Argentina – Algeria 3:0 · FIFA World Cup
Full time · 3–0
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Ramiz ZerroukiNabil Bentaleb
82'
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Adil BoulbinaIbrahim Maza
81'
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Nicolás OtamendiCristian Romero
80'
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Nico PazLionel Messi
80'
Lionel Messi
Assist: Nico González
3-0
76'
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Riyad MahrezAnis Hadj Moussa
64'
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Mohammed AmouraAmine Gouiri
64'
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Houssem AouarHicham Boudaoui
64'
Lionel Messi
2-0
60'
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Julián AlvarezLautaro Martínez
55'
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Nico GonzálezThiago Almada
55'
HT · 1-0
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Nahuel MolinaGonzalo Montiel
45'
Lionel Messi
Assist: Rodrigo De Paul
1-0
17'
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Match info
- Date
- Tuesday, June 16, 21:00 UTC-04:00
- Competition
- FIFA World Cup
- Stadium
- GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
- Referee
- Szymon Marciniak
- Attendance
- 69 045
23
Emiliano MartínezArgentina · G
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Saves
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
4
Gonzalo MontielArgentina · RB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 45'
25
Facundo MedinaArgentina · LB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
20
Alexis Mac AllisterArgentina · CM-R
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 2
- Shots on target
- 1
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
13
Cristian RomeroArgentina · CD-R
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 80'
6
Lisandro MartínezArgentina · CD-L
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
7
Rodrigo De PaulArgentina · RM
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 1
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
24
Enzo FernándezArgentina · CM-L
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
22
Lautaro MartínezArgentina · CF-L
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 1
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 1
- Subbed off
- 55'
10
Lionel MessiArgentina · CF-R
- Goals
- 3
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 6
- Shots on target
- 4
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 1
- Subbed off
- 80'
16
Thiago AlmadaArgentina · LM
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 1
- Subbed off
- 55'
9
Julián ÁlvarezArgentina · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- ✓
26
Nahuel MolinaArgentina · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 45'
15
Nico GonzálezArgentina · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 1
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 55'
18
Nico PazArgentina · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 80'
19
Nicolás OtamendiArgentina · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 80'
23
Luca ZidaneAlgeria · G
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Saves
- 3
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
17
Rafik BelghaliAlgeria · RB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
15
Rayan Aït-NouriAlgeria · LB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
19
Nabil BentalebAlgeria · CM
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 82'
2
Aïssa MandiAlgeria · CD-R
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 4
- Offsides
- 0
21
Ramy BensebainiAlgeria · CD-L
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 2
- Offsides
- 0
14
Hicham BoudaouiAlgeria · RM
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 2
- Fouls
- 2
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 64'
22
Ibrahim MazaAlgeria · LM
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 2
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 81'
9
Amine GouiriAlgeria · F
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 2
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 64'
11
Anis Hadj MoussaAlgeria · RF
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 2
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
- Subbed off
- 64'
10
Farès ChaïbiAlgeria · LF
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 3
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 3
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 1
18
Mohamed AmouraAlgeria · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 1
- Fouls
- 1
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- ✓
7
Riyad MahrezAlgeria · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 1
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 64'
8
Houssem AouarAlgeria · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 1
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 1
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 1
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 64'
20
Adil BoulbinaAlgeria · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 81'
6
Ramiz ZerroukiAlgeria · SUB
- Goals
- 0
- Assist
- 0
- Shots
- 0
- Shots on target
- 0
- Goals conceded
- 0
- Fouls
- 0
- Fouls won
- 0
- Offsides
- 0
- Came on
- 82'
Argentina4-4-2
Algeria4-3-3
Argentina
Starting XI
- 23
- 4 ▼ 45'
- 25
- 20
- 13 ▼ 80'
- 6
- 7
- 24
- 22 ▼ 55'
- 10 ⚽⚽⚽ ▼ 80'
- 16 ▼ 55'
Substitutes
- 9 ▲ ✓
- 26 ▲ 45'
- 15 ▲ 55'
- 18 ▲ 80'
- 19 ▲ 80'
- 1Juan Musso
- 2Marcos Senesi
- 3Nicolás Tagliafico
- 5Leandro Paredes
- 8Valentín Barco
- 11Giovani Lo Celso
- 12Gerónimo Rulli
- 14Exequiel Palacios
- 17Giuliano Simeone
- 21José Manuel López
Algeria
Starting XI
- 23
- 17
- 15
- 19 ▼ 82'
- 2
- 21
- 14 ▼ 64'
- 22 ▼ 81'
- 9 ▼ 64'
- 11 ▼ 64'
- 10
Substitutes
- 18 ▲ ✓
- 7 ▲ 64'
- 8 ▲ 64'
- 20 ▲ 81'
- 6 ▲ 82'
- 1Melvin Mastil
- 3Achraf Abada
- 4Mohamed Amine Tougai
- 5Zineddine Belaïd
- 12Nadhir Benbouali
- 13Jaouen Hadjam
- 16Oussama Benbot
- 24Yassine Titraoui
- 25Farès Ghedjemis
- 26Samir Chergui
Statistics48%Possession52%
10Shots7
6Shots on target1
1Blocked shots3
2Corners2
3Offsides1
13Fouls8
0Yellow cards0
0Red cards0
0Saves3
561Passes609
504Accurate passes563
90%Pass accuracy90%
6Crosses9
1Accurate crosses1
32Long balls25
17Accurate long balls15
27Tackles17
19Successful tackles10
10Interceptions8
17Clearances12
0Penalty goals0
Recent form
Argentina
WWWWW
Algeria
WDWWL
- Match ends, Argentina 3, Algeria 0.
- 90'+7'Second Half ends, Argentina 3, Algeria 0.
- 90'+6'Handball by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria).
- 90'+5'Foul by Nico Paz (Argentina).
- 90'+5'Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 86'Attempt blocked. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 85'Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina).
- 85'Houssem Aouar (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83'Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83'Foul by Julián Alvarez (Argentina).
- 83'Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 83'Foul by Facundo Medina (Argentina).
- 82'Substitution, Algeria. Ramiz Zerrouki replaces Nabil Bentaleb.
- 81'Substitution, Algeria. Adil Boulbina replaces Ibrahim Maza.
- 80'Substitution, Argentina. Nicolás Otamendi replaces Cristian Romero.
- 80'Substitution, Argentina. Nico Paz replaces Lionel Messi.
- 79'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 78'Delay in match because of an injury Ibrahim Maza (Algeria).
- 76'Goal! Argentina 3, Algeria 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nico González.
- 75'Rodrigo De Paul (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75'Foul by Farès Chaïbi (Algeria).
- 71'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 69'Delay in match for a drinks break.
- 69'Attempt missed. Houssem Aouar (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohammed Amoura.
- 66'Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Luca Zidane.
- 66'Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Luca Zidane (Algeria). Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 64'Foul by Mohammed Amoura (Algeria).
- 64'Cristian Romero (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 64'Substitution, Algeria. Riyad Mahrez replaces Anis Hadj Moussa.
- 64'Substitution, Algeria. Mohammed Amoura replaces Amine Gouiri.
- 64'Substitution, Algeria. Houssem Aouar replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
- 63'Enzo Fernández (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63'Foul by Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria).
- 60'Goal! Argentina 2, Algeria 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
- 60'Attempt saved. Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Luca Zidane (Algeria).
- 59'Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
- 57'Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Maza (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Farès Chaïbi.
- 55'Substitution, Argentina. Julián Alvarez replaces Lautaro Martínez.
- 55'Substitution, Argentina. Nico González replaces Thiago Almada.
- 55'Foul by Cristian Romero (Argentina).
- 55'Amine Gouiri (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 54'Attempt saved. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Luca Zidane (Algeria). Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
- 51'Ibrahim Maza (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51'Foul by Cristian Romero (Argentina).
- 51'Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nahuel Molina.
- 48'Foul by Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria).
- 48'Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'Second Half begins Argentina 1, Algeria 0.
- 45'Substitution, Argentina. Nahuel Molina replaces Gonzalo Montiel.
- 45'+5'First Half ends, Argentina 1, Algeria 0.
- 45'+5'Attempt missed. Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 45'+4'Facundo Medina (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+4'Foul by Rafik Belghali (Algeria).
- 45'+4'Attempt blocked. Anis Hadj Moussa (Algeria) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafik Belghali.
- 45'+1'Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Lisandro Martínez.
- 45'+1'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Argentina).
- 45'Attempt missed. Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anis Hadj Moussa.
- 44'Attempt missed. Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aïssa Mandi.
- 43'Ibrahim Maza (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43'Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina).
- 42'Attempt missed. Thiago Almada (Argentina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
- 41'Attempt missed. Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui with a cross following a corner.
- 40'Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Emiliano Martínez.
- 39'Offside, Argentina. Thiago Almada is caught offside.
- 37'Foul by Facundo Medina (Argentina).
- 37'Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37'Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left from a direct free kick.
- 36'Thiago Almada (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36'Foul by Rafik Belghali (Algeria).
- 34'Foul by Amine Gouiri (Algeria).
- 34'Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31'Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31'Foul by Lionel Messi (Argentina).
- 28'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 25'Delay in match for a drinks break.
- 17'Goal! Argentina 1, Algeria 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rodrigo De Paul.
- 11'Foul by Gonzalo Montiel (Argentina).
- 11'Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 10'Foul by Lautaro Martínez (Argentina).
- 10'Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9'VAR Decision: No Goal Argentina 0-0 Algeria.
- 8'GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 8'Offside, Algeria. Farès Chaïbi is caught offside.
- 5'Offside, Argentina. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
- 4'Offside, Argentina. Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
- 1'Anis Hadj Moussa (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1'Foul by Enzo Fernández (Argentina).
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.