Argentina 3:2 Cape Verde: Match Result

World Cup

Argentina WWWWWL

3:2

Finished

Kick-off was 3 Jul, 23:00

Cape Verde WWDDDL

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 10 – 5

Shots off target 5 – 5

Expected goals 2.26 – 0.47

⚽ 29' L. Messi — Goal ⚽ 59' D. Duarte — Goal ⇄ 63' L. Martinez — Substitution ⇄ 64' T. Almada — Substitution ⇄ 67' L. Duarte — Substitution ⇄ 67' N. Da Costa — Substitution 🟨 68' K. Lenini — Yellow card ⇄ 80' R. Mendes — Substitution ⇄ 80' J. Cabral — Substitution ⇄ 84' R. de Paul — Substitution ⇄ 86' F. Medina — Substitution ⚽ 92' L. Martinez — Goal ⇄ 100' D. Duarte — Substitution ⇄ 100' K. Lenini — Substitution ⚽ 103' S. Lopes Cabral — Goal ⇄ 104' N. Molina — Substitution ⚽ 111' D. Borges — Own goal 🟨 115' G. Montiel — Yellow card

Match events

29' Argentina Goal L. Messi assist: L. Martinez
59' Cape Verde Goal D. Duarte assist: R. Mendes
63' Argentina Substitution L. Martinez off: J. Alvarez
64' Argentina Substitution T. Almada off: N. Gonzalez
67' Cape Verde Substitution L. Duarte off: J. Monteiro
67' Cape Verde Substitution N. Da Costa off: D. Livramento
68' Cape Verde Yellow card K. Lenini
80' Cape Verde Substitution R. Mendes off: W. Semedo
80' Cape Verde Substitution J. Cabral off: H. Varela
84' Argentina Substitution R. de Paul off: L. Paredes
86' Argentina Substitution F. Medina off: N. Tagliafico
92' Argentina Goal L. Martinez assist: A. Mac Allister
100' Cape Verde Substitution D. Duarte off: Y. Semedo
100' Cape Verde Substitution K. Lenini off: Benchimol
103' Cape Verde Goal S. Lopes Cabral assist: Y. Semedo
104' Argentina Substitution N. Molina off: G. Montiel
111' Argentina Own goal D. Borges
115' Argentina Yellow card G. Montiel

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

10 Shots on target 5

5 Shots off target 5

2.26 Expected goals 0.47

3 Big chances 0

8 Corners 8

13 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 12

3 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

11 Goal kicks 8

16 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

26 Aerial duels 26

141 Backward passes 69

7 Blocked shots 6

24 Clearances 26

15 Crosses 20

16 Dribbles 24

2.77 Expected assists 0.40

71 Failed passes 67

3 Goalkeeper saves 8

9 Interceptions 9

11 Key passes 11

39 Long passes 51

238 Passes into the final third 75

560 Passes in the opposition half 247

305 Passes in own half 249

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.31

7 Shots from outside the box 10

15 Shots inside the box 6

14 Aerial duels won 12

6 Successful crosses 5

10 Successful dribbles 12

25 Successful long passes 23

13 Successful tackles 7

779 Successful passes 409

22 Tackles 19

850 Total passes 476

Line-ups

Argentina

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
6	Lisandro Martínez	6
13	Cristian Gabriel Romero	13
25	Facundo Medina	25
26	Nahuel Molina	26
7	Rodrigo Javier De Paul	7
16	Thiago Ezequiel Almada	16
20	Alexis Mac Allister	20
24	Enzo Jeremías Fernández	24
10	Lionel Messi	10
22	Lautaro Javier Martínez	22

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Juan Musso	1
12	Gerónimo Rulli	12
2	Marcos Nicolás Senesi Barón	2
3	Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico	3
4	Gonzalo Montiel	4
19	Nicolás Otamendi	19
5	Leandro Paredes	5
8	Valentín Barco	8
11	Giovani Lo Celso	11
14	Exequiel Palacios	14
9	Julián Álvarez	9
15	Nicolás González	15
17	Giuliano Simeone Baldini	17
18	Nico Paz	18
21	José Manuel Alberto López	21

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Cape Verde

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Josimar José Évora Dias	1
3	Edilson Alberto Monteiro Sanches Borges	3
4	Roberto Carlos Lopes	4
13	Sidny Lopes Cabral	13
22	Steven Moreira	22
6	Kevin Pina	6
7	Jovane Eduardo Borges Cabral	7
14	Deroy D'Encarnação Duarte	14
15	Laros d'Encarnação Duarte	15
20	Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça	20
21	Nuno Miguel da Costa Jóia	21

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Márcio Salomão Brazão da Rosa	12
23	CJ Dos Santos	23
2	Stopira	2
5	Logan Evans Costa	5
24	Wagner Fabrício Cardoso Pina	24
25	Kelvin Spencer Pires	25
8	João Paulo	8
10	Jamiro Gregory Monteiro Alvarenga	10
16	Jair Semedo Monteiro	16
18	Telmo Arcanjo	18
9	Gilson Benchimol Tavares	9
11	Garry Mendes Rodrigues	11
17	Willy Johnson Semedo Afonso	17
19	Dailon Rocha Livramento	19
26	Hélio Sandro Oliveira Alves Varela	26