International Friendly

FT Saturday, March 28, 2015
Argentina WLWWW 2
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El Salvador LLLLL 0
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Northwest Stadium

Match Report

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Argentina defeat El Salvador without Lionel Messi

Ever Banega scored on a deflected shot, Federico Mancuello added a late goal and Argentina beat El Salvador 2-0 in a friendly on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
8
78.3
Possession
21.7
22
SHOTS
1
6
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
665
Accurate Passes
124
729
Passes
204
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
0
33
Crosses
3
0.2
Cross %
0.0
39
Long Balls
52
26
Accurate Long Balls
11
0.7
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
0
13
Effective Tackles
18
19
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
30
2
Clearances
30

Head to Head

ARG leads series 1-0

Lineups

SLV · 5-4-1

  1. 22Derby CarrilloG
  2. 15Néstor RenderosCD
  3. 3Milton MolinaCD-L
  4. 5Alexander MéndozaCD-R
  5. 13Alexander LarínLB
  6. 14Andres FloresRB
  7. 7Darwin CerénCM-L
  8. 6Richard MenjivarCM-R
  9. 8Jaime AlasLM
  10. 12Arturo ÁlvarezRM
  11. 11Nelson BonillaF

Substitutes

  1. 4Iván ManciaSUB
  2. 1Luis ContrerasSUB
  3. 16Narciso OrellanaSUB
  4. 2Danny TorresSUB
  5. 17Oscar CerenSUB
  6. 9Rafael BurgosSUB
  7. 10Kevin SantamaríaSUB
  8. 20Pablo PunyedSUB
  9. 19Irvin HerreraSUB

ARG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 21Nahuel GuzmánG
  2. 25Ramiro Funes MoriCD-L
  3. 17Mateo MusacchioCD-R
  4. 19Éver BanegaDM
  5. 15Lucas OrbánLB
  6. 4Pablo ZabaletaRB
  7. 23Carlos TevezCM-L
  8. 24Roberto PereyraCM-R
  9. 22Ezequiel LavezziLM
  10. 7Ángel Di MaríaRM
  11. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF

Substitutes

  1. 14Javier MascheranoSUB
  2. 12Gerónimo RulliSUB
  3. 16Marcos RojoSUB
  4. 18Javier PastoreSUB
  5. 1Sergio RomeroSUB
  6. 20Maxi RodríguezSUB
  7. 10Lionel MessiSUB
  8. 2Ezequiel GaraySUB
  9. 5Federico MancuelloSUB
  10. 13Facundo RoncagliaSUB
  11. 6Lucas BigliaSUB
  12. 3Nicolás OtamendiSUB
  13. 11Sergio AgüeroSUB

Timeline

  1. 54' Ever Banega (Argentina) Goal at 54'
  2. 59' Rafael Edgardo Burgos (El Salvador) Substitution at 59'
  3. 67' Kevin Santamaria (El Salvador) Substitution at 67'
  4. 73' Federico Mancuello (Argentina) Substitution at 73'
  5. 76' Pablo Punyed (El Salvador) Substitution at 76'
  6. 78' Javier Pastore (Argentina) Substitution at 78'
  7. 85' Irving Herrera (El Salvador) Substitution at 85'
  8. 88' Federico Mancuello (Argentina) Goal - Free-kick at 88'
  9. 89' Oscar Ceren (El Salvador) Substitution at 89'
  10. 90'+2' Iván Mancia (El Salvador) Substitution at 92'

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