International Friendly

FT Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Argentina DWWLW 1
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Spain WWWDD 6
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ARG101
ESP246
65,541 att.

Match Report

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Isco nets hat trick as Spain thrash Argentina in Madrid friendly

Spain ran roughshod over Argentina, with Isco netting three times in a runaway 6-1 friendly victory over their South American rivals in Madrid.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
21
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
2
48.2
Possession
51.8
11
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
439
Accurate Passes
483
488
Passes
531
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
6
0.5
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
36
38
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
6
Effective Clearances
10
6
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 15Sergio RamosCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2Dani CarvajalRB
  6. 10Thiago AlcantaraCM
  7. 6Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 8KokeRM
  9. 19Diego CostaF
  10. 20Marco AsensioLF
  11. 22IscoRF

ARG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sergio RomeroG
  2. 16Marcos RojoCD-L
  3. 17Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 3Nicolás TagliaficoLB
  5. 26Fabricio BustosRB
  6. 19Éver BanegaAM
  7. 14Javier MascheranoLM
  8. 6Lucas BigliaRM
  9. 9Gonzalo HiguaínF
  10. 27Maximiliano MezaAM-L
  11. 20Giovani Lo CelsoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Spain 1, Argentina 0. Diego Costa (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a through ball.
  2. 22' Substitution, Argentina. Willy Caballero replaces Sergio Romero because of an injury.
  3. 27' Goal! Spain 2, Argentina 0. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
  4. 39' Goal! Spain 2, Argentina 1. Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Éver Banega with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Spain. Iago Aspas replaces Diego Costa because of an injury.
  6. 52' Goal! Spain 3, Argentina 1. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
  7. 55' Goal! Spain 4, Argentina 1. Thiago Alcántara (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 56' Substitution, Spain. Saúl Ñíguez replaces Andrés Iniesta.
  9. 56' Substitution, Argentina. Cristian Pavón replaces Javier Mascherano.
  10. 59' Substitution, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
  11. 62' Substitution, Argentina. Pablo Pérez replaces Éver Banega.
  12. 62' Substitution, Argentina. Gabriel Mercado replaces Fabricio Bustos.
  13. 68' Nicolás Tagliafico (Argentina) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 68' Isco (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 72' Substitution, Spain. César Azpilicueta replaces Gerard Piqué.
  16. 73' Goal! Spain 5, Argentina 1. Iago Aspas (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by David de Gea.
  17. 74' Goal! Spain 6, Argentina 1. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Iago Aspas.
  18. 76' Substitution, Spain. Lucas Vázquez replaces Isco.
  19. 79' Substitution, Spain. Marcos Alonso replaces Jordi Alba.
  20. 81' Maximiliano Meza (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 82' Substitution, Spain. Daniel Parejo replaces Thiago Alcántara.
  22. 84' Substitution, Argentina. Marcos Acuña replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  23. 87' Marcos Rojo (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 89' Cristian Pavón (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 89' Sergio Ramos (Spain) is shown the yellow card.

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