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FT Friday, March 22, 2024
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Lincoln Financial Field · 10,000 att.

Match Report

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Argentina, without Messi, beat El Salvador in Copa tune-up

Argentina began preparations for their Copa America defence with a convincing 3-0 win against El Salvador on Friday.

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Head to Head

ARG leads series 2-0

Lineups

ARG · 4-4-2

  1. 23Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 3Nicolás TagliaficoCD-L
  3. 13Cristian RomeroCD-R
  4. 15Nico GonzálezLB
  5. 2Nehuén PérezRB
  6. 8Enzo FernándezCM-L
  7. 5Leandro ParedesCM-R
  8. 16Giovani Lo CelsoLM
  9. 7Rodrigo De PaulRM
  10. 22Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 11Ángel Di MaríaCF-R

SLV · 5-3-2

  1. 1Mario GonzálezG
  2. 5Rudy Clavel MendozaCD
  3. 24Jorge CruzCD-L
  4. 3Melvin CruzCD-R
  5. 19Nelson BlancoLB
  6. 21Bryan TamacasRB
  7. 6Narciso OrellanaCM
  8. 7Darwin CerénCM-L
  9. 14Christian MartínezCM-R
  10. 9Nelson BonillaCF-L
  11. 17Jairo HenríquezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Argentina 1, El Salvador 0. Cristian Romero (Argentina) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
  2. 42' Goal! Argentina 2, El Salvador 0. Enzo Fernández (Argentina) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Nicolás González.
  4. 45' Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Enzo Fernández.
  5. 48' Narciso Orellana (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 52' Goal! Argentina 3, El Salvador 0. Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  7. 56' Substitution, Argentina. Valentín Barco replaces Nicolás Tagliafico.
  8. 64' Jorge Cruz (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 65' Substitution, Argentina. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Rodrigo De Paul.
  10. 65' Substitution, El Salvador. Julio Sibrián replaces Bryan Tamacas.
  11. 65' Substitution, El Salvador. Pablo Punyed replaces Narciso Orellana.
  12. 73' Substitution, Argentina. Nahuel Molina replaces Cristian Romero.
  13. 73' Substitution, El Salvador. Melvin Cartagena replaces Darwin Cerén.
  14. 73' Substitution, Argentina. Alexis Mac Allister replaces Giovani Lo Celso.
  15. 77' Substitution, El Salvador. Jeremy Garay replaces Nelson Bonilla because of an injury.
  16. 77' Substitution, El Salvador. Diego Flores replaces Nelson Flores.
  17. 77' Substitution, El Salvador. German Fuentes replaces Jairo Henríquez.

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