Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 51 | 14 October 2008 | Rio De Janeiro / Gimnasio Maracanazinho | 12:30 | 6407 |
Referee ALVAREZ Antonio (CUB) | Assistant Referee 1 KHAN Asselam (MOZ) |
Fourth Official LOPEZ Fabian (COL) | Assistant Referee 2 PERALTA Elix (PAN) |
| Match events | |||||||
| Chronologic order | Countdown order | ||||||
| Argentina | Russia | ||||||
| First Half | |||||||
| Martin AMAS | [14] |  | 4'06" | 15'54" | |||
| 16'36" | 3'24" | | [9] | Konstantin DUSHKEVICH | |||
| Second Half | |||||||
| 31'37" | 8'23" | | [4] | Dmitrii PRUDNIKOV | |||
| Esteban GONZALEZ | [11] | | 35'46" | 4'14" | |||
| Argentina (ARG) | Statistics | Russia (RUS) |
| 34 | Shots | 27 |
| 19 | Shots on goal | 12 |
| 5 | Accumulated Fouls 1st half | 5 |
| 4 | Accumulated Fouls 2nd half | 5 |
| 13 | Corner kicks | 8 |
| 1 | Free kicks Shots (scored) | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) | 0 / 0 |
| 0 / 0 | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | 0 / 0 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Second yellow card and red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 46% | Possession (%) | 54% |
| 1 | Time out 1st half | 0 |
| 1 | Time out 2nd half | 1 |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out | (C): | Captain |
| GK: | Goalkeeper |  : | Red Cards | N: | Not eligible to play |
| I: | Injured |  : | Yellow cards | Y: | Misses next match if booked |
 : | Second yellow card and red card | ||||
| A: | Absent |  : | Penalty goal |  : | Own goal |
 : | 2nd Penalty goal / 2nd Penalty shot | ||||
| *: | Starting Five | #: | Played | S: | Substitute |
Match Report