Venezuela - Argentina 0:2

16 OCT 2007, World Cup Quals

Goals

0:1 Gabriel Milito 15', 0:2 Lionel Messi 42'

Venezuela (Richard Paez)

Renny Vega, Alejandro Cichero, Andrés Rouga, José Manuel Rey, Luis Vallenilla Pacheco (46' Roberto Rosales), Juan Arango, Jorge Rojas, Luis Seijas (54' Alejandro Guerra), Miguel Mea Vitali, Ricardo David Paez, Giancarlo Maldonado (68' Daniel Arismendi)

Argentina (Alfio Basile)

Roberto Abbondanzieri, Martín Demichelis, Gabriel Milito, Nicolás Burdisso (75' Cata Díaz), Hugo Ibarra (69' Fernando Gago), Javier Mascherano, Javier Zanetti, Juan Román Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso, Carlos Tevez (80' Germán Denis), Lionel Messi

Cards

Hugo Ibarra 24' (), Alejandro Cichero 39' (), Giancarlo Maldonado 45' (), Roberto Rosales 66' (), Fernando Gago 75' ()

Venue

Estadio Olímpico José Encarnación Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo

CONMEBOL · after matchday 2

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
2	Brazil	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4
3	Paraguay	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
4	Uruguay	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
5	Chile	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
6	Venezuela	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3
7	Colombia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
8	Peru	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	1
9	Bolivia	2	0	1	1	0	5	-5	1
10	Ecuador	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	0

Trivia

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil).

Attendance: 35000.

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Roberto Abbondanzieri	41	Getafe
Martín Demichelis	6	Bayern München
Gabriel Milito	30	Barcelona
Nicolás Burdisso	17	Inter
Cata Díaz	5	Getafe
Hugo Ibarra	9	Boca Juniors
Fernando Gago	11	Real Madrid
Javier Mascherano	34	Liverpool
Javier Zanetti	115	Inter
Juan Román Riquelme	44	Villarreal
Esteban Cambiasso	38	Inter
Carlos Tevez	38	Manchester United
Germán Denis	1	Independiente
Lionel Messi	24	Barcelona

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
11 JUL 2007		Mexico	3:0	Copa América
15 JUL 2007		Brazil	0:3	Copa América
22 AUG 2007	Away	Norway	1:2	Friendly
11 SEP 2007	Away	Australia	1:0	Friendly
13 OCT 2007	Home	Chile	2:0	World Cup Quals

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
17 NOV 2007	Home	Bolivia	3:0	World Cup Quals
20 NOV 2007	Away	Colombia	1:2	World Cup Quals
26 MAR 2008	Away	Egypt	2:0	Friendly
04 JUN 2008		Mexico	4:1	Friendly
08 JUN 2008	Away	USA	0:0	Friendly

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