7 – 0
“Lautaro Martinez opens the scoring with a clinical left-footed finish just three minutes after kickoff.”
Pivotal“Moumouni Diallo turns the ball into his own net under pressure, doubling Argentina's lead.”
Pivotal“Gianluca Prestianni finishes off a Martinez assist to make it three in the opening quarter-hour.”
“Nico Paz converts after a flurry of saved attempts moments earlier, making it 4-0.”
“Julian Alvarez adds a fifth within a minute of Paz's goal, assisted by Prestianni.”
Argentina
Burkina Faso
Outstanding performance
Argentina•MidfielderArgentina overwhelmed Burkina Faso from the opening whistle, racing to a 3-0 lead inside 12 minutes through Lautaro Martinez, an unfortunate Moumouni Diallo own goal, and Gianluca Prestianni. Nico Paz and Julian Alvarez added two more in a frantic two-minute spell before halftime, turning the game into a formality by the break. With the result long decided, Argentina rotated heavily at the interval, bringing on eight substitutes, yet still found two more goals through Franco Mastantuono and a late strike from Giuliano Simeone. The numbers tell the story of total domination - 75% possession, 30 shots to 3, and 11 big chances created against none for Burkina Faso, who managed just one shot on target all match despite their goalkeeper's heroic 11 saves keeping the scoreline from ballooning further.
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Corner awarded.
On Geronimo Rulli, off Damian Emiliano Martinez Romero.
Nicolas Gonzalez takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Razack Sanou comes on for Papus Ouattara.
Corner awarded.
Shot from Papus Naser Ouattara with his right foot is saved.
Santiago Castro replaces Lautaro Javier Martinez.
Valentin Barco comes on for Alexis Mac Allister.
Giuliano Simeone takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Shot by Alexis Mac Allister, header saved.
Giuliano Simeone comes on for Agustin Giay.
Nicolas Gonzalez is on, and Facundo Medina is off.
Leonel Flores takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Ousmane Camara is on, and Jack Diarra is off.
Moussa Ky is substituted off for Hasamadou Ouedraogo.
Mikael Coulibaly comes on for Moumouni Diallo.
Franco MastantuonoFranco Mastantuono scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Lautaro Martínez
Goal! Franco Mastantuono scores to make it 6-0, assisted by Lautaro Javier Martinez.
Leonel Flores takes a right-footed shot, but it's blocked.
Corner awarded.
Leonel Flores takes a right-footed shot, but it is blocked.
Corner awarded.
Matìas Soulè Malvano takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Fadil Barro is on, and Cyrille Dao is off.
On comes Mohamed Zongo, off goes Dylann Kam.
Abdel Kone comes on for Alain Kante.
Franco Mastantuono replaces Julian Alvarez.
Leonardo Balerdi comes on for Cristian Gabriel Romero.
Tiago Palacios comes on for Lisandro Martinez.
Leonel Flores comes on for Gianluca Prestianni.
Matìas Soulè Malvano comes on for Nicolas Paz Martinez.
Julian Alvarez takes a right-footed shot but misses.
First half ends with a score of 5-0.
Nicolas Paz Martinez takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Lautaro Javier Martinez takes a left-footed shot, but it is saved.
Julian Alvarez scores with a left-footed shot.
assist: Gianluca Prestianni
Goal! Julian Alvarez scores to make it 5-0, assisted by Gianluca Prestianni.
Nicolas Paz Martinez takes a shot with his right foot and scores.
Nicolas Paz Martinez takes a left-footed shot but misses.
assist: Alexis Mac Allister
Goal! Nicolas Paz Martinez scores, making it 4-0.
Lautaro Javier Martinez takes a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Nicolas Paz Martinez has a left-footed shot, but it's saved.
Julian Alvarez takes a header, but it's saved.
Jack Diarra takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot by Alexis Mac Allister with his right foot is saved.
Cristian Gabriel Romero attempts a header but misses the shot.
Corner awarded.
Enzo Fernandez takes a right-footed shot, but it's saved.
Right-footed shot missed.
Gianluca PrestianniGianluca Prestianni scores with a right-footed shot.
assist: Lautaro Martínez
Goal! Gianluca Prestianni scores to make it 3-0, assisted by Lautaro Javier Martinez.
Julian Alvarez takes a right-footed shot but misses.
Shot! Moumouni Diallo scores an own goal with a right-footed shot.
Own goal! Moumouni Diallo scores, making it 2-0.
Julian Alvarez takes a left-footed shot but misses.
Goal! The score is now 2-0.
Lautaro Martínez Lautaro Javier Martinez takes a shot with his left foot and scores.
Lautaro Javier Martinez takes a right-footed shot, but it is saved.
Lautaro Martínez Penalty saved! Lautaro Javier Martinez's attempt is stopped.
Goal! Lautaro Javier Martinez scores to make it 1-0.
Yellow card shown to Moumouni Diallo.
Kick-off! The referee is Jose Cabero Rebolledo.
Argentina host Burkina Faso at the Monumental in a friendly overshadowed by a genuine logistical crisis, with the visitors stranded in Morocco after their charter flight fell through. On the pitch, this is being billed as one of Lionel Messi's last nights in Albiceleste blue, even as reports suggest he may be managed out of this particular squad.
