Highlights and goals of Argentina 2-0 Australia in Friendly Match 2023

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Garnacho's cross into the area, but the Australian defense pulls it out, so there will be a corner for the South American team;

Triple change of Australia where Robertson, Strain, McGree enter the field, while in Argentina Garnacho and Paredes enter the field;

Good triangulation of Argentina where Leo Messi left it to Julian Alvarez, but Ryan deflected the ball to the corner;

Argentina's short corner is crossed by Rodrigo de Paul and Pezzella heads in alone to score Argentina's second goal

Leo Messi's free kick touches a defender and there will be a corner for the Argentina National Team

Two more changes for Australia, Borrello and Genreau come in, replacing O'Neill and Duke;

Riley McGree's cross, but Dibu Martínez is alert and gets the ball;

Enter Lo Celso and Julian Alvarez for Angel Di Maria and Mac Allister, double change of Scaloni 

Leo Messi's header, but Ryan appeared to stop the shot;
 

Half-time changes: Pezzella comes in for Otamendi in Argentina, while in the ranks of Australia enters Hrustic in place of Maclaren 

The first card of the match is for Nathaniel Atkinson who fouled Nico González, who was already on his way to attack;

They start the second half with changes in both teams 

First half ends with Argentina in the lead

The referee has added two minutes of extra time;

Jordan Bos's shot from outside the area that goes over the goal;

Leo Messi's hand to hand that ends with a lob that goes over the goalkeepería 

Leckie arrived late and fouled Cuti Romero, but the referee did not call the foul;

Mitchell Duke's shot from a cross was touched by Dibu Martinez, but the ball went wide of the post, but again the Aston Villa goalkeeper was on hand to catch the ball.

Mathew Leckie's cross was too powerful and found no finisher for the Australian team;

Australia's long possessions, after conceding the first goal;

Angel Di María pass to Leo Messi, but the shot goes into the side of the net defended by Ryan 

Messi's through ball to Mac Allister, but the new Liverpool player shoots over the top of the goal;

Enzo Fernández recovers the ball and Leo Messi makes two cuts and with a deflected shot scores the first for the Argentine national team

The match begins, the first possession is for the Argentina National Team;
 

The 22 players are already on the field, before the start of the match both national anthems will be played.

Some images of the warm-up of the Argentine National Team a few minutes before the start of the friendly match.

This is the starting eleven of the Argentina National Team that will be headed by the captain Leo Messi, accompanied by Angel Di Maria and Nicolas Gonzalez.

The 20-year-old defender, who currently plays for Melbourne City, already made his debut with the Australian National Team on March 28th against Ecuador, where he played 36 minutes, and today he will make his debut as a starter.

We already have the confirmed eleven of the Australian National Team that makes up to four changes compared to the match against Argentina in the World Cup in Qatar.

Here are some of the images of the arrival of the Argentine team at Workers Stadium.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for Argentina vs Australia, as well as the latest information from the Workers Stadium. Keep an eye on the match with VAVEL's up-to-the-minute online coverage.

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This is the kick-off time in several countries:

Argentina: 9:00 AM

Bolivia: 5:00 AM

Brazil: 6:00 AM

Chile: 5:00 AM

Colombia: 4:00 AM

Ecuador: 4:00 AM

USA (ET): 8:00 AM

Spain: 2:00 PM

Mexico: 6:00 AM

Paraguay: 7:00 AM

Peru: 7:00 AM

Uruguay: 8:00 AM

Venezuela: 7:00 AM

England: 12:00 AM

Australia : 21:00 AM

India: 16:30 AM

Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothia)

Keanu Baccus (St Mirren FC)

Brandon Borrello (Western Sydney Wanderers)

Jordan Bos (Melbourne City)

Alessandro Circaty (Parma Calcio 1913)

Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian)

Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama)

Joe Gauci (Adelaida United)

Denis Genrau (Toulouse FC)

Thomas Glover (Melbourne City )
Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona)

Joel King (Odense Boldklub)

Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City)

Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)

Riley Mcgree (Middlesbrough)

Connor Metcalfe (FC St. Pauli)

Aiden O'Neill (Melbourne City)

Alexander Robertson (Manchester City)

Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian)

Mathew Ryan (AZ Alkmaar)

Gianni Stensness (Viking FK)

Harry Souttar (Leicester City)

Ryan Strain (St Mirren)

This is the call-up list of the Argentine National Team for this Asian tour: 

Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)

Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax)

Walter Benítez (PSV)

Nahuel Molina (Atlético Madrid)

Germán Pezzella (Betis)

Cristian Romero (Tottenham)

Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille) 

Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica)

Facundo Medina (Lens)

Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon)

Marcos Acuna (Sevilla)

Leandro Paredes (Juventus)

Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea)

Guido Rodríguez (Betis)

Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)

Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)

Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)

Thiago Almada (Atlanta United)

Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal)

Lucas Ocampos (Sevilla)

Ángel Di María (Juventus)

Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton)

Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)

Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)

Giovanni Simeone (Napoli)

Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)

Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina)

Mitchell Duke, who plays in the Japanese Second Division for Machida Zelvia, where he has four goals and four assists in 15 games this season 2022/23. The 32-year-old forward has made 26 appearances for the Australian national team, scoring nine goals and assisting twice.

The captain and leader of the Argentina National Team, Leo Messi already has his long-desired World Cup that he achieved in 2022. The Argentine star has left PSG and will play next season in the MLS with Inter Miami. This season he has played 41 matches where he has scored 21 goals and 20 assists. While in two games he has played with Argentina this year he has scored four goals and one assist.

The Australian National Team arrives after finishing the year 2022 where they did a good job in the World Cup, as they qualified as second of the group to the round of 16 despite being with France, Denmark and Tunisia in the group. However, in the round of 16 they were eliminated after failing to overcome the champion Argentina. This year they have already played two friendly matches, both against Ecuador in March, where they won the first one by 3-1 and lost the second one by 1-2. Australia's next objective is to prepare for the Asian Cup to be played in 2024.

The Argentine National Team, reigning World Champion, after winning the World Cup in Qatar 2022. This year they have already played two matches where they have beaten Panama 2-0 and thrashed Curaçao 7-0. They have nine matches in a row without losing.  They have also won 14 of the last 13 matches they have played 

A total of eight times Argentina and Australia have faced each other with a favorable balance for the Argentine team that has won six times, once Australia has won and the remaining clash has ended in a draw. The last time they met was in December 2022 in the round of 16 where Argentina won 2-1 after goals by Julian Alvarez and Leo Messi. 16 years later they will meet again in a friendly match, the last one was in September 2007 where the South American team won by the narrowest of margins;

The match will be played at the Workers Stadium, a stadium located in the city of Beijing. A stadium that was inaugurated in 1959 and has a capacity for 68000 spectators;

Argentina and Australia will face each other in an international friendly match;
 

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