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2¹ The referee yellow cards MESSI. 4¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in ÁLVAREZ cracking a low shot over. 9¹ A fine ball from DI MARÍA on the right bobbled toward MARTÍNEZ who mishit his effort over the bar. 16¹ The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from ZACCAGNI. 20¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming DONNARUMMA. 27¹ A right foot shot from MARTÍNEZ was saved by the Italian 'keeper. 32¹ A shot from ZACCAGNI was nodded off the line by ROMERO. 34¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed IMMOBILE to play the ball to BARELLA who hit a left foot shot home. (1-0 Italy) 36¹ A corner fell to ÁLVAREZ who headed an effort wide. 40¹ A tame strike from IMMOBILE rolled agonisingly wide. 1² GOAL!! With his back to goal DI MARÍA swivelled and poked the ball past the Italian 'keeper. (1-1) 3² IMMOBILE's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Argentinian crossbar. 10² A accurate pass fell to ZACCAGNI and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. 19² A shot from IMMOBILE seemed a certain goal but MARTÍNEZ managed to palm the ball away. 26² BARELLA headed over the bar. 27² A twenty-five yard shot from ÁLVAREZ caused the Italian 'keeper no problem. 32² POLITANO waltzed past MESSI and poked a weak shot over the bar. 33² The Argentinian 'keeper saved a glorious shot from IMMOBILE. 37² MARTÍNEZ beat BASTONI and blasted the ball to DI MARÍA who fired his effort wide. 42² TAGLIAFICO booked by the ref for a cynical foul. 43² GOAL!! A lovely set-piece enabled MARTÍNEZ to nudge the ball into the net. (2-1 Argentina) 46² The motionless Argentinian 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from BALERDI dropped just over.

Argentina

Line-ups Emiliano MARTÍNEZ 7½ 1 6½ Gianluigi DONNARUMMA Nahuel MOLINA 7½ 2 7  Giovanni DI LORENZO Nicolás TAGLIAFICO 6½ 3 7  Federico DIMARCO (c)Enzo FERNÁNDEZ 6½ 4 6½ Manuel LOCATELLI Cristian ROMERO 6  5 7½ Alessandro BASTONI(c) Leonardo BALERDI 6  6 6½ Francesco ACERBI Lionel MESSI 7½ 7 7  Matteo POLITANO Ángel DI MARÍA 7  8 6  Mattia ZACCAGNI Julián ÁLVAREZ 7  9 6½ Ciro IMMOBILE(p) (p,f)Lautaro MARTÍNEZ 7  10 5½ Mateo RETEGUI(f) Alexis MAC ALLISTER 6½ 11 6½ Nicolò BARELLA Philip Thorne Manager Philip Thorne Nicolás OTAMENDI    12    Matteo DARMIAN Walter BENÍTEZ    13    Alex MERET Paulo DYBALA    14    Lorenzo PELLEGRINI Rodrigo DE PAUL    15    Bryan CRISTANTE Exequiel PALACIOS    16    Federico CHIESA

Italy

Argentina go through to the next round

Statistics

Argentina 2 Italy 1 (Half-time: 0-1) di María 1², Martínez 43² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Barella 34¹         Messi 2¹, Tagliafico 42²   6 1 13 13 3 2 7 7 5 8 12 15 5 5 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Alessandro Bastoni ¶