International Friendly

FT Friday, June 7, 2019
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San Juan del Bicentenario · 24,250 att.

Match Report

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Messi scores two as Argentina thrash Nicaragua

Lionel Messi scored twice as Argentina thrashed Nicaragua 5-1 in a friendly in San Juan on Friday.

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Lineups

ARG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Franco ArmaniG
  2. 17Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 2Juan FoythCD-R
  4. 8Marcos AcuñaLB
  5. 4Renzo SaraviaRB
  6. 10Lionel MessiAM
  7. 5Leandro ParedesLM
  8. 18Guido RodríguezRM
  9. 9Sergio AgüeroF
  10. 19Matías SuárezAM-L
  11. 20Giovani Lo CelsoAM-R

NCA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Justo LorenteG
  2. 6Luis Fernando CopeteCD-L
  3. 5Carlos MontenegroCD-R
  4. 3Manuel RosasLB
  5. 2Josué QuijanoRB
  6. 15Byron BonillaAM
  7. 17Renato PunyedLM
  8. 8Marlon LópezRM
  9. 18Jorge BetancurF
  10. 7Carlos ChavarriaAM-L
  11. 11Juan BarreraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Renato Punyed (Nicaragua) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Goal! Argentina 1, Nicaragua 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovani Lo Celso.
  3. 38' Goal! Argentina 2, Nicaragua 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  4. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Paulo Dybala replaces Lionel Messi.
  5. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez replaces Sergio Agüero.
  6. 45' Substitution, Nicaragua. Henry Maradiaga replaces Justo Lorente.
  7. 45' Substitution, Nicaragua. Luis Galeano replaces Carlos Chavarría.
  8. 45' Substitution, Nicaragua. Oscar López replaces Carlos Montenegro.
  9. 49' Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 56' Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Tagliafico replaces Guido Rodríguez.
  11. 57' Substitution, Argentina. Roberto Pereyra replaces Matías Suárez.
  12. 59' Substitution, Nicaragua. Daniel Cadena replaces Renato Punyed.
  13. 62' Substitution, Argentina. Rodrigo de Paul replaces Marcos Acuña.
  14. 63' Goal! Argentina 3, Nicaragua 0. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi following a corner.
  15. 63' Substitution, Nicaragua. Armando Goufas replaces Byron Bonilla.
  16. 73' Substitution, Argentina. Ramiro Funes Mori replaces Juan Foyth.
  17. 73' Goal! Argentina 4, Nicaragua 0. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ramiro Funes Mori following a corner.
  18. 81' Goal! Argentina 5, Nicaragua 0. Roberto Pereyra (Argentina) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rodrigo de Paul.
  19. 82' Substitution, Nicaragua. Francisco Flores replaces Jorge Betancur.
  20. 85' Luis Copete (Nicaragua) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+1' Goal! Argentina 5, Nicaragua 1. Juan Barrera (Nicaragua) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

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