Argentina - Iran 1:0

21 JUN 2014, World Cup, Group Stage

Goals

Argentina (Alejandro Sabella)

Sergio Romero, Ezequiel Garay, Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Mascherano, Marcos Rojo, Federico Fernández, Fernando Gago, Ángel Di María (90+4' Lucas Biglia), Gonzalo Higuaín (76' Rodrigo Palacio), Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero (76' Ezequiel Lavezzi)

Iran (Carlos Queiroz)

A. Haghighi, Jalal Hosseini, Pejman Montazeri, Mehrdad Pooladi, Amir Hosein Sadeghi, Hajsafi (88' R. Haghighi), Javad Nekounam, Masoud Shojaei (76' Khosrow Heydari), Andranik Teymourian, Ashkan Dejagah (85' Alireza Jahanbakhsh), Reza Ghoochannejhad

Cards

Javad Nekounam 53' (), Masoud Shojaei 73' ()

Venue

Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Group F · after matchday 2

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goal difference	Points
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Nigeria	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Iran	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	1
4	Bosnia-Herz.	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

Player Details

Name	Cap	Club
Sergio Romero	49	Monaco
Ezequiel Garay	20	Benfica
Pablo Zabaleta	38	Manchester City
Javier Mascherano	100	Barcelona
Marcos Rojo	24	Sporting CP
Federico Fernández	28	Napoli
Fernando Gago	51	Boca Juniors
Ángel Di María	49	Real Madrid
Lucas Biglia	21	Lazio
Gonzalo Higuaín	38	Napoli
Rodrigo Palacio	23	Inter
Lionel Messi	88	Barcelona
Sergio Agüero	53	Manchester City
Ezequiel Lavezzi	32	Paris Saint-Germain

Earlier matches

Date	Ground	Opponent	Score	Competition
18 NOV 2013		Bosnia-Herz.	2:0	Friendly
05 MAR 2014	Away	Romania	0:0	Friendly
04 JUN 2014	Home	Trinidad & T.	3:0	Friendly
07 JUN 2014	Home	Slovenia	2:0	Friendly
15 JUN 2014		Bosnia-Herz.	2:1	World Cup

Later matches

Date	Opponent	Score	Competition
25 JUN 2014	Nigeria	3:2	World Cup
01 JUL 2014	Switzerland	1:0	World Cup
05 JUL 2014	Belgium	1:0	World Cup
09 JUL 2014	Netherlands	(4)0:0(2)	World Cup
13 JUL 2014	Germany	0:1	World Cup

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