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Match Report

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Argentina celebrate World Cup with fans in win over Panama

Argentina beat Panama 2-0 in a friendly on Thursday with goals from Thiago Almada and Lionel Messi amid a festive atmosphere in Buenos Aires.

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Head to Head

ARG leads series 2-0

Lineups

ARG · 4-3-3

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

PAN · 5-4-1

  1. 12José Carlos GuerraG
  2. 13Jiovany RamosCD
  3. 5Richard PeraltaCD-L
  4. 4Edgardo FariñaCD-R
  5. 3Kevin GalvánLB
  6. 2Iván AndersonRB
  7. 11José Manuel MurilloCM-L
  8. 6Irving GudiñoCM-R
  9. 17Cristhian QuinteroLM
  10. 9Alfredo StephensRM
  11. 19Ronaldo CordobaF

Timeline

  1. 16' Kevin Galván (Panama) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Panama. Omar Browne replaces Ronaldo Córdoba.
  3. 45' Substitution, Panama. Víctor Medina replaces Cristian Quintero.
  4. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez replaces Julián Álvarez.
  5. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Lisandro Martínez replaces Nicolás Otamendi.
  6. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Thiago Almada replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
  7. 60' Substitution, Argentina. Paulo Dybala replaces Ángel Di María.
  8. 60' Substitution, Argentina. Leandro Paredes replaces Enzo Fernández.
  9. 62' Edgardo Fariña (Panama) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Panama. Martín Morán replaces Irving Gudiño.
  11. 68' Substitution, Panama. Gilberto Hernández replaces Edgardo Fariña because of an injury.
  12. 69' Substitution, Panama. Michael Casazola replaces Kevin Galván.
  13. 69' Substitution, Argentina. Marcos Acuña replaces Nicolás Tagliafico.
  14. 76' Substitution, Panama. Miguel Camargo replaces José Murillo.
  15. 78' Goal! Argentina 1, Panama 0. Thiago Almada (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Paredes following a set piece situation.
  16. 88' Miguel Camargo (Panama) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 89' Goal! Argentina 2, Panama 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

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