International Friendly

FT Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Croatia LWWWW 1
–
Argentina WLWLW 2
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CRO101
ARG022
Boleyn Ground

Match Report

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Lionel Messi spot on as Argentina fight back to beat Croatia

Argentina came from behind to beat an experimental Croatia side 2-1 in their friendly at Upton Park.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
8
12
Saves
0
35.7
Possession
64.3
4
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
609
380
Passes
708
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
1
18
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
69
11
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
19
22
Tackles
28
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
11
20
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

ARG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio RomeroG
  2. 17Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 2Santiago VerginiCD-R
  4. 3Cristian AnsaldiLB
  5. 4Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 10Lionel MessiAM
  7. 19Éver BanegaLM
  8. 14Javier MascheranoRM
  9. 11Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 7Ángel Di MaríaAM-L
  11. 8Enzo PérezAM-R

CRO · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Lovre KalinicG
  2. 4Marko LeskovicCD-L
  3. 5Tin JedvajCD-R
  4. 22Marin LeovacLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 21Domagoj AntolicCM-L
  7. 7Milan BadeljCM-R
  8. 10Anas SharbiniLM
  9. 19Hrvoje MilicRM
  10. 13Duje CopF
  11. 20Mateo KovacicRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Anas Sharbini (Croatia) Goal at 11'
  2. 45' Alen Halilovic (Croatia) Substitution at 45'
  3. 49' Cristian Ansaldi (Argentina) Goal at 49'
  4. 57' Lionel Messi (Argentina) Penalty - Scored at 57'
  5. 62' Carlos Tevez (Argentina) Substitution at 62'
  6. 65' Mato Jajalo (Croatia) Substitution at 65'
  7. 71' Roberto Pereyra (Argentina) Substitution at 71'
  8. 71' Ivan Tomecak (Croatia) Substitution at 71'
  9. 77' Erik Lamela (Argentina) Substitution at 77'
  10. 77' Jonathan Silva (Argentina) Substitution at 77'
  11. 84' Matej Mitrovic (Croatia) Substitution at 84'
  12. 84' Marko Rog (Croatia) Substitution at 84'
  13. 89' Ivan Vargic (Croatia) Substitution at 89'

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