FIFA World Cup

FT Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Stadium 974 · 44,089 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Argentina dominate Poland at World Cup to advance as Group C winners

Argentina turned in a dominant display to beat Poland at the World Cup to win Group C and advance to the last 16 at Stadium 974 in Qatar.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
9
73.3
Possession
26.7
23
SHOTS
4
12
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
800
Accurate Passes
245
868
Passes
317
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
18
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.4
32
Long Balls
65
22
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
5
Interceptions
7
8
Effective Clearances
28
8
Clearances
28

Highlights

01:28 Laurens: Dangerous Argentina one of the favourites again Watch on ESPN 02:05 Making sense of the wild finish in Group C Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

POL leads series 2-1

Lineups

POL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 14Jakub KiwiorCD-L
  3. 15Kamil GlikCD-R
  4. 18Bartosz BereszynskiLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 10Grzegorz KrychowiakCM-L
  7. 6Krystian BielikCM-R
  8. 24Przemyslaw FrankowskiLM
  9. 20Piotr ZielinskiRM
  10. 16Karol SwiderskiCF-L
  11. 9Robert LewandowskiCF-R

ARG · 4-3-3

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 19Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 13Cristian RomeroCD-R
  4. 8Marcos AcuñaLB
  5. 26Nahuel MolinaRB
  6. 24Enzo FernándezCM
  7. 20Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 7Rodrigo De PaulRM
  9. 10Lionel MessiF
  10. 9Julián ÁlvarezLF
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaRF

Timeline

  1. 39' Penalty saved! Lionel Messi (Argentina) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Poland. Michal Skóras replaces Karol Swiderski.
  3. 45' Substitution, Poland. Jakub Kaminski replaces Przemyslaw Frankowski.
  4. 46' Goal! Poland 0, Argentina 1. Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nahuel Molina with a cross.
  5. 49' Marcos Acuña (Argentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Argentina. Leandro Paredes replaces Ángel Di María.
  7. 59' Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Tagliafico replaces Marcos Acuña.
  8. 62' Substitution, Poland. Damian Szymanski replaces Krystian Bielik.
  9. 67' Goal! Poland 0, Argentina 2. Julián Álvarez (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  10. 72' Substitution, Poland. Artur Jedrzejczyk replaces Bartosz Bereszynski.
  11. 78' Grzegorz Krychowiak (Poland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Substitution, Argentina. Germán Pezzella replaces Enzo Fernández.
  13. 79' Substitution, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez replaces Julián Álvarez.
  14. 83' Substitution, Poland. Krzysztof Piatek replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  15. 84' Substitution, Argentina. Thiago Almada replaces Alexis Mac Allister.

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