Argentina 1 - 1 Paraguay

Argentina scorers: Lionel Messi (57' pen.)

Paraguay scorers: Richard Sánchez (37')

Venue: Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Argentina:

Manager: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)

Paraguay:

Manager: Eduardo Berizzo (Argentina)

MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

11': Derlis González collided head-to-head with Tagliafico... González is bleeding from the head and being looked at

15': Now Messi just accidentally kicked Gustavo Gómez in the head

27': There has not yet been a shot

29': Close!!! Derlis González gets the ball and shoots, it deflects off the defender and goes a couple yards wide of the far post! Scary moments for Argentina.

30': The corner kick gets headed over to Júnior Alonso, but he doesn't make good contact and puts it out for a goal kick.

32': Gustavo Gómez commits a stupid foul by pushing down Martínez from behind, giving up a dangerous free kick

34': Messi takes the shot weakly, over the wall but safely to the keeper

37': GOAL PARAGUAY!! Richard Sánchez gets a brilliant cutback from Almirón and hits a running smashing shot to put Paraguay ahead!

41': Arzamendia puts a wild shot from distance over the crossbar.

44': Pretty brutal tackle there from Juan Rodrigo Rojas who slides in hard into Paredes

45': Franco Armani tries to bring the ball down, lets it get away with him with a bad touch and tries to recover by fouling Derlis González. The Paraguayans want a red but only get a yellow

45+3': Gustavo Gómez took a hit in the head and is being stretchered to the sidelines.

HT Argentina 0-1 Paraguay This is bad, really bad, for Argentina.

46': Argentina substitution: Sergio Agüero on for Roberto Pereyra

46': We're back!

51': Agüero cuts it back to Messi and Messi hits the crossbar! Messi gets his own rebound and spins away from the defense to get another shot but Gatito makes the save! But wait what's this... we're going to VAR....

55': PENALTY TO ARGENTINA!! Iván Piris carded for a handball on Messi's initial shot!

57': GOAL ARGENTINA!! Lionel Messi goes for power and puts it past the keeper's outstretched hands!

61': Lo Celso misses the target from long distance.

62': PENALTY TO PARAGUAY!!! Otamendi with an absolutely bonheaded challenge to bring down Derlis González!! Ref didn't need VAR for that!

63': ARMANI MAKES THE SAVE!!! González takes it weakly at the keeper's left side and Armani pushes it away!

65': Lo Celso fires across the box to Lautaro Martínez but he gets under it and puts it too high.

66': Argentina substitution: Ángel Di María on for Lautaro Martínez

72': Paraguay substitution: Óscar Romero on for Federico Santander

75': Bad cutback from Di María, Messi badly slices it to nowhere

80': Nicolás Tagliafico into the book for a flying elbow

82': Nicolás Otamendi ends a Paraguayan counter by fouling Almirón

84': SAVE!! Armani kind of fumbles but still manages to push out a free kick going at goal, and then denies Romero the rebound (Romero was offside though and it wouldn't have counted)

86': Paraguay substitution: Celso Ortiz on for Miguel Almirón

87': Argentina substitution: Matías Suárez on for Rodrigo de Paul

90': Paraguay substitution: Juan Escobar on for Derlis González

FT Argentina 1-1 Paraguay A bad but dramatic game looks very very bad for Argentina, and not super-great for Paraguay either!