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

 
Argentina
 
Line-ups
Emiliano MARTÍNEZ1Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
Nahuel MOLINA2Giovanni DI LORENZO
Nicolás TAGLIAFICO3Federico DIMARCO
(c)Enzo FERNÁNDEZ4Manuel LOCATELLI
Cristian ROMERO5Alessandro BASTONI(c)
Leonardo BALERDI6Francesco ACERBI
Lionel MESSI7Matteo POLITANO
Ángel DI MARÍA8Mattia ZACCAGNI
Julián ÁLVAREZ9Ciro IMMOBILE(p)
(p,f)Lautaro MARTÍNEZ10Mateo RETEGUI(f)
Alexis MAC ALLISTER11Nicolò BARELLA
Philip ThorneManagerPhilip 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 
61
1313
32
77
58
1215
55
47%53%
Man of the match: Alessandro Bastoni