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Argentina

5 — 0 Apr 01, 2026 · 05:00 AM IST

Zambia

Friendlies

Venue Estadio Alberto José Armando, Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Attendance 50,000

Player of the Match Thiago Almada 8.4 74' played

Match Events

4' Home ⚽ Julián Álvarez — 1-0

43' Home ⚽ Lionel Messi — 2-0

HT

50' Home ⚽ Nicolás Otamendi — 3-0

53' Home ↔ Rodrigo De Paul → Alexis Mac Allister

54' Home ↔ Nicolás González → Nicolás Tagliafico

54' Home ↔ Valentín Barco → Leandro Paredes

60' Away ↔ Owen Tembo → Kingstone Mutandwa

60' Away ↔ Patson Daka → Given Kalusa

61' Away ↔ Chanka Zimba → Fashion Sakala

68' Home ⚽ Dominic Chanda (own goal) — 4-0

69' Home ↔ Lucas Martínez Quarta → Nicolás Otamendi

70' Home ↔ Giuliano Simeone → Julián Álvarez

74' Home ↔ Nico Paz → Thiago Almada

74' Home ↔ Máximo Perrone → Enzo Fernández

74' Home ↔ Juan Musso → Emiliano Martínez

77' Away ↔ Pascal Phiri → Albert Kangwanda

88' Away ↔ Kondwani Chiboni → Wilson Chisala

88' Away ↔ Frederick Mulambia → Frederick Mwimanzi ↗

89' Away Owen Tembo

90 + 4' Home ⚽ Valentín Barco — 5-0

FT

Match Stats

76 24

Ball possession

9 3

Total shots

5 1

Shots on target

41 5

Touches in opposition box

3 0

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

826 (94%) 217 (84%)

Accurate passes

0 1

Yellow cards

6 4

Corners

Lineups

Argentina (4-3-3)

Starting XI

23 Emiliano Martínez 6.4

26 Nahuel Molina 7.5

13 Cristian Romero 8.2

19 Nicolás Otamendi 8.2

3 Nicolás Tagliafico 6.9

20 Alexis Mac Allister 7.4

5 Leandro Paredes 7.4

24 Enzo Fernández 7.3

10 Lionel Messi 8.3

9 Julián Álvarez 8

11 Thiago Almada 8.4

Substitutes

7 Rodrigo De Paul 6.5

15 Nicolás González 7.4

6 Valentín Barco 7.5

2 Lucas Martínez Quarta 6

17 Giuliano Simeone 6.3

1 Juan Musso 6

16 Máximo Perrone 6.3

18 Nico Paz 6.6

12 Gerónimo Rulli

4 Agustín Giay

8 Marcos Acuña

14 Exequiel Palacios

22 Franco Mastantuono

25 Gianluca Prestianni

21 José López

Zambia (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

16 Willard Mwanza 5.3

13 Frederick Mwimanzi ↗ 5.4

5 Tinkler Sinkala ↗ 4.6

21 Dominic Chanda 4.8

3 Obino Chisala 5.6

15 Given Kalusa 6.6

12 Wilson Chisala 5.8

7 Albert Kangwanda 5.8

28 David Simukonda 5

10 Fashion Sakala 6.3

9 Kingstone Mutandwa 6.4

Substitutes

25 Owen Tembo 5.9

20 Patson Daka 6.3

17 Chanka Zimba 6

23 Pascal Phiri 5.9

4 Kondwani Chiboni

11 Frederick Mulambia

1 Mangani Banda ↗

18 Victor Chabu

22 Brian Chilimina

14 Owen Mwamba ↗

24 Kelvin Mwanza

8 Prince Mumba