Match Thread: Qatar vs. Argentina | Copa América
Qatar 0 - 2 Argentina
Argentina scorers: Lautaro Martínez (4'), Sergio Agüero (82')
Venue: Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Referee: Julio Bascuñán (Chile)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saad Al Sheeb | Yousef Hassan | ||
| Tarek Salman | Mohammed Al-Bakri | ||
| Boualem Khoukhi | Hamid Ismail | 84' | |
| Bassam Al-Rawi | Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar | ||
| Karim Boudiaf | 75' | Tameem Al-Muhaza | |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | Ali Afif | ||
| Salem Al-Hajri | 77' | Ahmed Fatehi | |
| Hassan Al-Haydos | Ahmed Moein | ||
| Ró-Ró | 84' | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | 77' 89' |
| Akram Afif | Ahmed Alaaeldin | ||
| Almoez Ali | 51' |
Manager: Félix Sánchez Bas (Spain)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco Armani | Agustín Marchesín | ||
| Nicolás Tagliafico | Juan Musso | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | Germán Pezzella | 85' | |
| Juan Foyth | 44' 85' | Milton Casco | |
| Renzo Saravia | Ramiro Funes Mori | ||
| Leandro Paredes | Marcos Acuña | 55' | |
| Giovani Lo Celso | 42' 55' | Ángel Di María | |
| Rodrigo De Paul | Guido Pizarro | ||
| Lionel Messi | Guido Rodríguez | ||
| Sergio Agüero | 82' | Roberto Pereyra | |
| Lautaro Martínez | 4' 76' | Matías Suárez | |
| Paulo Dybala | 76' |
Manager: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
1': We're off!
3': Messi gets a short pass and fires first time, puts it into the sky.
4': GOAL ARGENTINA!!! A terrible pass from Al-Rawi is intercepted by Lautaro Martínez who runs forward and smashes it in!
12': Ró-Ró fires a bad shot to nowhere.
13': Lo Celso tries to volley a bouncing ball, bad hit.
16': Argentina wins a corner, Tagliafico tries a header at the near post from a wide angle and misses.
18': Hassan Al-Haydos blindsides the Argentinians and tries to chip the keeper! Armani gets a touch to it to just prevent the goal, but it would've been offside anyway.
19': Akram Afif has an open net but gets the cross tangled in his feet! Qatar threatening now
22': Agüero steers a shot around two defenders but pulls it wide.
32': Tagliafico gets tangled with Ró-Ró trying to make a clearance. Very lucky that he pulled that off, could easily have missed and caused a goal or a penalty.
39': Paredes put a great free kick into the box but Otamendi heads it over the bar.
39': A scramble in front of the Qatar goal and somehow the Argentines can't get it out of their feet to score.
40': Almoez Ali can't quite get a touch on Ro-Ro's forward pass, Al-Haydos does get a touch to it but puts it out.
42': Giovani Lo Celso clatters into a Qatari player
44': Juan Foyth lands on Almoez Ali's foot at the edge of the box
45+1': Bassam Al-Rawi takes a free kick through the wall and off the post!
HT Qatar 0-1 Argentina The Argentines still do not look good but they pounced on a terrible Qatari error and punished them to take the lead at the half.
46': We're back!
49': Agüero launches a counter with Messi and Martínez, he passes to Martínez, Martínez passes it back to him, he fires... it's tame and easily caught. Wasted opportunity.
51': Almoez Ali pulls down Messi
53': Qatar tries to make an attack on the giveaway but they scuff their shot and Armani easily takes it.
55': Argentina substitution: Marcos Acuña on for Giovani Lo Celso
62': SAVE!! Al Sheeb puts away Agüero's shot from point-blank range! What a great stop!
67': Another great save to deny Agüero! This one was a cracker from distance but Al Sheeb palmed it away!
68': Tarek Salman is down, Saravia gave him a full hard kick in the leg.
70': Oh, big chance for Qatar after a bad Foyth miscue but Afif brings the ball down and badly scuffs it wide.
73': TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE SHOT BY MESSI.
75': Karem Boudiaf comes in late on Paredes from behind
76': Argentina substitution: Paulo Dybala on for Lautaro Martínez
77': Qatar substitution: Abdulla Al-Ahrak on for Salem Al-Hajri
77': Dybala slices a volley into the air.
82': GOAL ARGENTINA!! It finally happens for Sergio Agüero!!! He does it alone, rushing forward around the backline and rolls it into the far post!
84': Qatar substitution: Hasan Ismael on for Ró-Ró
85': Argentina substitution: Germán Pezzella on for Juan Foyth
89': Abdullah Al-Ahrak clatters into De Paul
FT Qatar 0-2 Argentina They pulled it off! They get second place and continue to the next round but Argentina still have work to do.