Argentina - Costa Rica 3:0

11 JUL 2011, Copa América, Group Stage

Goals

1:0 Sergio Agüero 45+1', 2:0 Sergio Agüero 53', 3:0 Ángel Di María 64'

Argentina (Sergio Batista)

Sergio Romero, Pablo Zabaleta, Nicolás Burdisso, Gabriel Milito, Javier Zanetti, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago, Ángel Di María (80' Lucas Biglia), Gonzalo Higuaín (80' Javier Pastore), Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero (85' Ezequiel Lavezzi)

Costa Rica (Ricardo La Volpe)

Leonel Moreira, Francisco Calvo (46' Pablo Brenes), Johnny Acosta, José Salvatierra, Heiner Mora, Pedro Leal, Óscar Duarte, José Cubero, César Elizondo (57' Luis Valle), Josué Martínez (46' Diego Madrigal), Joel Campbell

Cards

Gabriel Milito 22' (), Javier Zanetti 38' (), Francisco Calvo 44' (), Óscar Duarte 49' (), Lucas Biglia 89' (), Ezequiel Lavezzi 90+2' ()

Venue

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Ciudad de Córdoba, Provincia de Córdoba

Group A · final table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points	Outcome
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7	Qualified
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Qualified
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
4	Bolivia	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1

Trivia

Referee: Víctor Hugo Rivera Chávez (Peru).

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Sergio Romero	20	AZ Alkmaar
Pablo Zabaleta	14	Manchester City
Nicolás Burdisso	43	Roma
Gabriel Milito	41	Barcelona
Javier Zanetti	144	Inter
Javier Mascherano	72	Barcelona
Fernando Gago	32	Real Madrid
Ángel Di María	22	Real Madrid
Lucas Biglia	5	Anderlecht
Gonzalo Higuaín	15	Real Madrid
Javier Pastore	9	Palermo
Lionel Messi	60	Barcelona
Sergio Agüero	30	Atlético Madrid
Ezequiel Lavezzi	15	Napoli

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
01 JUN 2011	Away	Nigeria	1:4	Friendly
05 JUN 2011	Away	Poland	1:2	Friendly
20 JUN 2011	Home	Albania	4:0	Friendly
01 JUL 2011		Bolivia	1:1	Copa América
06 JUL 2011		Colombia	0:0	Copa América

Later matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
16 JUL 2011		Uruguay	(4)1:1(5)	Copa América
02 SEP 2011		Venezuela	1:0	Friendly
06 SEP 2011		Nigeria	3:1	Friendly
14 SEP 2011	Home	Brazil	0:0	Friendly
28 SEP 2011	Away	Brazil	0:2	Friendly

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