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1 — 2 Jul 16, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Argentina

World Cup · Round 1/2

Venue Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

Referee Ismail Elfath

Attendance 68,239

Player of the Match Lionel Messi 9.0 90' played

Match Events

37' Home Elliot Anderson

42' Away Lisandro Martínez

HT

51' Away Cristian Romero

55' Home ⚽ Anthony Gordon — 1-0

64' Away ↔ Nicolás González → Leandro Paredes

72' Home ↔ Ezri Konsa → Anthony Gordon

72' Away ↔ Rodrigo De Paul → Giuliano Simeone

72' Away ↔ Gonzalo Montiel → Nahuel Molina

72' Away ↔ Nicolás Otamendi → Lisandro Martínez

81' Away ↔ Lautaro Martínez → Nicolás Tagliafico

82' Home ↔ Daniel Burn → Reece James

82' Home ↔ Nico O'Reilly → Declan Rice

85' Away ⚽ Enzo Fernández — 1-1

90 + 2' Away ⚽ Lautaro Martínez — 1-2

90 + 4' Away Rodrigo De Paul

90 + 6' Home ↔ Ivan Toney → John Stones

90 + 6' Home ↔ Marcus Rashford → Djed Spence

FT

Match Stats

36 64

Ball possession

0.53 1.59

Expected goals (xG)

5 15

Total shots

2 5

Shots on target

7 28

Touches in opposition box

1 3

Big chances

0 2

Big chances missed

273 (84%) 537 (91%)

Accurate passes

1 3

Yellow cards

1 6

Corners

Lineups

England (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Thomas Tuchel

Starting XI

1 Jordan Pickford 6.1

24 Reece James 7.2

5 John Stones 6.3

6 Marc Guéhi 6.3

25 Djed Spence 6.8

4 Declan Rice 7.6

8 Elliot Anderson 6.9

17 Morgan Rogers 6.8

10 Jude Bellingham 6.2

18 Anthony Gordon 6.7

9 Harry Kane 6.2

Substitutes

2 Ezri Konsa 6

15 Daniel Burn

3 Nico O'Reilly

22 Ivan Toney

11 Marcus Rashford

13 Dean Henderson

23 James Trafford

12 Trevoh Chalobah

21 Eberechi Eze

14 Jordan Henderson

16 Kobbie Mainoo

7 Bukayo Saka

20 Noni Madueke

19 Ollie Watkins

Argentina (4-4-2)

Coach: Lionel Scaloni

Starting XI

23 Emiliano Martínez 6.8

26 Nahuel Molina 6.8

13 Cristian Romero 7.9

6 Lisandro Martínez 6.5

3 Nicolás Tagliafico 7

17 Giuliano Simeone 6.7

24 Enzo Fernández 8

5 Leandro Paredes 7.3

20 Alexis Mac Allister 7

10 Lionel Messi 9

9 Julián Álvarez 7.4

Substitutes

15 Nicolás González 7.1

4 Gonzalo Montiel 6

19 Nicolás Otamendi 6.4

7 Rodrigo De Paul 6.8

22 Lautaro Martínez

12 Gerónimo Rulli

1 Juan Musso

25 Facundo Medina

2 Marcos Senesi

14 Exequiel Palacios

11 Giovani Lo Celso

18 Nico Paz

16 Thiago Almada

8 Valentín Barco

21 José López