International Friendly

FT Thursday, October 11, 2018
Argentina LWLWD 4
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Iraq LDDWD 0
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Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium · 18,517 att.

Match Report

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Argentina ease past Iraq as four players score first international goals

Argentina easily overcame Iraq 4-0 in a friendly in Saudi Arabia on Thursday with four players scoring their first senior international goals.

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Lineups

IRQ · 5-4-1

  1. 12Jalal HassanG
  2. 4Mustafa NadhimCD
  3. 5Ali FaezCD-L
  4. 2Ahmed Ibrahim KhalafCD-R
  5. 6Ali Adnan KadhimLB
  6. 17Alaa Ali MhawiRB
  7. 8Osama JabbarCM-L
  8. 11Amjad AttwanCM-R
  9. 7Justin MeramLM
  10. 9Ahmed Yasin GhaniRM
  11. 13Bashar Resan BonyanF

Substitutes

  1. 10Mohanad AliSUB
  2. 18Mohammed DawoodSUB
  3. 15Raad Fanar SalmanSUB
  4. 20Mohammed HameedSUB
  5. 19Mahdi Kamil SheltaghSUB
  6. 14Mazin FayyadhSUB
  7. 16Hussein Ali Al-SaediSUB
  8. 22Rebin SulakaSUB
  9. 23Mustafa MohammedSUB
  10. 3Hussam Kadhim Al-ShuwailiSUB
  11. 1Fahad TalibSUB
  12. 21Safaa Hadi Al-FuraijiSUB

ARG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sergio RomeroG
  2. 13Ramiro Funes MoriCD-L
  3. 6Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 5Leandro ParedesDM
  5. 8Marcos AcuñaLB
  6. 4Fabricio BustosRB
  7. 25Franco VázquezCM-L
  8. 14Maximiliano MezaCM-R
  9. 31Rodrigo De PaulLM
  10. 21Paulo DybalaRM
  11. 27Lautaro MartínezF

Substitutes

  1. 15Santiago AscacibarSUB
  2. 12Guido HerreraSUB
  3. 23Gerónimo RulliSUB
  4. 19Giovanni SimeoneSUB
  5. 18Eduardo SalvioSUB
  6. 20Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  7. 24Franco CerviSUB
  8. 11Ángel CorreaSUB
  9. 7Roberto PereyraSUB
  10. 29Juan FoythSUB
  11. 2Wálter KannemannSUB
  12. 26Renzo SaraviaSUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Iraq 0, Argentina 1. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marcos Acuña with a cross.
  2. 27' Ali Adnan (Iraq) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Eduardo Salvio (Argentina) Substitution at 45'
  4. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Eduardo Salvio replaces Maximiliano Meza.
  5. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Roberto Pereyra replaces Rodrigo de Paul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Santiago Ascacibar replaces Franco Vázquez.
  7. 45' Substitution, Iraq. Hussein Ali replaces Justin Meram.
  8. 45' Substitution, Iraq. Mohannad Ali replaces Ahmed Yasin.
  9. 53' Goal! Iraq 0, Argentina 2. Roberto Pereyra (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paulo Dybala.
  10. 57' Substitution, Argentina. Giovanni Simeone replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  11. 57' Substitution, Iraq. Mahdi Kamil replaces Ahmed Khalaf.
  12. 60' Substitution, Argentina. Franco Cervi replaces Leandro Paredes.
  13. 68' Substitution, Iraq. Hussam Kadhim replaces Ali Adnan.
  14. 70' Substitution, Iraq. Mazin Fayyadh replaces Bashar Resan.
  15. 75' Substitution, Argentina. Walter Kannemann replaces Fabricio Bustos.
  16. 76' Mazin Fayyadh (Iraq) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 77' Substitution, Iraq. Rebin Sulaka replaces Ali Faez.
  18. 82' Goal! Iraq 0, Argentina 3. Germán Pezzella (Argentina) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Eduardo Salvio with a headed pass following a corner.
  19. 90'+1' Goal! Iraq 0, Argentina 4. Franco Cervi (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Walter Kannemann.

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