Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 52 | 27 June 2010 | 20:30 | Johannesburg / Soccer City Stadium | 84377 |
Referee Roberto ROSETTI (ITA) | Assistant Referee 1 Paolo CALCAGNO (ITA) | |
Fourth Official Jerome DAMON (RSA) | Assistant Referee 2 Stefano AYROLDI (ITA) | |
Match Commissioner Fred DE JONG (NZL) | Fifth Official Celestin NTAGUNGIRA (RWA) |
| Argentina (ARG) | Statistics | Mexico (MEX) |
| 11 | Shots | 16 |
| 6 | Shots on goal | 6 |
| 11 | Fouls Committed | 26 |
| 2 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 0 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Cautions | 1 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 51% | Possession (%) | 49% |
| 35 | Actual playing time | 33 |
| Argentina (ARG) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Mexico (MEX) |
| 4% | 16% | 6% |
| 12% | 20% | 15% |
| 3% | 19% | 5% |
| 3% | 13% | 12% |
| 7% | 21% | 8% |
| 5% | 20% | 11% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sergio ROMERO | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Martin DEMICHELIS | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 4 | Nicolas BURDISSO | D | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | Gabriel HEINZE | D | 90 | 5 | ||||||||
| 7 | Angel DI MARIA | M | 79 | 1/2 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Gonzalo HIGUAIN | F | 90 | 1 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Lionel MESSI | F | 90 | 2/3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 11 | Carlos TEVEZ | F | 69 | 2 | 2/3 | 2 | ||||||
| 14 | Javier MASCHERANO | M | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 15 | Nicolas OTAMENDI | D | 90 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 20 | Maxi RODRIGUEZ | M | 87 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Juan VERON | M | 21 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Jonas GUTIERREZ | M | 11 | |||||||||
| 23 | Javier PASTORE | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 6/11 | 11 | 25 | |||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oscar PEREZ | GK | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Francisco RODRIGUEZ | D | 90 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | Carlos SALCIDO | D | 90 | 3/5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Rafael MARQUEZ | D | 90 | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | Ricardo OSORIO | D | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | Gerardo TORRADO | M | 90 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | Javier HERNANDEZ | F | 90 | 1 | 1/3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Efrain JUAREZ | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 17 | Giovani DOS SANTOS | F | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 18 | Andres GUARDADO | M | 61 | 0/4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 21 | Adolfo BAUTISTA | F | 46 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Pablo BARRERA | F | 44 | 1/2 | ||||||||
| 9 | Guillermo FRANCO | F | 29 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 6/16 | 26 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
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