Football
Argentina vs Iran. FIFA World Cup Group F.
5:00pm, Saturday 21st June 2014.
Estadio MineiraoAttendance: Attendance57,698.
Match ends, Argentina 1, IR Iran 0.
Second Half ends, Argentina 1, IR Iran 0.
Javier Mascherano (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Amir Hossein Sadeghi (IR Iran).
Substitution, Argentina. Lucas Biglia replaces Ángel Di María.
Goal! Argentina 1, IR Iran 0. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ezequiel Lavezzi.
Federico Fernández (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran).
Substitution, IR Iran. Reza Haghighi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi.
Attempt saved. Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alireza Jahanbakhsh with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Argentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Seyed Jalal Hosseini.
Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ashkan Dejagah.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Alireza Haghighi.
Attempt missed. Rodrigo Palacio (Argentina) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Javier Mascherano.
Foul by Marcos Rojo (Argentina).
Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Argentina) left footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Ezequiel Lavezzi following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Mehrdad Pooladi.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Pejman Montazeri.
Substitution, Argentina. Rodrigo Palacio replaces Gonzalo Higuaín.
Substitution, Argentina. Ezequiel Lavezzi replaces Sergio Agüero.
Substitution, IR Iran. Khosro Heydari replaces Masoud Shojaei.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Andranik Teymourian (IR Iran).
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Rojo.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Masoud Shojaei (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ángel Di María (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Masoud Shojaei (IR Iran).
Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Javad Nekounam (IR Iran).
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Marcos Rojo.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Amir Hossein Sadeghi.
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Sergio Romero.
Attempt saved. Ashkan Dejagah (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pejman Montazeri with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashkan Dejagah with a cross.
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Ezequiel Garay.
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Pablo Zabaleta.
Attempt blocked. Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Javad Nekounam.
Foul by Fernando Gago (Argentina).
Andranik Teymourian (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ashkan Dejagah (IR Iran).
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Javier Mascherano.
Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Gago.
Offside, IR Iran. Ashkan Dejagah is caught offside.
Marcos Rojo (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Javad Nekounam (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fernando Gago (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pejman Montazeri with a cross.
Attempt missed. Sergio Agüero (Argentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcos Rojo with a cross.
Attempt missed. Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Ashkan Dejagah.
Second Half begins Argentina 0, IR Iran 0.
First Half ends, Argentina 0, IR Iran 0.
Attempt missed. Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Mehrdad Pooladi (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Federico Fernández (Argentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Argentina. Conceded by Andranik Teymourian.
Attempt missed. Seyed Jalal Hosseini (IR Iran) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Ashkan Dejagah with a cross following a corner.
Foul by Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina).
Reza Ghoochannejhad (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Ashkan Dejagah (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a set piece situation.
Fernando Gago (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Federico Fernández (Argentina).
Ashkan Dejagah (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Lionel Messi (Argentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andranik Teymourian (IR Iran).
Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Agüero with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Ezequiel Garay (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
Attempt missed. Marcos Rojo (Argentina) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross following a corner.
Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero (Argentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gonzalo Higuaín.
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Ángel Di María.
Delay in match because of an injury Alireza Haghighi (IR Iran).
Attempt saved. Gonzalo Higuaín (Argentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Gago with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Argentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Gago.
Ángel Di María (Argentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Seyed Jalal Hosseini (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ashkan Dejagah with a cross following a set piece situation.
Hand ball by Pablo Zabaleta (Argentina).
Fernando Gago (Argentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Marcos Rojo (Argentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
