung-Fai YappG
  2. 3Wisdom AgboCD-L
  3. 15Wai Ho ChanCD-R
  4. 13Kin Fung CheungLB
  5. 2Chi-Ho LeeRB
  6. 6Yang HuangCM-L
  7. 23Yingzhi JuCM-R
  8. 5Andreas NägeleinLM
  9. 8Deshuai XuRM
  10. 18Godfred KarikariCF-L
  11. 9Wai Lim LeeCF-R

ARG · 4-3-3

  1. 21Nahuel GuzmánG
  2. 6Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 2Santiago VerginiCD-R
  4. 3Leonel VangioniLB
  5. 13Facundo RoncagliaRB
  6. 5Fernando GagoCM
  7. 8Enzo PérezLM
  8. 19Éver BanegaRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 22Javier PastoreLF
  11. 20Nicolás GaitánRF

Timeline

  1. 19' Ever Banega (Argentina) Goal at 19'
  2. 42' Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina) Goal at 42'
  3. 44' Nicolas Gaitán (Argentina) Goal at 44'
  4. 45' Agustín Marchesí­n (Argentina) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Christian Annan (Hong Kong) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Jack Sealy (Hong Kong) Substitution at 45'
  7. 54' Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina) Goal at 54'
  8. 55' Andreas Nägelein (Hong Kong) Yellow Card at 55'
  9. 60' Chung Pong Leung (Hong Kong) Substitution at 60'
  10. 60' Lionel Messi (Argentina) Substitution at 60'
  11. 60' Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina) Substitution at 60'
  12. 65' Kin Pong Kwok (Hong Kong) Substitution at 65'
  13. 66' Lionel Messi (Argentina) Goal at 66'
  14. 71' Ka-Wai Lam (Hong Kong) Substitution at 71'
  15. 72' Nicolas Gaitán (Argentina) Goal at 72'
  16. 73' Ángel Di María (Argentina) Substitution at 73'
  17. 73' Javier Mascherano (Argentina) Substitution at 73'
  18. 73' Roberto Pereyra (Argentina) Substitution at 73'
  19. 80' Kwan-Yee Lo (Hong Kong) Substitution at 80'
  20. 84' Lionel Messi (Argentina) Goal at 84'

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