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Argentina

3 — 0 Oct 07, 2026 · 04:30 AM IST

Benin

Friendlies

Venue Estadio Monumental, Capital Federal, Ciudad de Bueno

Referee Fernando Véjar

Attendance 85,000

Player of the Match Lionel Messi 9.3 90' played

Match Events

44' Home Nicolás Otamendi

HT

48' Home ⚽ Nicolás Otamendi — 1-0

52' Home ↔ Lisandro Martínez → Nicolás Otamendi

52' Home ↔ Facundo Medina → Nicolás Tagliafico

54' Away Mohamed Tijani

59' Home ↔ Nico Paz → Rodrigo De Paul

59' Home ↔ Nicolás González → Julián Álvarez

61' Home ⚽ Nico Paz — 2-0

64' Away ↔ Mattéo Ahlinvi → Junior Olaïtan

64' Away ↔ Junior Olugbade → Yamirou Ouorou

71' Home ⚽ Lionel Messi — 3-0

76' Away ↔ Saturnin Allagbé → Marcel Dandjinou

76' Away ↔ Charlemagne Azongnitode → Tamimou Ouorou

76' Away ↔ Jodel Dossou → Aiyegun Tosin

78' Home ↔ Giovani Lo Celso → Alexis Mac Allister

78' Home ↔ Leonel Flores → Lautaro Martínez

78' Home ↔ Franco Mastantuono → Enzo Fernández

78' Home ↔ Exequiel Palacios → Cristian Romero

90' Away ↔ Amiro Amadou → Yohan Roche

90' Away ↔ Attidjikou Samadou → Hassane Imourane

90' Away ↔ Sahid Ngobi → Rodolfo Aloko

FT

Match Stats

65 35

Ball possession

19 7

Total shots

12 2

Shots on target

42 9

Touches in opposition box

9 2

Big chances

7 2

Big chances missed

611 (91%) 282 (79%)

Accurate passes

1 1

Yellow cards

8 2

Corners

Lineups

Argentina (4-3-3)

Starting XI

23 Emiliano Martínez 7.2

4 Agustín Giay 8.1

13 Cristian Romero 7.4

19 Nicolás Otamendi 8.4

3 Nicolás Tagliafico 6.5

7 Rodrigo De Paul 7.5

20 Alexis Mac Allister 7.8

8 Enzo Fernández 7.8

10 Lionel Messi 9.3

22 Lautaro Martínez 6.8

9 Julián Álvarez 7.2

Substitutes

25 Facundo Medina 6.3

6 Lisandro Martínez 6.8

15 Nicolás González 6.6

18 Nico Paz 7.6

14 Exequiel Palacios 6.2

11 Giovani Lo Celso 6.6

30 Franco Mastantuono 6.4

31 Leonel Flores 6.1

12 Gerónimo Rulli

1 Juan Musso

2 Leonardo Balerdi

17 Giuliano Simeone

24 Valentín Barco

16 Gianluca Prestianni

21 José López

Benin (4-2-3-1)

Starting XI

1 Marcel Dandjinou 6.8

2 Liam Omore 6.2

5 Yohan Roche 6.3

13 Mohamed Tijani 6.1

3 Tamimou Ouorou 6.5

8 Hassane Imourane 7.7

15 Sessi D'Almeida 6

17 Rodolfo Aloko 6.6

18 Junior Olaïtan 6.3

11 Yamirou Ouorou 6.5

10 Aiyegun Tosin 5.9

Substitutes

7 Mattéo Ahlinvi 6.3

19 Junior Olugbade 6

16 Saturnin Allagbé 7.3

12 Charlemagne Azongnitode 6

20 Jodel Dossou 6.3

4 Amiro Amadou

22 Attidjikou Samadou

6 Sahid Ngobi

23 Serge Obassa

21 Ede Oloko

14 Olatoundji Tessilimi