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ARGENTINA vs. IRAN
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Estadio Mineirão

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
ARGENTINA
1 – 0
IRAN
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 53' 🟨 Javad Nekounam
  • 73' 🟨 Masoud Shojaei
  • 76' •
  • 76' •
  • 76' •
  • 85' •
  • 88' •
  • 90' ⚽ Lionel Messi
  • 90' •
▶ MATCH STATS
ARG 70% POSSESSION 30% IRN
ARG 19 SHOTS 8 IRN
ARG 9 SHOTS ON TARGET 4 IRN
ARG 8 FOULS 14 IRN
ARG 3 SAVES 4 IRN
ARG 0 RED CARDS 0 IRN
▶ LINE-UPS
ARGENTINA
STARTING XI
  1. GKSergio Romero
  2. DFEzequiel Garay
  3. DFFederico Fernández
  4. DFJavier Mascherano
  5. DFMarcos Rojo
  6. DFPablo Zabaleta
  7. MFLionel Messi⚽
  8. MFÁngel Di María
  9. MFFernando Gago
  10. FWSergio Agüero
  11. FWGonzalo Higuaín
SUBSTITUTES
  • Rodrigo Palacio▲ 76'
  • Ezequiel Lavezzi▲ 76'
  • Lucas Biglia▲ 90'
IRAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKAlireza Haghighi
  2. DFAmir Hossein Sadeghi
  3. DFSeyed Jalal Hosseini
  4. DFMehrdad Pooladi
  5. DFPejman Montazeri
  6. MFEhsan Hajsafi
  7. MFJavad Nekounam🟨
  8. MFAndranik Teymourian
  9. FWReza Ghoochannejhad
  10. MFAshkan Dejagah
  11. MFMasoud Shojaei🟨
SUBSTITUTES
  • Khosro Heydari▲ 76'
  • Reza Haghighi▲ 88'
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh▲ 85'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

ARGENTINA
La Albiceleste
EST. 1893
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
IRAN
Team Melli
EST. 1920
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ ARGENTINA
▶ IRAN
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