FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CONMEBOL

FT Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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Venezuela WWDLL 2
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VEN112
Estadio Metropolitano Mérida · 42,000 att.

Match Report

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Pratto, Otamendi help Argentina rally to late draw with Venezuela

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
4
69.4
Possession
30.6
15
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
386
Accurate Passes
124
463
Passes
205
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
3
Accurate Crosses
4
29
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
59
34
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
3
Blocked Shots
3
21
Effective Tackles
15
27
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
6
11
Effective Clearances
14
13
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ARG leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

VEN · 4-4-2

  1. 12Dani HernándezG
  2. 4Oswaldo VizcarrondoCD-L
  3. 6Sema VelázquezCD-R
  4. 3Mikel VillanuevaLB
  5. 21Alexander GonzálezRB
  6. 14Arles FloresCM-L
  7. 8Tomás RincónCM-R
  8. 18Adalberto PeñarandaLM
  9. 11JuanpiRM
  10. 17Josef MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Salomón RondónCF-R

ARG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio RomeroG
  2. 13Ramiro Funes MoriCD-L
  3. 17Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 16Marcos RojoLB
  5. 4Pablo ZabaletaRB
  6. 10Éver BanegaAM
  7. 14Javier MascheranoLM
  8. 6Lucas BigliaRM
  9. 18Lucas PrattoF
  10. 11Ángel Di MaríaAM-L
  11. 9Erik LamelaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 30' Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Javier Mascherano (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Goal! Venezuela 1, Argentina 0. Juanpi Añor (Venezuela) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  4. 40' Alexander González (Venezuela) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 53' Goal! Venezuela 2, Argentina 0. Josef Martínez (Venezuela) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
  6. 58' Goal! Venezuela 2, Argentina 1. Lucas Pratto (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  7. 67' Substitution, Argentina. Ángel Correa replaces Erik Lamela.
  8. 71' Substitution, Venezuela. Víctor García replaces Alexander González.
  9. 71' Substitution, Argentina. Lucas Alario replaces Lucas Biglia.
  10. 74' Ramiro Funes Mori (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 78' Substitution, Venezuela. Jacobo Kouffaty replaces Josef Martínez because of an injury.
  12. 81' Substitution, Venezuela. Yonathan Del Valle replaces Jacobo Kouffaty because of an injury.
  13. 83' Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Gaitán replaces Marcos Rojo.
  14. 83' Goal! Venezuela 2, Argentina 2. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.

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