Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

10/08/2008

Argentina Australia

1:0

1:0 (0:0)

Ezequiel LAVEZZI (76')

Match 9

Shanghai
Shanghai Stadium

Referee: Viktor KASSAI (HUN)

Summary

Lavezzi stunner sinks Aussies

Argentina only managed a slender 1-0 win against a defensive Australia in Shanghai, but the deciding goal was certainly worth waiting for.

ARG

AUS

1 Oscar USTARI (GK) $.img{src:'/s/200129.png'} ARG1 Oscar USTARI	1 (GK) Adam FEDERICI $.img{src:'/s/229021.png'} AUS1 Adam FEDERICI
2 Ezequiel GARAY $.img{src:'/s/200130.png'} ARG2 Ezequiel GARAY	2 Jade NORTH $.img{src:'/s/175653.png'} AUS2 Jade NORTH
3 Luciano MONZON $.img{src:'/s/298894.png'} ARG3 Luciano MONZON	4 (C) Mark MILLIGAN $.img{src:'/s/197411.png'} AUS4 Mark MILLIGAN
4 Pablo ZABALETA $.img{src:'/s/182379.png'} ARG4 Pablo ZABALETA	5 Matthew SPIRANOVIC $.img{src:'/s/229051.png'} AUS5 Matthew SPIRANOVIC
5 Fernando GAGO $.img{src:'/s/201001.png'} ARG5 Fernando GAGO	7 Neil KILKENNY $.img{src:'/s/295160.png'} AUS7 Neil KILKENNY
6 Federico FAZIO $.img{src:'/s/266784.png'} ARG6 Federico FAZIO	8 Stuart MUSIALIK $.img{src:'/s/229030.png'} AUS8 Stuart MUSIALIK
9 Ezequiel LAVEZZI $.img{src:'/s/229392.png'} ARG9 Ezequiel LAVEZZI (-87' )	10 (-72' ) Archie THOMPSON $.img{src:'/s/178986.png'} AUS10 Archie THOMPSON
10 Juan RIQUELME (C) $.img{src:'/s/166380.png'} ARG10 Juan RIQUELME	11 David CARNEY $.img{src:'/s/198613.png'} AUS11 David CARNEY
14 Javier MASCHERANO $.img{src:'/s/182372.png'} ARG14 Javier MASCHERANO	13 Ruben ZADKOVICH $.img{src:'/s/232852.png'} AUS13 Ruben ZADKOVICH
15 Lionel MESSI $.img{src:'/s/229397.png'} ARG15 Lionel MESSI (-90'+3 )	14 (-65' ) James TROISI $.img{src:'/s/290605.png'} AUS14 James TROISI
16 Sergio AGUERO $.img{src:'/s/228528.png'} ARG16 Sergio AGUERO (-61' )	16 (-81' ) Billy CELESKI $.img{src:'/s/229018.png'} AUS16 Billy CELESKI

Substitute(s)

7 Jose SOSA $.img{src:'/s/207601.png'} ARG7 Jose SOSA (+87')	3 Adrian LEIJER $.img{src:'/s/198820.png'} AUS3 Adrian LEIJER
8 Ever BANEGA $.img{src:'/s/266790.png'} ARG8 Ever BANEGA	6 Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY $.img{src:'/s/229035.png'} AUS6 Nikolai TOPOR-STANLEY
11 Angel DI MARIA $.img{src:'/s/266800.png'} ARG11 Angel DI MARIA (+61')	9 (+65') Mark BRIDGE $.img{src:'/s/229017.png'} AUS9 Mark BRIDGE
12 Nicolas PAREJA $.img{src:'/s/298605.png'} ARG12 Nicolas PAREJA	12 (+81') Trent McCLENAHAN $.img{src:'/s/229029.png'} AUS12 Trent McCLENAHAN
13 Lautaro ACOSTA $.img{src:'/s/266801.png'} ARG13 Lautaro ACOSTA (+90'+3)	15 Kristian SARKIES $.img{src:'/s/198824.png'} AUS15 Kristian SARKIES
17 Diego BUONANOTTE $.img{src:'/s/228529.png'} ARG17 Diego BUONANOTTE	17 (+72') Nikita RUKAVYTSYA $.img{src:'/s/290802.png'} AUS17 Nikita RUKAVYTSYA
18 Sergio ROMERO $.img{src:'/s/266783.png'} ARG18 Sergio ROMERO	18 Tando VELAPHI $.img{src:'/s/290801.png'} AUS18 Tando VELAPHI

Coaches

Sergio BATISTA (ARG)

(AUS) Graham ARNOLD

Officials

Referee: Viktor KASSAI (HUN)Assistant Referee 1: Gabor EROS (HUN)Assistant Referee 2: Tibor VAMOS (HUN)Fourth official: Jair MARRUFO (USA)

"We knew we were in for a game and that they'd defend in numbers, and that's how it transpired. We didn't play as well as we'd hoped, which is why we struggled to win the game, but we've qualified now. There are still things to improve but we'll work on those as we go on," Sergio Batista, Argentina coach.

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Olympic Football Tournaments Beijing 2008 - Men

Matches

ArgentinaAustralia

Summary

Line-up

ARG1

AUS1

ARG2

AUS2

ARG3

AUS4

ARG4

AUS5

ARG5

AUS7

ARG6

AUS8

ARG9

AUS10

ARG10

AUS11

ARG14

AUS13

ARG15

AUS14

ARG16

AUS16

Substitute(s)

ARG7

AUS3

ARG8

AUS6

ARG11

AUS9

ARG12

AUS12

ARG13

AUS15

ARG17

AUS17

ARG18

AUS18

Coaches

Officials

Photos

Quotes

Argentina Australia